It can be auspicious, inauspicious, unkind, kind, good, not bad, bad, bad, bad, happy, unlucky, evil, sinister, distressed, strange, empty, unimportant, important, gloomy, dark, disturbing, formidable, thin, beautiful, wonderful, unusual, joyful, pleasant, unpleasant, excellent, terrible, terrible, nasty, nasty, fatal, sad. Guess what it is? Proper omen.
The omen is…
The meaning of the word can be found in the explanatory dictionary. An omen is something that portends an event or phenomenon.
The meaning of the word will become much clearer if you study it in the context of sentences:
- This dream from Thursday to Friday was a very bad omen.
- The past year of the Dog was full of bad, ominous omens.
- The villagers took these preparations as an omen of war.
- Omen -it's a premonition.
Morphological characteristics, declension
"Omen" is a neuter inanimate common noun. All inflected neuter nouns are in the second type of declension, but words ending in "-s" are declined slightly differently.
| Case | Question | Examples of sentences with a singular noun | Examples of plural noun sentences |
| Nominative | What? | It was an ominous omen. | These omens are nothing more than girlish inventions. |
| Genitive | What? | There is no omen in this. | The villagers waited in horror for the omens of the end of the world. |
| Dative | What? | Mikhail reacted coolly to the omen. | Omens must be taken seriously. |
| Accusative | What? | Superstitious grandfather took the appearance of a black cat for an ominous omen. | I only see bad omens here. |
| Instrumental | What? | The very fact seemed to me a very bad omen. | Everyone laughed at the omens, but in vain… |
| Prepositional case | About what? | Do you want me to tell you about that terrible omen? | I personally don't find anything wrong with omens. |
Omen: synonyms
With the help of synonyms, you can describe any object, event, sign, action or phenomenon in different ways, avoiding repetition. In addition, synonyms allow you to more accurately express a thought by choosing the most accurate and appropriate from several words that are close in meaning.
So, synonyms are words that are spelled and pronounced differently but have the same meaning.
"Omen" is:
- sign;
- omen;
- omen;
- foreshadowing.
