šen

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit शयन (śáyana).

Noun

šen

1. bed

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• šenai, (possibly dated) šę

Etymology

Likely related to šis, and possibly Latvian šeit and še. Compare Russian сюда (sjuda). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕæːn/

Adverb

šeñ (dialectal, informal, now uncommon)

1. to here

   nei iš šen, nei iš ten ― neither from here nor from there

   Ateik šen.

   Come here.

   • 2024, Silvester Belt (lyrics and music), “Luktelk”:

     Einu tai ten, einu tai šen.

     First I walk there, then I walk here.

Usage notes

• Compared to čia, šen cannot be used as a pronoun for standalone "here", and is generally only used with motion verbs; rather, šen may be conceptualized as į čia.
• Commonly used in contrast with ten (“there”), possibly for rhyming reasons.

See also

• čia

References

• “šen”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “šen”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024