sanas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sanas"

Esperanto

Verb

sanas

  1. present of sani

French

Noun

sanas m pl

  1. plural of sana

Anagrams

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish sanas,[2] from Proto-Celtic *sanestos (advice; whisper). Reinterpreted by folk etymology as sain- (special) +‎ fios (knowledge). Cognate with Manx sannish and Scottish Gaelic sanas (whisper, hint) and more distantly with Welsh hanes (history).

Noun

sanas m (genitive singular sanais, nominative plural sanais) or
sanas f (genitive singular sanaise, nominative plural sanasa)

  1. (Christianity, often capitalized) Annunciation
  2. gloss, glossary
  3. whisper, suggestion, hint
  4. instigation (incitement to evil or wickedness)
  5. connotation (suggested or implied meaning)
  6. (literary) private communication
  7. (obsolete) counsel (deliberate purpose)

Declension

Standard declension:

Declension of sanas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sanas sanais
vocative a shanais a shanasa
genitive sanais sanas
dative sanas sanais
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sanas na sanais
genitive an tsanais na sanas
dative leis an sanas
don sanas
leis na sanais

Alternative declension:

Declension of sanas (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sanas sanasa
vocative a shanas a shanasa
genitive sanaise sanas
dative sanas
sanais (archaic, dialectal)
sanasa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsanas na sanasa
genitive na sanaise na sanas
dative leis an tsanas
leis an tsanais (archaic, dialectal)
don tsanas
don tsanais (archaic, dialectal)
leis na sanasa

Synonyms

  • (Annunciation): Teachtaireacht an Aingil
  • (gloss, glossary): gluais
  • (whisper): ráfla, luaidreán
  • (instigation): gríosú
  • (connotation): cuimse

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of sanas
radical lenition eclipsis
sanas shanas
after an, tsanas
not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ sanas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sanas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Latin

Verb

sānās

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of sānō

Adjective

sānās

  1. accusative feminine plural of sānus

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sanestos (advice; whisper).

Noun

sanas f (genitive sanaise, nominative plural sanasa)

  1. advice, counsel
    Synonym: comairle
  2. whisper
  3. privacy

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative sanasL sanaisL sanasaH
vocative sanasL sanaisL sanasaH
accusative sanaisN sanaisL sanasaH
genitive sanaiseH sanasL sanasN
dative sanaisL sanasaib sanasaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: sanas
  • Manx: sannish
  • Scottish Gaelic: sanas
  • Middle Irish: sanusach

Mutation

Mutation of sanas
radical lenition nasalization
sanas ṡanas sanas

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

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

sanas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of sanar

Romani

Verb

sanas

  1. second-person singular perfect or imperfect indicative of si

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish sanas.

Noun

sanas m (genitive singular sanais, plural sanasan)

  1. announcement, notice
  2. advertisement
  3. hint, cue
  4. sign, signal
  5. warning
  6. whisper

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of sanas
radical lenition
sanas shanas
after "an", t-sanas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sanas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sanas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsanas/ [ˈsa.nas]
  • Rhymes: -anas
  • Syllabification: sa‧nas

Etymology 1

Adjective

sanas

  1. feminine plural of sano

Etymology 2

Verb

sanas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of sanar