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

Conjugation of sios (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present siosaim siosann tú;
siosair
siosann sé, sí siosaimid; siosann muid siosann sibh siosann siad;
siosaid
a shiosann; a shiosas siostar
past shios mé; shiosas shios tú; shiosais shios sé, sí shiosamar; shios muid shios sibh; shiosabhair shios siad; shiosadar a shios siosadh
past habitual shiosainn /
siosainn
shiostá /
siostá
shiosadh sé, sí /
siosadh sé, sí
shiosaimis; shiosadh muid /
siosaimis; siosadh muid
shiosadh sibh /
siosadh sibh
shiosaidís; shiosadh siad /
siosaidís; siosadh siad
a shiosadh shiostaí /
siostaí
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future siosfaidh mé;
siosfad
siosfaidh tú;
siosfair
siosfaidh sé, sí siosfaimid;
siosfaidh muid
siosfaidh sibh siosfaidh siad;
siosfaid
a shiosfaidh; a shiosfas siosfar
conditional shiosfainn /
siosfainn
shiosfá /
siosfá
shiosfadh sé, sí /
siosfadh sé, sí
shiosfaimis; shiosfadh muid /
siosfaimis; siosfadh muid
shiosfadh sibh /
siosfadh sibh
shiosfaidís; shiosfadh siad /
siosfaidís; siosfadh siad
a shiosfadh shiosfaí /
siosfaí
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go siosa mé;
go siosad
go siosa tú;
go siosair
go siosa sé, sí go siosaimid;
go siosa muid
go siosa sibh go siosa siad;
go siosaid
go siostar
past siosainn siostá siosadh sé, sí siosaimis;
siosadh muid
siosadh sibh siosaidís;
siosadh siad
siostaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
siosaim sios siosadh sé, sí siosaimis siosaigí;
siosaidh
siosaidís siostar
past participle siosta
verbal noun siosadh

archaic or dialect form
dependent form

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of sios
radical lenition eclipsis
sios shios
after an, tsios
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

Pijin

Etymology

Inherited from English church.

Noun

sios

  1. Christian church building
    • 1988, Geoffrey Miles White, Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu[1], 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 quotation)

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

sios f

  1. (Kielce, Jasice) alternative form of szosa

Further reading

  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “sios”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 247

Tok Pisin

Etymology

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

Noun

sios

  1. church

Synonyms