sanna

See also: Sanna and sånnå

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Konkani सान्नां (sānnā̃).

Noun

sanna (plural sannas)

1. A spongy steamed rice cake, popular in parts of India.

Anagrams

• Annas, annas, na-nas, naans, nanas

Afrikaans

Noun

sanna (plural [please provide])

1. flint‐lock gun

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From san +‎ -na, literally “our language”.

Noun

sanna f

1. Cypriot Arabic

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 417

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /sanna/, [sən.na]

Pronoun

sanna (demonstrative) (plural sakku)

1. down distal absolutive; that down a long distance, he/she/it down there.

Declension

Declension of sanna

case	singular	plural
absolutive	sanna	sakku
ergative	sassuma	sakkua
allative	sassumunnga	sakkununnga
ablative	sassumannga	sakkunannga
prolative	sassumuuna	sakkunuuna
locative	sassumani	sakkunani
instrumental	sassuminnga	sakkuninnga
equative	sassumatut	sakkunatut

See also

• manna - this here
• una - that nearby
• innga - that yonder
• kanna - that down a medial distance
• pinnga - that up a medial distance
• panna - that up a long distance
• qanna - that in there/out there
• anna - that in the north
• kinnga - that in the south/that outside
• inna - that which is invisible

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -anːa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sanna.

Verb

sanna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sannaði, supine sannað)

1. to prove

Conjugation

sanna — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að sanna
supine (sagnbót)		sannað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		sannandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég sanna	við sönnum	present (nútíð)	ég sanni	við sönnum
	þú sannar	þið sannið		þú sannir	þið sannið
	hann, hún, það sannar	þeir, þær, þau sanna		hann, hún, það sanni	þeir, þær, þau sanni
past (þátíð)	ég sannaði	við sönnuðum	past (þátíð)	ég sannaði	við sönnuðum
	þú sannaðir	þið sönnuðuð		þú sannaðir	þið sönnuðuð
	hann, hún, það sannaði	þeir, þær, þau sönnuðu		hann, hún, það sannaði	þeir, þær, þau sönnuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	sanna (þú)	sannið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	sannaðu	sanniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sannast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að sannast
supine (sagnbót)		sannast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		sannandist ** ** 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 sannast	við sönnumst	present (nútíð)	ég sannist	við sönnumst
	þú sannast	þið sannist		þú sannist	þið sannist
	hann, hún, það sannast	þeir, þær, þau sannast		hann, hún, það sannist	þeir, þær, þau sannist
past (þátíð)	ég sannaðist	við sönnuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég sannaðist	við sönnuðumst
	þú sannaðist	þið sönnuðust		þú sannaðist	þið sönnuðust
	hann, hún, það sannaðist	þeir, þær, þau sönnuðust		hann, hún, það sannaðist	þeir, þær, þau sönnuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	sannast (þú)	sannist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	sannastu	sannisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sannaður — 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)	sannaður	sönnuð	sannað		sannaðir	sannaðar	sönnuð
accusative (þolfall)	sannaðan	sannaða	sannað		sannaða	sannaðar	sönnuð
dative (þágufall)	sönnuðum	sannaðri	sönnuðu		sönnuðum	sönnuðum	sönnuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	sannaðs	sannaðrar	sannaðs		sannaðra	sannaðra	sannaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sannaði	sannaða	sannaða		sönnuðu	sönnuðu	sönnuðu
accusative (þolfall)	sannaða	sönnuðu	sannaða		sönnuðu	sönnuðu	sönnuðu
dative (þágufall)	sannaða	sönnuðu	sannaða		sönnuðu	sönnuðu	sönnuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	sannaða	sönnuðu	sannaða		sönnuðu	sönnuðu	sönnuðu

Etymology 2

Noun

sanna f (genitive singular sönnu, nominative plural sönnur)

1. (chiefly in the plural) proof; usually in set phrases

Declension

Declension of sanna (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sanna	sannan	sönnur	sönnurnar
accusative	sönnu	sönnuna	sönnur	sönnurnar
dative	sönnu	sönnunni	sönnum	sönnunum
genitive	sönnu	sönnunnar	sanna	sannanna

