siansa

Dalmatian

Etymology

Compare Italian senza, Istriot and Venetian sensa. Probably ultimately from Latin absentia.

Preposition

siansa

1. without

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish síansa.

Noun

siansa m (genitive singular siansa, nominative plural siansaí)

1. strain, melody
2. symphony (musical composition)

Declension

Declension of siansa (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative siansa siansaí vocative a shiansa a shiansaí genitive siansa siansaí dative siansa siansaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an siansa na siansaí genitive an tsiansa na siansaí dative leis an siansa don siansa leis na siansaí

Related terms

• siansach (“melodious”, adjective)
• siansán (“humming”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of siansa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
siansa	shiansa after an, tsiansa	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “siansa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “síansa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Malagasy

Alternative forms

• siansy

Etymology

From French science.

Pronunciation

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Noun

siansa

1. science