sě̀nь

sě̀nь Grammatical information: f. i Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `shadow'

Old Church Slavic:

sěnь `shadow' [f i]

Russian:

sen' (obs., poet.) `canopy' [f i]

Czech:

síň `(entrance) hall' [f i]

Old Czech:

sieň `(entrance) hall' [f i]

Slovak:

sieň `(entrance) hall' [f i]

Polish:

sień `(entrance) hall' [f i]

Serbo-Croatian:

sjȅn `shadow' [m o]

Latvian:

seja `face' [f ā];

seĩja (dial.) `face' [f ā];

paseijā `behind one's back' [adv]

Indo-European reconstruction: skoHi-n(-i)-?? \{1\}

Other cognates:

Skt. chāyā́- (RV+) `shadow, reflection' [f ā];

Gk. σκιά̑ `shadow' [f];

Alb. hie 'shadow'

Notes:

\{1\} The *s- was adopted from forms with zero grade of the root, cf. *sijati.