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English

Noun

sien (plural siens)

1. Obsolete spelling of scion

Anagrams

• EINs, NIEs, Nies, SINE, sein, sine, snie

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• siet (Cape Afrikaans)
• siin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Dutch zien, from Middle Dutch sien, from Old Dutch sian, from Proto-Germanic *sehwan?, from Proto-Indo-European *sek?- (“to see, notice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin/

Verb

sien (present sien, present participle siende or sienende, past participle gesien)

1. to see

See also

• kyk

Danish

Noun

sien c

1. definite singular of si

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin suus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sj??/

Adjective

sien (feminine singular sienne, masculine plural siens, feminine plural siennes)

1. (archaic) his (that which belongs to him); her (that which belongs to her)

Derived terms

• faire des siennes
• faire sien
• le sien (“his, hers”)
• y mettre du sien

Related terms

• son/sa/ses

Further reading

• “sien” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Inès, nies, niés, sein

Low German

Alternative forms

• seyn, syn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zi?n/

Etymology

From Middle Low German sîn, from Old Saxon s?n. The infinitive sien along with the words is and sünd derive ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?es- (“to be”), which had no separate infinitive in Germanic. The modern infinitive was probably back-formed in late Old Saxon from the former first-person plural subjunctive s?n (“we be”), since this form had become identical to the infinitive in other verbs during the late Old Saxon period. Compare also German sein, Dutch zijn.

The original infinitive is wesen, from Middle Low German wesen, from Old Saxon wesan, from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesan?, from *h?wes- (“to reside”). All the forms with initial w- (imperative and past tense) derive from this root. The infinitive wesen is still the most used one, but in general which one is used is a matter of personal preference and/or region.

Finally, the forms bün and büst derive from Proto-Germanic *beun? (“to be, to become”), from *b?uH- (“to become”), which survives only as relic forms in the West Germanic languages and not at all in the others. Its infinitive and non-singular forms are only attested in (Old) English.

Verb

sien (past singular weer, past participle wesen or west, auxiliary verb wesen)

1. (only as the infinitive) Alternative form of wesen

Conjugation

Synonyms

• wesen

See also

• wesen

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch sian, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zi?n/

Verb

sien

1. to see

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zien
  • Afrikaans: sien
• Limburgish: zeen

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *s?an, from Proto-West Germanic *s?hwan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zi??n/

Verb

siën

1. to filter, to seep

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zijen, zijgen (merged with sigen)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

sien

1. first/third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of w?sen

Further reading

• “sien (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “siën”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “sien (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “siën”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page siën

Middle English

Verb

sien

1. Alternative form of seien

Mirandese

Alternative forms

• sin

Etymology

From Latin sine.

Preposition

sien

1. without

Antonyms

• cun

Old English

Alternative forms

• s?n, s?on, s?n

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *siuni (“appearance, sight, face”).

Cognate with Old Frisian si?ne, si?ne (“face, countenance”), Old Saxon siun (“vision, sight”), Old Norse sýn (“face, appearance, countenance”), Gothic ???????????????????? (siuns, “face, form, countenance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?y?n/

Noun

s?en f

1. (senses) power of sight, vision
2. the instrument of sight; eye; pupil
3. appearance, countenance

Declension

Synonyms

• (power of vision): sihþ, ?esihþ
• (appearance): wlite
• (face): nebb

Derived terms

• wæfers?en

Related terms

• s?on

Old French

Etymology

Latin suum.

Adjective

sien

1. (stressed) third-person singular possessive pronoun
   1. his
   2. her
   3. one's
   4. its

Usage notes

• chiefly used after an article (un, le, etc.) and before a noun. The noun may be omitted if clear from the context

Descendants

• French: sien

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin somnus.

Noun

sien f (plural siens)

1. (Sutsilvan) nap

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) siesta, durmida
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) cupid
• (Sursilvan) tut
• (Surmiran) cupidada, durmeidetta, cuc
• (Puter, Vallader) sönin
• (Vallader) sönet

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin/

Determiner

sien

1. feminine of sin
2. neuter of sin
3. plural of sin

References

• “sien” in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch

Spanish

Etymology

A development of older sen (“sense, judgement”) (compare Italian senno), influenced by conjugated forms of sentir (“to feel”) (compare siento (“to feel”)). Probably, through the intermediate of a Gallo-Romance source such as Old Occitan sen, from Vulgar Latin *sennus, of Germanic origin (compare Dutch zin (“meaning, intention”), German Sinn (“sense, mind”), Norwegian sinn (“mind”), Swedish sinne (“mind, sense”)), from Proto-West Germanic *sinn, from Proto-Indo-European *sentnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sjen/, [?sj?n]
• Homophone: cien (seseante dialects)
• Rhymes: -en

Noun

sien f (plural sienes)

1. (anatomy) temple (part of the skull on the side of the forehead)

Related terms

• sienes

References

• “sien” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese ? (MC si?n).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?i?n??/
• Tone numbers: sien¹
• Hyphenation: sien

Noun

sien (old orthography sien)

1. immortal; god

Zou

Noun

sien

1. blood

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf

English

Etymology 1

From Afrikaans

Interjection

sies

1. (South Africa) Expressing disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
   • 2008, William Higham, Nakada's Touch (page 316)

     'Sies, man,' a voice said. 'You're a domkop. How you gonna see 'em?'

   • 2011, Niq Mhlongo, After Tears (page 13)

     “Sies, man!” she said to herself. “Where are the men of this house? Is anybody home?”

Etymology 2

Verb

sies

1. simple past tense and past participle of sie

Noun

sies

1. plural of sie

Anagrams

• -esis, seis, sise

German

Alternative forms

• sie's

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zi?s/
• Hyphenation: sies

Contraction

sies

1. Contraction of sie es.

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?s/

Adjective

sies

1. sweet

Derived terms

• Siesichkeet
• Sieskartoffel
• Siesransch

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin sex.

Adjective

sies

1. six

Noun

sies m (uncountable)

1. six

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??s/

Etymology 1

From Arabic ?????? (?as?s). The plural form by analogy with certain other monosyllabic nouns with the vowel -ie-, such as bieb or wied. Compare Moroccan Arabic ???? (s?s).

Noun

sies m (plural sisien)

1. foundation, basis

Etymology 2

From Arabic ????? (s?sa, “to lead, direct”) with semantic shift from leading to being led.

Verb

sies (imperfect jsus)

1. (with wara) to follow persistently, to tail after

Conjugation

• The perfect tense is highly archaic and not part of contemporary standard Maltese. It is replaced with kien + imperfect.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sies

1. passive form of si

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English chess.

Noun

sies m (uncountable, not mutable)

1. chess

Synonyms

• gwyddbwyll