sios

See also: sìos and síos

Irish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic in origin.

Verb

sios (present analytic siosann, future analytic siosfaidh, verbal noun siosadh, past participle siosta)

  1. (intransitive) hiss

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • siosach (sibilant)
  • siosaire m (hisser; (inveterate) whisperer)
  • siosóg f (hiss; whisper)
  • siosa m (sibilance)
  • siosarnach f (hissing, hissing noise, hiss)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sios shios
after an, tsios
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading


Pijin

Etymology

From English church, from Middle English chirche, from Old English ċiriċe (church), from Proto-Germanic *kirikǭ, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón), neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, belonging to the lord)

Noun

sios

  1. Christian church building
    • 1988, Geoffrey Miles White, Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu, page 75:
      Bihaen hemi finisim skul blong hem, hemi go minista long sios long ples blong hem long 'Areo.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English church, from Middle English chirche, from Old English ċiriċe (church), from Proto-Germanic *kirikǭ, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón), neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, belonging to the lord)

Noun

sios

  1. church

Synonyms

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