siens

English

Noun

siens

1. Obsolete spelling of scion.

Anagrams

• sines, snies

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French

Pronoun

siens m

1. Plural form of sien

Anagrams

• seins

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Latvian

Siens

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *šainan, *šeinan, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoinom (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoi-no (“hay”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱei- (“color, usually gray”)). Cognates include Lithuanian šiẽnas (“hay”) (regionally siẽnas), Old Church Slavonic сѣно (sěno, “hay”) (Russian сено (séno), Ukrainian сіно (síno), Bulgarian сено (senó), Czech seno, Polish siano), and possibly Ancient Greek κοινά (koiná, “cattle food”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sìens]

Noun

siens m, 1st declension

1. 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

declension of siens

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	siens	sieni
accusative (akuzatīvs)	sienu	sienus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	siena	sienu
dative (datīvs)	sienam	sieniem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	sienu	sieniem
locative (lokatīvs)	sienā	sienos
vocative (vokatīvs)	sien	sieni

Derived terms

• siena drudzis
• siena mēnesis

See also

• gulta