siens

English

Noun

siens

  1. Obsolete spelling of scion

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French

Adjective

siens

  1. (archaic) masculine plural of sien

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Latvian
Siens

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *šainan, *šeinan, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoinom (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoi-no (“hay”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱei- (“color, usually gray”)). Cognates include Lithuanian šiẽnas (“hay”) (regionally siẽnas), Old Church Slavonic сѣно (sěno, “hay”) (Russian сено (séno), Ukrainian сіно (síno), Bulgarian сено (senó), Czech seno, Polish siano), and possibly Ancient Greek κοινά (koiná, “cattle food”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sìens]

Noun

siens m (1st declension)

  1. hay (dried grass used as animal fodder)
    siena guba, stirpa, kaudze ― hay stack
    siena grābeklis, dakšas ― hay rake, fork
    siena pļava ― hay meadow
    siena laiks ― hay time (i.e., time to mow hay)
    pļaut, grābt sienu ― to mow hay

Declension
Declension of siens (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) siens sieni
accusative (akuzatīvs) sienu sienus
genitive (ģenitīvs) siena sienu
dative (datīvs) sienam sieniem
instrumental (instrumentālis) sienu sieniem
locative (lokatīvs) sienā sienos
vocative (vokatīvs) siens sieni

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See also

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “siens”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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