sanna

See also: Sanna and sånnå

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Konkani सान्नां (sānnā̃).

Noun

sanna (plural sannas)

  1. A spongy steamed rice cake, popular in parts of India.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

sanna (plural [please provide])

  1. flint‐lock gun

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From san +‎ -na, literally our language.

Noun

sanna f

  1. Cypriot Arabic

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 417

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /sanna/, [sən.na]

Pronoun

sanna (demonstrative) (plural sakku)

  1. down distal absolutive; that down a long distance, he/she/it down there.

Declension

Declension of sanna
case singular plural
absolutive sanna sakku
ergative sassuma sakkua
allative sassumunnga sakkununnga
ablative sassumannga sakkunannga
prolative sassumuuna sakkunuuna
locative sassumani sakkunani
instrumental sassuminnga sakkuninnga
equative sassumatut sakkunatut

See also

  • manna - this here
  • una - that nearby
  • innga - that yonder
  • kanna - that down a medial distance
  • pinnga - that up a medial distance
  • panna - that up a long distance
  • qanna - that in there/out there
  • anna - that in the north
  • kinnga - that in the south/that outside
  • inna - that which is invisible

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -anːa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sanna.

Verb

sanna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sannaði, supine sannað)

  1. to prove
Conjugation
sanna – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur sanna
supine sagnbót sannað
present participle
sannandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég sanna sannaði sanni sannaði
þú sannar sannaðir sannir sannaðir
hann, hún, það sannar sannaði sanni sannaði
plural við sönnum sönnuðum sönnum sönnuðum
þið sannið sönnuðuð sannið sönnuðuð
þeir, þær, þau sanna sönnuðu sanni sönnuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú sanna (þú), sannaðu
plural þið sannið (þið), sanniði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
sannast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur sannast
supine sagnbót sannast
present participle
sannandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég sannast sannaðist sannist sannaðist
þú sannast sannaðist sannist sannaðist
hann, hún, það sannast sannaðist sannist sannaðist
plural við sönnumst sönnuðumst sönnumst sönnuðumst
þið sannist sönnuðust sannist sönnuðust
þeir, þær, þau sannast sönnuðust sannist sönnuðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú sannast (þú), sannastu
plural þið sannist (þið), sannisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
sannaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
sannaður sönnuð sannað sannaðir sannaðar sönnuð
accusative
(þolfall)
sannaðan sannaða sannað sannaða sannaðar sönnuð
dative
(þágufall)
sönnuðum sannaðri sönnuðu sönnuðum sönnuðum sönnuðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
sannaðs sannaðrar sannaðs sannaðra sannaðra sannaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
sannaði sannaða sannaða sönnuðu sönnuðu sönnuðu
accusative
(þolfall)
sannaða sönnuðu sannaða sönnuðu sönnuðu sönnuðu
dative
(þágufall)
sannaða sönnuðu sannaða sönnuðu sönnuðu sönnuðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
sannaða sönnuðu sannaða sönnuðu sönnuðu sönnuðu

Etymology 2

Noun

sanna f (genitive singular sönnu, nominative plural sönnur)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) proof; usually in set phrases
Declension
Declension of sanna (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sanna sannan sönnur sönnurnar
accusative sönnu sönnuna sönnur sönnurnar
dative sönnu sönnunni sönnum sönnunum
genitive sönnu sönnunnar sanna sannanna

Etymology 3

Adjective

sanna

  1. inflection of sannur:
    1. strong feminine singular accusative positive degree
    2. strong masculine plural accusative positive degree
    3. weak masculine singular accusative positive degree
    4. weak masculine singular dative positive degree
    5. weak masculine singular genitive positive degree
    6. weak feminine singular nominative positive degree
    7. weak neuter singular positive degree

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsan.na/
  • Rhymes: -anna
  • Hyphenation: sàn‧na

Noun

sanna f (plural sanne)

  1. (archaic) alternative form of zanna
    • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto VI, p.90, vv. 22-23:
      Quando ci scorse Cerbero, il gran vermo, ¶ le bocche aperse e mostrocci le sanne;
      When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm, ¶ his mouths he opened, and displayed his tusks;

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάννας (sánnas).

Noun

sanna f (genitive sannae); first declension

  1. A grimace, especially in mockery

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sanna sannae
genitive sannae sannārum
dative sannae sannīs
accusative sannam sannās
ablative sannā sannīs
vocative sanna sannae

Derived terms

References

  • sanna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sanna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a borrowing of Old Norse sanna, senna, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną, *sanþijaną, from *sanþaz (true).

Verb

sanna

  1. to contradict

Descendants

  • North Frisian: sana

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sanþōną, from *sanþaz, whence also Old Norse saðr. The English soothe is a cognate.

Verb

sanna

  1. to assert, affirm
  2. to make good, prove

Conjugation

Conjugation of sanna — active (weak class 2)
infinitive sanna
present participle sannandi
past participle sannaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular sanna sannaða sanna sannaða
2nd person singular sannar sannaðir sannir sannaðir
3rd person singular sannar sannaði sanni sannaði
1st person plural sǫnnum sǫnnuðum sannim sannaðim
2nd person plural sannið sǫnnuðuð sannið sannaðið
3rd person plural sanna sǫnnuðu sanni sannaði
imperative present
2nd person singular sanna
1st person plural sǫnnum
2nd person plural sannið
Conjugation of sanna — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive sannask
present participle sannandisk
past participle sannazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular sǫnnumk sǫnnuðumk sǫnnumk sǫnnuðumk
2nd person singular sannask sannaðisk sannisk sannaðisk
3rd person singular sannask sannaðisk sannisk sannaðisk
1st person plural sǫnnumsk sǫnnuðumsk sannimsk sannaðimsk
2nd person plural sannizk sǫnnuðuzk sannizk sannaðizk
3rd person plural sannask sǫnnuðusk sannisk sannaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular sannask
1st person plural sǫnnumsk
2nd person plural sannizk

Derived terms

  • sannan f (assertion, proof)
  • senna f (quarrel, row)

Descendants

Noun

sanna f (genitive sǫnnu)

  1. assertation
  2. proof

Declension

Declension of sanna (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sanna sannan sǫnnur sǫnnurnar
accusative sǫnnu sǫnnuna sǫnnur sǫnnurnar
dative sǫnnu sǫnnunni sǫnnum sǫnnunum
genitive sǫnnu sǫnnunnar sanna sannanna

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sanna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sanna, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną.

Verb

sanna

  1. to prove true, show to be true

Conjugation

Conjugation of sanna (weak)
present past
infinitive sanna
participle sannandi, -e sannaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk sannar sanni, -e sannaþi, -e sannaþi, -e
þū sannar sanni, -e sanna sannaþi, -e sannaþi, -e
han sannar sanni, -e sannaþi, -e sannaþi, -e
vīr sannum, -om sannum, -om sannum, -om sannaþum, -om sannaþum, -om
īr sannin sannin sannin sannaþin sannaþin
þēr sanna sannin sannaþu, -o sannaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk sannas sannis, -es sannaþis, -es sannaþis, -es
þū sannas sannis, -es sannaþis, -es sannaþis, -es
han sannas sannis, -es sannaþis, -es sannaþis, -es
vīr sannums, -oms sannums, -oms sannaþums, -oms sannaþums, -oms
īr sannins sannins sannaþins sannaþins
þēr sannas sannins sannaþus, -os sannaþins

Descendants

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

sanna

  1. past participle of sandati (to flow)[1]

Declension

Adjective

sanna

  1. past participle of sīdati (to sink)[1]

Declension

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sanna”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Swedish

Adjective

sanna

  1. inflection of sann:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural