Serbo-Croatian

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěnь.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /sjêna/
  • Hyphenation: sje‧na

Noun

edit

sjȅna f (Cyrillic spelling сје̏на)

  1. shadow
    Tamo gdje je svjetlo, mora postojati sjena, a gdje je sjena mora biti svjetlo
    Where light is, there must be a shadow, and where the shadow is, must be light.
  2. silhouette
  3. shade
  4. umbrage
  5. ghost
    • 1982, Jadranka Stojaković (lyrics and music), “Sve smo mogli mi”:
      Nikoga nema u praznom gradu
      Ulice moje korake kradu
      I ja kao sjena sad lutam.
      Nobody is around in the empty city
      the streets steal my paces
      and I am strolling like a ghost.
  6. wraith
  7. adumbration, shading
  8. hatching

Declension

edit

Synonyms

edit

Antonyms

edit

Further reading

edit
  • sjena” in Hrvatski jezični portal