sanas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sanas"

Esperanto

Verb

sanas

1. present of sani

French

Noun

sanas ?

1. plural of sana

Anagrams

• ansas

Latin

Verb

sānās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of sānō

Adjective

sānās

1. accusative feminine plural of sānus

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• sanais

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sanestos (“advice; whisper”).

Noun

sanas f (genitive sanaise, nominative plural sanasa)

1. advice, counsel

   Synonym: comairle

2. whisper
3. privacy

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sanasL	sanaisL	sanasaH
Vocative	sanasL	sanaisL	sanasaH
Accusative	sanaisN	sanaisL	sanasaH
Genitive	sanaiseH	sanasL	sanasN
Dative	sanaisL	sanasaib	sanasaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: sanas
  • ⇒ Irish: sanasán
• Manx: sannish
• Scottish Gaelic: sanas
• ⇒ Middle Irish: sanusach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
sanas	ṡanas	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sanas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Verb

sanas

1. second-person singular present indicative of sanar

Romani

Verb

sanas

1. second-person singular perfect or imperfect indicative of si

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• sain-fhios, sainis, sanus
• sanais (Uist)

Etymology

From Old Irish sanas.

Noun

sanas m (genitive singular sanais, plural sanasan)

1. announcement, notice
2. advertisement
3. hint, cue
4. sign, signal
5. warning
6. whisper

Derived terms

• cainnt-sanais f (“sign language”)
• sanas-reic m (“advertisement”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “sanas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sanas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsanas/ [ˈsa.nas]
• Rhymes: -anas
• Syllabification: sa‧nas

Etymology 1

Adjective

sanas

1. feminine plural of sano

Etymology 2

Verb

sanas

1. second-person singular present indicative of sanar