seno

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sěno, from Proto-Slavic *sěno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛno]
• Rhymes: -ɛno
• Hyphenation: se‧no

Noun

seno n

1. hay

   sušit seno ― to make hay

   hledat jehlu v kupce sena ― to look for a needle in a haystack

Further reading

• “seno”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “seno”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “seno”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sinus (“fold, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *sinos. Compare French sein, Romansch sain, Romanian sân, Spanish seno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.no/
• Rhymes: -eno
• Hyphenation: sé‧no

Noun

seno m (plural seni)

1. breast
2. (by extension) bosom, heart, breast
   • 1787, “Don Giovanni”, Lorenzo Da Ponte (lyrics), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (music), act 1, scene 1:

     L'assassino m'ha ferito, / e dal seno palpitante / sento l’anima partir

     The assassin has wounded me! / And from my heaving breast / I see my soul escaping

3. (literary) womb
4. (geography) cove, inlet
5. (anatomy) sinus
6. (trigonometry) sine

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.noː/, [ˈs̠eːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.no/, [ˈsɛːno]

Numeral

sēnō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sēnus

Adjective

seno

1. inflection of senais:
   1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
   2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲæːno]

Adjective

sẽno m

1. genitive masculine singular of senas

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěno. Cognate with Upper Sorbian syno, Polish siano, Czech seno, Russian се́но (séno), Old Church Slavonic сѣно (sěno).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnɔ/

Noun

seno n (diminutive senko)

1. hay (grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder)

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “seno”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “seno”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Alternative forms

Noun

seno

1. nominative singular of sena (“hawk”)