siena

See siens.

siena m

1. genitive singular form of siens

Mājas siena (1)

Pilsētas siena (2)

Alas sienas (4)

Cognate with Lithuanian síena (“wall, border”). Derived from verb siet (“to tie, bind”) in its older meaning “to braid, to weave” (see etymology of siet), which suggests that the original meaning of siena was “wicker-work”; compare cognates Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬥𐬎‎ (hinu, “ties, bonds, hobble, chain”), Old Irish sin (“chain, necktie”). The current meaning suggests that house walls were originally woven with branches and twigs, and then probably covered with mud (compare with German Wand (“wall”), winden (“wind, twist, weave”)); some evidence from old folk songs supports this idea.[1]

• IPA^(key): [siêna]

siena f (4th declension)

1. wall (structure (made of wood, masonry, etc.) that limits a building, a room, etc.)

   mājas, istabas, šķūna sienas ― house, room, barn walls

   mūra, koka, baļķu siena ― masonry, wooden, log wall

   krāsota, balsināta, tapsēta siena ― painted, plastered, papered wall

   krāsot sienu ― to pain the wall

   līmēt tapetes uz sienas ― to paper (lit. paste paper on) the wall

   sienas pulkstenis, lampa ― wall clock, lamp

   iesist naglu sienā ― to drive a nail into the wall

   pakārt gleznu pie sienas ― to hang a painting on the wall

2. wall, rampart (a high enclosure, especially for protection)

   Kremļa sienas ― Kremlin walls

   cietokšņa sienas ― fortress walls

   pilsētas sienas ― city walls

3. something that encloses, also metaphorically

   dūmu, liesmu, uguns, miglas siena ― a smoke, flame, fire, fog wall

   naida siena ― hatred wall

4. external side of a container, box, cavity, body organ, etc.

   skapja sienas ― cabinet walls

   alas, bedres sienas ― cave, pit walls

   tvaika katla sienas ― boiler walls

   kuņģa siena ― stomach wall

   artērijas siena ― artery wall

• Compare Latvian siena.

• IPA^(key): [ˈs̪ʲɪ́ən̪ɐ]

síena f (plural síenos) stress pattern 1 [1]

1. wall[2]
2. border, boundary

• (wall): mūras
• (border): riba, ežia

• (Noun) užsienis m

siena f (Cyrillic spelling сиена)

1. Obsolete spelling of sjena