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)
verbal noun siosadh
past participle siosta
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present siosaim siosann tú;
siosair† 		siosann sé, sí siosaimid siosann sibh siosann siad;
siosaid† 		a shiosann; a shiosas /
a siosann* 		siostar
past shios mé; shiosas shios tú; shiosais shios sé, sí shiosamar; shios muid shios sibh; shiosabhair shios siad; shiosadar a shios /
ar shios* 		siosadh
past habitual shiosainn / siosainn‡‡ shiostá / siostᇇ shiosadh sé, sí / siosadh sé, s퇇 shiosaimis; shiosadh muid / siosaimis‡‡; siosadh muid‡‡ shiosadh sibh / siosadh sibh‡‡ shiosaidís; shiosadh siad / siosaidís‡‡; siosadh siad‡‡ a shiosadh /
a siosadh* 		shiostaí / siosta퇇
future siosfaidh mé;
siosfad 		siosfaidh tú;
siosfair† 		siosfaidh sé, sí siosfaimid;
siosfaidh muid 		siosfaidh sibh siosfaidh siad;
siosfaid† 		a shiosfaidh; a shiosfas /
a siosfaidh* 		siosfar
conditional shiosfainn / siosfainn‡‡ shiosfá / siosfᇇ shiosfadh sé, sí / siosfadh sé, s퇇 shiosfaimis; shiosfadh muid / siosfaimis‡‡; siosfadh muid‡‡ shiosfadh sibh / siosfadh sibh‡‡ shiosfaidís; shiosfadh siad / siosfaidís‡‡; siosfadh siad‡‡ a shiosfadh /
a siosfadh* 		shiosfaí / siosfa퇇
subjunctive
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 dá siosainn dá siostá dá siosadh sé, sí dá siosaimis;
dá siosadh muid 		dá siosadh sibh dá siosaidís;
dá siosadh siad 		— dá siostaí
imperative
– siosaim sios siosadh sé, sí siosaimis siosaigí;
siosaidh† 		siosaidís — siostar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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)

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

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