stina

See also: Stina, Stína, and -ština

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian) stijéna
• (Ekavian) sténa

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stěna.

Noun

stina f (Cyrillic spelling стина)

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

     U oca sam hći jedina,

     ostala sam kako stina

   • 1622, Ivan Gundulić, Suze sina razmetnoga:

     Povjetarce povrh stina

     Smrznivaše vlažna tmina.

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

     Side starac na stini studenoj