Etymology 3

Adjective

sanna

1. inflection of sannur:
   1. strong feminine singular accusative positive degree
   2. strong masculine plural accusative positive degree
   3. weak masculine singular accusative positive degree
   4. weak masculine singular dative positive degree
   5. weak masculine singular genitive positive degree
   6. weak feminine singular nominative positive degree
   7. weak neuter singular positive degree

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan.na/
• Rhymes: -anna
• Hyphenation: sàn‧na

Noun

sanna f (plural sanne)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of zanna
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto VI, p.90, vv. 22-23:

     Quando ci scorse Cerbero, il gran vermo, ¶ le bocche aperse e mostrocci le sanne;

     When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm, ¶ his mouths he opened, and displayed his tusks;

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάννας (sánnas).

Noun

sanna f (genitive sannae); first declension

1. A grimace, especially in mockery

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sanna	sannae
genitive	sannae	sannārum
dative	sannae	sannīs
accusative	sannam	sannās
ablative	sannā	sannīs
vocative	sanna	sannae

Derived terms

• sannātor
• sanniō
• sannō

References

• “sanna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sanna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• senna, sana, sena

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a borrowing of Old Norse sanna, senna, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną, *sanþijaną, from *sanþaz (“true”).

Verb

sanna

1. to contradict

Related terms

• sann

Descendants

• North Frisian: sana

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sanþōną, from *sanþaz, whence also Old Norse saðr. The English soothe is a cognate.

Verb

sanna

1. to assert, affirm
2. to make good, prove

Conjugation

Conjugation of sanna — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	sanna
present participle	sannandi
past participle	sannaðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	sanna	sannaða		sanna	sannaða
2nd person singular	sannar	sannaðir		sannir	sannaðir
3rd person singular	sannar	sannaði		sanni	sannaði
1st person plural	sǫnnum	sǫnnuðum		sannim	sannaðim
2nd person plural	sannið	sǫnnuðuð		sannið	sannaðið
3rd person plural	sanna	sǫnnuðu		sanni	sannaði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	sanna
1st person plural	sǫnnum
2nd person plural	sannið

Conjugation of sanna — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	sannask
present participle	sannandisk
past participle	sannazk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	sǫnnumk	sǫnnuðumk		sǫnnumk	sǫnnuðumk
2nd person singular	sannask	sannaðisk		sannisk	sannaðisk
3rd person singular	sannask	sannaðisk		sannisk	sannaðisk
1st person plural	sǫnnumsk	sǫnnuðumsk		sannimsk	sannaðimsk
2nd person plural	sannizk	sǫnnuðuzk		sannizk	sannaðizk
3rd person plural	sannask	sǫnnuðusk		sannisk	sannaðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	sannask
1st person plural	sǫnnumsk
2nd person plural	sannizk

Derived terms

• sannan f (“assertion, proof”)
• senna f (“quarrel, row”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: sanna
• Faroese: sanna
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sanna, sanne
• Old Swedish: sanna
  • Swedish: sanna
• Danish: sande

Noun

sanna f (genitive sǫnnu)

1. assertation
2. proof

Declension

Declension of sanna (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sanna	sannan	sǫnnur	sǫnnurnar
accusative	sǫnnu	sǫnnuna	sǫnnur	sǫnnurnar
dative	sǫnnu	sǫnnunni	sǫnnum	sǫnnunum
genitive	sǫnnu	sǫnnunnar	sanna	sannanna

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sanna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sanna, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną.

Verb

sanna

1. to prove true, show to be true

Conjugation

Conjugation of sanna (weak)

	present				past
infinitive	sanna				—
participle	sannandi, -e				sannaþer
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	sannar	sanni, -e	—		sannaþi, -e	sannaþi, -e
þū	sannar	sanni, -e	sanna		sannaþi, -e	sannaþi, -e
han	sannar	sanni, -e	—		sannaþi, -e	sannaþi, -e
vīr	sannum, -om	sannum, -om	sannum, -om		sannaþum, -om	sannaþum, -om
īr	sannin	sannin	sannin		sannaþin	sannaþin
þēr	sanna	sannin	—		sannaþu, -o	sannaþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	sannas	sannis, -es	—		sannaþis, -es	sannaþis, -es
þū	sannas	sannis, -es	—		sannaþis, -es	sannaþis, -es
han	sannas	sannis, -es	—		sannaþis, -es	sannaþis, -es
vīr	sannums, -oms	sannums, -oms	—		sannaþums, -oms	sannaþums, -oms
īr	sannins	sannins	—		sannaþins	sannaþins
þēr	sannas	sannins	—		sannaþus, -os	sannaþins

Descendants

• Swedish: sanna

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• सन्न (Devanagari script)
• সন্ন (Bengali script)
• සන‍්න (Sinhalese script)
• သန္န or သၼ္ၼ or သၼ်ၼ (Burmese script)
• สนฺน or สันนะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᨶ᩠ᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ສນ຺ນ or ສັນນະ (Lao script)
• សន្ន (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄚𑄴𑄚 (Chakma script)

Adjective

sanna

1. past participle of sandati (“to flow”)

Declension

Declension table of "sanna" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sanno	sannā
Accusative (second)	sannaṃ	sanne
Instrumental (third)	sannena	sannehi or sannebhi
Dative (fourth)	sannassa or sannāya or sannatthaṃ	sannānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sannasmā or sannamhā or sannā	sannehi or sannebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sannassa	sannānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sannasmiṃ or sannamhi or sanne	sannesu
Vocative (calling)	sanna	sannā

Declension table of "sannā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sannā	sannāyo or sannā
Accusative (second)	sannaṃ	sannāyo or sannā
Instrumental (third)	sannāya	sannāhi or sannābhi
Dative (fourth)	sannāya	sannānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sannāya	sannāhi or sannābhi
Genitive (sixth)	sannāya	sannānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sannāya or sannāyaṃ	sannāsu
Vocative (calling)	sanne	sannāyo or sannā

Declension table of "sanna" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sannaṃ	sannāni
Accusative (second)	sannaṃ	sannāni
Instrumental (third)	sannena	sannehi or sannebhi
Dative (fourth)	sannassa or sannāya or sannatthaṃ	sannānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sannasmā or sannamhā or sannā	sannehi or sannebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sannassa	sannānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sannasmiṃ or sannamhi or sanne	sannesu
Vocative (calling)	sanna	sannāni

Adjective

sanna

1. past participle of sīdati (“to sink”)

Declension

Declension table of "sanna" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sanno	sannā
Accusative (second)	sannaṃ	sanne
Instrumental (third)	sannena	sannehi or sannebhi
Dative (fourth)	sannassa or sannāya or sannatthaṃ	sannānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sannasmā or sannamhā or sannā	sannehi or sannebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sannassa	sannānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sannasmiṃ or sannamhi or sanne	sannesu
Vocative (calling)	sanna	sannā

Declension table of "sannā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sannā	sannāyo or sannā
Accusative (second)	sannaṃ	sannāyo or sannā
Instrumental (third)	sannāya	sannāhi or sannābhi
Dative (fourth)	sannāya	sannānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sannāya	sannāhi or sannābhi
Genitive (sixth)	sannāya	sannānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sannāya or sannāyaṃ	sannāsu
Vocative (calling)	sanne	sannāyo or sannā

Declension table of "sanna" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sannaṃ	sannāni
Accusative (second)	sannaṃ	sannāni
Instrumental (third)	sannena	sannehi or sannebhi
Dative (fourth)	sannassa or sannāya or sannatthaṃ	sannānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sannasmā or sannamhā or sannā	sannehi or sannebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sannassa	sannānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sannasmiṃ or sannamhi or sanne	sannesu
Vocative (calling)	sanna	sannāni

Swedish

Adjective

sanna

1. inflection of sann:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural