siens
English
editNoun
editsiens
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editAdjective
editsiens
Derived terms
edit- les siens (“his, hers”)
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editLatvian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *šainan, *šeinan, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoynom (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoy-no- (“hay”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“color, usually gray”)). Cognates include Lithuanian šiẽnas (“hay”) (regionally siẽnas), Old Church Slavonic сѣно (sěno, “hay”) (Russian се́но (séno), Ukrainian сі́но (síno), Bulgarian сено́ (senó), Czech seno, Polish siano), and possibly Ancient Greek κοινά (koiná, “cattle food”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsiens m (1st declension)
- hay (dried grass used as animal fodder)
- siena guba, stirpa, kaudze ― hay stack
- siena grābeklis, dakšas ― hay rake, fork
- siena pļava ― hay meadow
- siena laiks ― hay time (i.e., time to mow hay)
- pļaut, grābt sienu ― to mow hay
Declension
editDeclension of siens (1st declension)
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “siens”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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