siar
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German schier, from Old High German skiaro (“fast, immediately”). Cognate with German schier.
Adverb
siar
- (Sette Comuni) almost
- 'Z ist siar sait so imbaisan.
- It's almost time for dinner.
References
- “siar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Greenlandic
Affix
siar
- used to express a quality of being slightly in one direction
- Tunuaamitsiarit!
- Move a little backwards!
- Ungasiarpoq.
- He is rather far away.
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *s(w)esō; compare Lithuanian sesuo.
Noun
Declension
Declension of siar (irregular) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | siar | sizariin |
genitive | sissaaren | sizaria |
partitive | siaart | sizarisse |
illative | sizaresse | sizariiz |
inessive | sizareez | sizarist |
elative | sizarest | sizarille |
allative | sizarelle | sizariil |
adessive | sizareel | sizarilt |
ablative | sizarelt | sizariks |
translative | sizareks | sizariin |
essive | sizareen | {{{23}}} |
exessive1) | sissaaret | {{{24}}} |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Irish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
siar
Adverb
siar
- west, westward
- back, to the rear
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:
- Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.
- A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.
Usage notes
- This word refers only to an ultimate destination of movement (i.e., "to the west").
- The adjective is indeclinable in Irish
See also
Irish adverbs of direction and position
Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Stationary position on the indicated side |
Motion from |
---|---|---|---|---|
above, up | suas | thuas | lastuas | anuas |
below, down | síos | thíos | laistíos | aníos |
east | soir | thoir | lastoir | anoir |
west/back | siar | thiar | laistiar | aniar |
north | ó thuaidh | thuaidh | lastuaidh | aduaidh |
south | ó dheas | theas | laisteas | aneas |
northeast | soir ó thuaidh | thoir thuaidh | — | anoir aduaidh |
northwest | siar ó thuaidh | thiar thuaidh | — | aniar aduaidh |
southeast | soir ó dheas | thoir theas | — | anoir aneas |
southwest | siar ó dheas | thiar theas | — | aniar aneas |
over there | sall | thall | lastall | anall |
over here | — | — | — | anonn |
inside | isteach | istigh | laistigh | — |
outside | amach | amuigh | lasmuigh | — |
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Adjective
siar
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
West Coast Bajau
Noun
siar
- shrimp (decapod crustacean)
Synonyms
Categories:
- Cimbrian terms inherited from Middle High German
- Cimbrian terms derived from Middle High German
- Cimbrian terms derived from Old High German
- Cimbrian lemmas
- Cimbrian adverbs
- Sette Comuni Cimbrian
- Cimbrian terms with usage examples
- Greenlandic lemmas
- Greenlandic morphemes
- Greenlandic terms with usage examples
- Ingrian terms borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish adverbs
- Irish terms with quotations
- ga:Compass points
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
- West Coast Bajau lemmas
- West Coast Bajau nouns
- bdr:Crustaceans
- bdr:Foods