scijena

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

scijena f (Cyrillic spelling сцијена)

1. (Croatia, archaic) worth, value, honour
   • late 16C, Dinko Ranjina, Jednomu ki ništo ne učini a tudje sve huli:

     Takodjer i riči kime se jur niekad

     Stara svies diči u scieni niesu sad.

     And so it is that words in which already once

     ideas of old did glory, by now have lost their worth.

Declension

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Related terms

• scijeniti
• scijenjen
• sciniti