senda

See also: Senda, and sen đá

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsen.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsen.da]

Noun

senda f (plural sendes)

1. footpath
2. (Valencia) droveway

Synonyms

• sender m
• sendera f
• viarany m

Further reading

• “senda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse senda, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną.

Verb

senda (third person singular past indicative sendi, third person plural past indicative sent, supine sent)

1. to send

Conjugation

Conjugation of senda (group v-5)
infinitive	senda
supine	sent
participle (a7)1	sendandi	sendur
	present	past
first singular	sendi	sendi
second singular	sendir	sendi
third singular	sendir	sendi
plural	senda	sendu
	imperative
singular	send!
plural	sendið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse senda, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnta/

  Rhymes: -ɛnta

Verb

senda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sendi, supine sent)

1. to send

Conjugation

senda — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að senda
supine (sagnbót)		sent
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		sendandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég sendi	við sendum	present (nútíð)	ég sendi	við sendum
	þú sendir	þið sendið		þú sendir	þið sendið
	hann, hún, það sendir	þeir, þær, þau senda		hann, hún, það sendi	þeir, þær, þau sendi
past (þátíð)	ég sendi	við sendum	past (þátíð)	ég sendi	við sendum
	þú sendir	þið senduð		þú sendir	þið senduð
	hann, hún, það sendi	þeir, þær, þau sendu		hann, hún, það sendi	þeir, þær, þau sendu
imperative (boðháttur)	send (þú)	sendið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	sendu	sendiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sendast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að sendast
supine (sagnbót)		senst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		sendandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég sendist	við sendumst	present (nútíð)	ég sendist	við sendumst
	þú sendist	þið sendist		þú sendist	þið sendist
	hann, hún, það sendist	þeir, þær, þau sendast		hann, hún, það sendist	þeir, þær, þau sendist
past (þátíð)	ég sendist	við sendumst	past (þátíð)	ég sendist	við sendumst
	þú sendist	þið sendust		þú sendist	þið sendust
	hann, hún, það sendist	þeir, þær, þau sendust		hann, hún, það sendist	þeir, þær, þau sendust
imperative (boðháttur)	senst (þú)	sendist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	senstu	sendisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sendur — 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)	sendur	send	sent		sendir	sendar	send
accusative (þolfall)	sendan	senda	sent		senda	sendar	send
dative (þágufall)	sendum	sendri	sendu		sendum	sendum	sendum
genitive (eignarfall)	sends	sendrar	sends		sendra	sendra	sendra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sendi	senda	senda		sendu	sendu	sendu
accusative (þolfall)	senda	sendu	senda		sendu	sendu	sendu
dative (þágufall)	senda	sendu	senda		sendu	sendu	sendu
genitive (eignarfall)	senda	sendu	senda		sendu	sendu	sendu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sende

Etymology

From Old Norse senda, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną. Akin to English send.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sɛndɑ/
• IPA^(key): /sɛɲː/ (dialects with palatalization and apocope)

Verb

senda (imperative send, present tense sender, simple past sende, past participle sendt, present participle sendande)

1. to send (make something go somewhere)

   Eg sender eit brev.

   I am sending a letter.

2. to transmit

   Radiostasjonen sender på denne frekvensen.

   The radio station transmits on this frequency.

References

• “senda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, causative form of Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”) (so literally "to make someone go"). Compare Old Saxon sendian, Old Frisian senda, Old English sendan, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sandjan).

Verb

senda

1. to send

Conjugation

Conjugation of senda — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	senda
present participle	sendandi
past participle	sendr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sendi	senda
2nd-person singular	sendir	sendir
3rd-person singular	sendir	sendi
1st-person plural	sendum	sendum
2nd-person plural	sendið	senduð
3rd-person plural	senda	sendu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	senda	senda
2nd-person singular	sendir	sendir
3rd-person singular	sendi	sendi
1st-person plural	sendim	sendim
2nd-person plural	sendið	sendið
3rd-person plural	sendi	sendi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	send, sendi
1st-person plural	sendum
2nd-person plural	sendið

Conjugation of senda — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	sendask
present participle	sendandisk
past participle	senzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sendumk	sendumk
2nd-person singular	sendisk	sendisk
3rd-person singular	sendisk	sendisk
1st-person plural	sendumsk	sendumsk
2nd-person plural	sendizk	senduzk
3rd-person plural	sendask	sendusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	sendumk	sendumk
2nd-person singular	sendisk	sendisk
3rd-person singular	sendisk	sendisk
1st-person plural	sendimsk	sendimsk
2nd-person plural	sendizk	sendizk
3rd-person plural	sendisk	sendisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	senzk, sendisk
1st-person plural	sendumsk
2nd-person plural	sendizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: senda
• Faroese: senda
• Norwegian Nynorsk: senda
• Old Swedish: sænda
  • Swedish: sända
• Old Danish: sændæ
  • Danish: sende
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sende
• Gutnish: sände
• Scanian: sænða

References

• “senda”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sémita (Portugal)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese senda, from Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.dɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽdɐ
• Hyphenation: sen‧da

Noun

senda f (plural sendas)

1. footpath
2. (figuratively) habit, routine

Further reading

• “senda”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “senda”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “senda” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “senda”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “senda”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “senda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).

Noun

senda f (plural sendas)

1. path, footpath

Derived terms

• battasenda (“scout”)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsenda/ [ˈsẽn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -enda
• Syllabification: sen‧da

Noun

senda f (plural sendas)

1. footpath

   Synonym: sendero

Related terms

• sendero

 

Further reading

• “senda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28