Sión

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sion"

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

Proper noun

Sión m inan

  1. (biblical) Zion (a hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲi.oːn]

Proper noun

Sión m

  1. (biblical) Zion (a hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events)
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 67d14
      Amal rund·gab slíab Sión andes ⁊ antúaid du⟨n⟩ chath⟨raig⟩ dïa dítin, sic rund·gabsat ar ṅdá thoíb du dítin ar n-inmedónach-ni.
      As Mount Sion is located on the south and the north of the city to protect it, so are our two sides there to protect our insides.

Descendants

  • Irish: Síón
  • Scottish Gaelic: Sion

Mutation

Mutation of Sión
radical lenition nasalization
Sión Ṡión Sión

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsjon/ [ˈsjõn]
    • Rhymes: -on
  • IPA(key): /siˈon/ [siˈõn]
    • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: Sión

Proper noun

Sión

  1. (biblical) Zion (a hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events)