sjena

• sȅna (Ekavian)
• sina (Chakavian, Ikavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěnь.

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

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

• (Croatia) tijenje

• svjetlo

• “sjena”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024