stina

See also: Stina, Stína, and -ština

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• stijéna (Ijekavian)
• sténa (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stěna.

Noun

stina f (Cyrillic spelling стина)

1. (Ikavian) rock (naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter)
   • 1375, Muka svete Margarite, N.N.:

     U oca sam hći jedina,
     ostala sam kako stina

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   • 1622, Ivan Gundulić, Suze sina razmetnoga:

     Povjetarce povrh stina
     Smrznivaše vlažna tmina.

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   • 1756, Andrija Kačić Miošić, Razgovor ugodni naroda slovinskoga:

     Side starac na stini studenoj

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Declension

Declension of stina

	singular	plural
nominative	stina	stine
genitive	stine	stina
dative	stini	stinama
accusative	stinu	stine
vocative	stino	stine
locative	stini	stienama
instrumental	stinom	stinama