sjena

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěnь.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Further reading

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  • sjena” in Hrvatski jezični portal