šeniti

See also: seniti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German schön (machen) (literally “to make beautiful”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃěːniti/
  • Hyphenation: še‧ni‧ti

Verb

šéniti impf (Cyrillic spelling ше́нити) (regional, obsolete, intransitive)

  1. to stand on its hind legs and beg (of a dog)
  2. (figuratively) to bow and scrape, to beg obsequiously

References

  • “šeniti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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