sanna

See also: Sanna

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

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Afrikaans

Noun

sanna (plural [please provide])

1. flint‐lock gun

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Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sanːa/

Pronoun

sanna (demonstrative) (plural sakku)

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

Declension

Declension of sanna

	singular	plural
absolutive	sanna	sakku
ergative	sassuma	sakkua
allative	sassumunnga	sakkununnga
ablative	sassumannga	sakkunannga
prosecutive	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

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -anːa

Verb

sanna

1. to prove

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Adjective

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan.na/, [ˈs̪än̺n̺ä]
• Hyphenation: sàn‧na

Noun

sanna f (plural sanne)

1. Archaic form of zanna.
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (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;

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάννας (sánnas).

Noun

sanna f (genitive sannae); first declension

1. A grimace, especially in mockery

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	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.

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Old Frisian

Verb

sanna

1. to contradict

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Old Norse

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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	present	past
1st-person singular	sanna	sannaða
2nd-person singular	sannar	sannaðir
3rd-person singular	sannar	sannaði
1st-person plural	sǫnnum	sǫnnuðum
2nd-person plural	sannið	sǫnnuðuð
3rd-person plural	sanna	sǫnnuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	sanna	sannaða
2nd-person singular	sannir	sannaðir
3rd-person singular	sanni	sannaði
1st-person plural	sannim	sannaðim
2nd-person plural	sannið	sannaðið
3rd-person plural	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	present	past
1st-person singular	sǫnnumk	sǫnnuðumk
2nd-person singular	sannask	sannaðisk
3rd-person singular	sannask	sannaðisk
1st-person plural	sǫnnumsk	sǫnnuðumsk
2nd-person plural	sannizk	sǫnnuðuzk
3rd-person plural	sannask	sǫnnuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	sǫnnumk	sǫnnuðumk
2nd-person singular	sannisk	sannaðisk
3rd-person singular	sannisk	sannaðisk
1st-person plural	sannimsk	sannaðimsk
2nd-person plural	sannizk	sannaðizk
3rd-person plural	sannisk	sannaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	sannask
1st-person plural	sǫnnumsk
2nd-person plural	sannizk

Derived terms

• sannan f (“assertion, proof”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: sanna
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sanna, sanne
• Old Swedish: sanna
  • Swedish: sanna

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

References

• “sanna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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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

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Swedish

Adjective

sanna

1. (deprecated template usage) inflection of sann:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural