sia

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.a/

sia

1. (archaic) first-person singular present subjunctive form of ser

   Synonyms: sigui, siga

2. (archaic) third-person singular present subjunctive form of ser

   Synonyms: sigui, siga

• o sia

sia

1. whether it be; be it
   • 1961, Joan Lluís, El meu Pallars: El Pallars Sobirà

     Degotalls que s'estimballen des dels cingles fins al riu, i calmosament davallen, sia hivern o sia estiu.

     Stalactites that fling themselves from the cliffs into the river, and calmly descend, be it winter or be it summer.

   • 1975, Narcís Xifra i Riera, Montserrat, juliol de 1936

     El cas és que posaren altre cop en pràctica allò de destruir tot el que havien fet els altres, ja sia bo o dolent, i es complagueren amb la revenja […]

     The thing is that they reimplemented that destruction of everything that others had made, whether it be good or bad, and they were pleased with revenge […]

   Synonym: siga

• “sia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sia” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “sia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

sia

1. we (inclusive)

sia

1. we are (inclusive)

From si +‎ -a. Possibly under influence of Slavic (Polish swój, Russian свой (svoj), Belarusian свой (svoj)).

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsia/
• Hyphenation: si‧a
• Rhymes: -ia

sia (accusative singular sian, plural siaj, accusative plural siajn)

1. belonging to the subject of the sentence
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:

     Sia estas kara pli ol la najbara.

     One's own is dearer than the neighbor's.

   Johano donis al Alfredo sian kukon.

   John gave Alfred his (John's) cake.

• ĝia
• lia
• mia
• onia
• ŝia

sia

1. place

sia

1. imperative of esser

sia

1. whether (used the first time in a sentence)
2. or (used the second time in a sentence)

From Old Irish sía.

• IPA^(key): [ʃiə]

sia

1. longer
2. further

• "sia" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “2 sía” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.a/, [ˈsiː.ä]
• Hyphenation: sì‧a

sia

1. first-person, second- and third-person singular subjunctive present of essere
2. third-person singular imperative of essere

sia ... sia ...

1. both ... and ...
2. either ... or ...

• sia ... che ...

• sai

From Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

sia

1. nine

sia

1. nominative plural of sion
2. accusative plural of sion
3. vocative plural of sion

• sia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sia in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

From Old Frisian sê. Cognates include West Frisian see.

sia f

1. (Föhr-Amrum) sea

sia

1. they

• Middle Dutch: si, sie
  • Dutch: zij
  • Limburgish: zie

• “sia (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• sie

sia m or f

1. she (accusative)
2. they

• Middle Low German: sê, su, sia
  • Dutch Low Saxon: zee
  • German Low German: se
  • Plautdietsch: see

From Old Irish sé, from Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Irish sé, Manx shey.

sia

1. six

• seasgad
• sianar
• siathamh

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “1 sé” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

sia (present siar, preterite siade, supine siat, imperative sia)

1. to foretell; to tell the future

• spå

• siare
• sierska

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hiwa, from Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

sia

1. nine

From English chair.

sia

1. chair

sia

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of èser
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of èser
3. third-person plural present subjunctive of èser
4. third-person singular imperative of èser
5. third-person plural imperative of èser

From Proto-Austronesian *si-da.

sia

1. they