stena

See also: sténá, stěna, and -stena

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

stena

1. inflection of stene:
   1. past
   2. past participle

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• stijéna (Ijekavian)
• stína (Ikavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stěna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stěːna/

Noun

sténa f (Cyrillic spelling сте́на)

1. rock (naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter)

Declension

Declension of stena

	singular	plural
nominative	stena	stene
genitive	stene	stena
dative	steni	stenama
accusative	stenu	stene
vocative	steno	stene
locative	steni	stenama
instrumental	stenom	stenama

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stěna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈscena]

Noun

stena f (related adjective stenový, diminutive stienka)

1. wall

Declension

Declension of stena (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	stena	steny
genitive	steny	stien
dative	stene	stenám
accusative	stenu	steny
locative	stene	stenách
instrumental	stenou	stenami

Further reading

• “stena”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stěna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stèːna/

• Audio:

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Noun

stẹ́na f

1. rock wall
2. precipice

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	sténa
gen. sing.	sténe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sténa	sténi	sténe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sténe	stén	stén
dative (dajȃlnik)	sténi	sténama	sténam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sténo	sténi	sténe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sténi	sténah	sténah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sténo	sténama	sténami

Further reading

• “stena”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “stena”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Swedish

Verb

stena (present stenar, preterite stenade, supine stenat, imperative stena)

1. to stone; to kill by throwing stones

Conjugation

Conjugation of stena (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	stena		stenas
Supine	stenat		stenats
Imperative	stena		—
Imper. plural1	stenen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	stenar	stenade	stenas	stenades
Ind. plural1	stena	stenade	stenas	stenades
Subjunctive2	stene	stenade	stenes	stenades
	Participles
Present participle	stenande
Past participle	stenad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• förstenas
• stenad
• stening

Anagrams

• enats, etans, saten, senat