сянка
See also: санка
Bulgarian
Etymology
Generalized diminutive of obsolete сян (sjan) + -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *sěnь (“shade”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsʲa̟ŋkɐ]
Noun
ся́нка • (sjánka) f (relational adjective се́нчест)
- shadow, umbra
- shade, shady place
- дебе́ла ся́нка ― debéla sjánka ― entirely enshadowed place (literally, “thick shadow”)
- прохла́дна ся́нка ― prohládna sjánka ― cool, shady place (literally, “cool shadow”)
- (dermatological condition) dark spot, blemish, bruise
- очна сянка ― očna sjanka ― periorbital dark circle
- (figurative) trace, vestige, inkling
- ся́нка на съмне́ние ― sjánka na sǎmnénie ― shadow of a doubt
- (mythology) apparition, phantom, shade, ghost, spectre
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ся́нка sjánka |
се́нки sénki |
| definite | ся́нката sjánkata |
се́нките sénkite |
Alternative forms
- се́нка (sénka) — dialectal
References
- “сянка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “сянка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “сѣ́нка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 310