sann

See also: sånn and Sänn

Cypriot Arabic

Root
s-n-n
2 terms

Etymology

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Arabic سَنَّ (sanna)

Cypriot Arabic sann

Inherited from Arabic سَنَّ (sanna).

Verb

sann I (present pisánn) (transitive)

1. to sharpen

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 277

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -an

Verb

sann

1. first/third-person singular preterite of sinnen

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French cendre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sãn/

Noun

sann

1. ash, cinder

Kavalan

Noun

sann

1. oyster

Maltese

Root
s-n-n
4 terms

Alternative forms

• senn

Etymology

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Arabic سَنَّ (sanna)

Maltese sann

Inherited from Arabic سَنَّ (sanna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sann/
• Rhymes: -ann

Verb

sann (imperfect jsonn, past participle misnun, verbal noun sann or senn)

1. to sharpen (a knife etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sann (Form I)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sannejt	sannejt	sann	sannejna	sannejtu	sannew
	f			sannet
imperfect	m	nsonn	ssonn	jsonn	nsonnu	ssonnu	jsonnu
	f			ssonn
imperative			sonn			sonnu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sannejtx	sannejtx	sannx	sannejniex	sannejtux	sannewx
	f			sannitx
imperfect	m	nsonnx	ssonnx	jsonnx	nsonnux	ssonnux	jsonnux
	f			ssonnx
imperative			ssonnx			ssonnux

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sannr.

Adjective

sann (neuter singular sant, definite singular and plural sanne, comparative sannere, indefinite superlative sannest, definite superlative sanneste)

1. true, real, genuine

Derived terms

• sannhet
• sannsynlig

References

• “sann” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sann_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sannr, saðr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz.

Adjective

sann (neuter singular sant, definite singular and plural sanne, comparative sannare, indefinite superlative sannast, definite superlative sannaste)

1. true, real, genuine

Derived terms

• sanning

Etymology 2

Contraction of sa han (“said he”).

Contraction

sann

1. only used in pytt sann

References

• “sann” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑnn/, [sɑn]

Verb

sann

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of sinnan

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sander, from Old Norse sannr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz. Cognate of English sooth.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sann (comparative sannare, superlative sannast)

1. true; according to the truth
2. true; a value in Boolean logic denoting an affirmative or positive result
3. (archaic) genuine, undiluted

   Det är mig ett sant nöje att hälsa er välkomna

   It is an absolute pleasure to welcome you

4. (archaic) true; faithful

Declension

Inflection of sann

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	sann	sannare	sannast
neuter singular	sant	sannare	sannast
plural	sanna	sannare	sannast
masculine plural2	sanne	sannare	sannast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	sanne	sannare	sannaste
all	sanna	sannare	sannaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• osann
• sannfärdig
• sannolik

Noun

sann c

1. honor, probity, honesty

   Synonyms: heder, ära, redlighet, ärlighet

Derived terms

• minsann

Further reading

• sann in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• sann in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• Anns

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Noun

sann (genitive sanna, partitive sanna)

1. sauna

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.