sanas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sanas"

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sanas

1. present of sani

French

Noun

sanas m pl

1. plural of sana

Anagrams

• ansas

Irish

Alternative forms

• sanais f
• sanus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish sanas, from Proto-Celtic *sanestos (“advice; whisper”). Reinterpreted by folk etymology as sain- (“special”) +‎ fios (“knowledge”). Cognate with Manx sannish and Scottish Gaelic sanas (“whisper, hint”) and more distantly with Welsh hanes (“history”).

Noun

sanas m (genitive singular sanais, nominative plural sanais) or
sanas f (genitive singular sanaise, nominative plural sanasa)

1. (Christianity, often capitalized) Annunciation
2. gloss, glossary
3. whisper, suggestion, hint
4. instigation (incitement to evil or wickedness)
5. connotation (suggested or implied meaning)
6. (literary) private communication
7. (obsolete) counsel (deliberate purpose)

Declension

Standard declension:

Declension of sanas (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative sanas sanais vocative a shanais a shanasa genitive sanais sanas dative sanas sanais forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an sanas na sanais genitive an tsanais na sanas dative leis an sanas don sanas leis na sanais

Alternative declension:

Declension of sanas (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative sanas sanasa vocative a shanas a shanasa genitive sanaise sanas dative sanas sanais (archaic, dialectal) sanasa forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tsanas na sanasa genitive na sanaise na sanas dative leis an tsanas leis an tsanais (archaic, dialectal) don tsanas don tsanais (archaic, dialectal) leis na sanasa

Synonyms

• (Annunciation): Teachtaireacht an Aingil
• (gloss, glossary): gluais
• (whisper): ráfla, luaidreán
• (instigation): gríosú
• (connotation): cuimse

Derived terms

• sanasán

Mutation

Mutated forms of sanas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sanas	shanas after an, tsanas	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “sanas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 592
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sanas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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

Mutation of sanas

radical	lenition	nasalization
sanas	ṡanas	sanas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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”)

Mutation

Mutation of sanas

radical	lenition
sanas	shanas after "an", t-sanas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “sanas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 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