сјена

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See also: Сиена

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěnь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sjêna/
  • Hyphenation: сје‧на

Noun

сје̏на f (Latin spelling sjȅna)

  1. shadow
  2. silhouette
  3. shade
  4. umbrage
  5. ghost
    • 1982, Јадранка Стојаковић, “Sve smo mogli mi”:
      Никога нема у сивом граду
      улице моје кораке краду
      и ја као сјена сад лутам
      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

Declension of сјена
singular plural
nominative сје̏на сјене
genitive сјене сје̑на̄
dative сјени сјенама
accusative сјену сјене
vocative сјено сјене
locative сјени сјенама
instrumental сјеном сјенама

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Further reading

  • сјена”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025