different between syne vs sane

English

Etymology

From Middle English syne, syn, sin, a contracted form of sithen (“since”). More at sithen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?n/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /s?in/

Adverb

syne (comparative more syne, superlative most syne)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) Subsequently; then. [from 14th c.]
   • 1866, Susanna Blamire, and Sidney Gilpin (ed.), Songs and Poems, page 17:

     At last he comes, and on his knee

     The wee tots a'thegether cling,

     An' ilk yen strives to catch his ee,

     Syne tugs his cwoat an' bids him sing.

   • 1894, Howard Pease, The Mark o' The Deil And Other Northumbrian Tales, page 20:

     Sic a pair o' friends aa nivvor seed either before or syne.
2. (Scotland, Northern England, chiefly in phrases like "soon as syne") Late.
   • W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace)

     [Each rogue] shall be discovered either soon or syne.

   • 1843, Walter Scott, Waverly, page 357:

     "I had rather it came to-morrow than a month hence. Come, I know, it will; and, as your country folks say, better soon than syne  […]

3. (Scotland, Northern England) Before now; ago. [from 16th c.]
   • 1808, Allan Ramsay, The Gentle Sheperd, page 64:

     I eat, drink, and sleep as sound as I did twenty years syne; yes, I laugh heartily too, and find as many subjects to employ that faculty upon as ever; fools, fops, and knaves, grow as rank as formerly, yet here and there, […]

   • 1859, Old and Young, page 11:

     Camden Lyde had come to dwell in Mapleblade, a long while syne. His father had been in times past the parish parson, and the son was kindly affectionate to the old village scenes, and to the faces that seemed in some sort to belong to him } […]

Synonyms

• (subsequently): ensuingly, followingly; see also Thesaurus:then

Preposition

syne

1. (Scotland, Northern England) Since.
   • 1840, Howitt, Hope On, page ii:

     I've niver set fute i' Gibb's Ha' syne his father's death.

   • 1880, Banks, Wooers, III, i:

     Shoo's […] gitten fair pratty, syne Maister Allen gat wed.

See also

• auld lang syne

References

Anagrams

• NYSE, Neys, neys, nyes, snye, syen, yens

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch (de/het) zijne.

Pronoun

syne

1. his (that or those of him)

   Hy het my hemp aangehad en ek syne.

   He wore my shirt and I wore his.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýna (“show”), derived from the noun sjón (“sight”), see Danish syn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sy?n?]

Verb

syne

1. to inspect (a car or other vehicle to determine whether it is fit for use)

2. to examine, appraise
3. (intransitive) to look, appear (seem to have a certain quality)
4. (intransitive) be visible

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

syne n

1. genitive form of syn

   komme til syne - to come into view

Verb

syne (present tense syner, past tense and past participle synet)

1. to appear,to become visible

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

syne n

1. kome til syne - to come into view

Verb

syne (present tense syner, past tense synte, past participle synt, passive infinitive synast, present participle synande, imperative syn)

1. Alternative form of syna

References

• “syne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English s?n, northern form of sithen, from Old English siþþan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?in/

Adverb

syne (not comparable)

1. afterwards, thereupon
2. thus, hence
3. since, ago

Derived terms

• lang syne

References

• “syne” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

English

Etymology

Either borrowed from Latin s?nus (“healthy; sane”), or a back-formation from sanity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Adjective

sane (comparative saner, superlative sanest)

1. Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.

   a sane mind

2. Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.

   a sane person

3. Rational; reasonable; sensible.

   Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.

Synonyms

• (possessing mental faculties): in one's right mind, play with a full deck
• See also Thesaurus:sane.

Antonyms

• insane
• crazy
• unbalanced
• See also Thesaurus:insane.

Related terms

• (being healthy): sanity, mental health
• (possessing mental faculties): compos mentis, right-minded

Translations

Anagrams

• ENSA, Esan, NAEs, NESA, Nase, Sean, Sena, eans, nase, sean

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sane]

Adjective

sane

1. bad

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sane/
• Hyphenation: sa?ne
• Rhymes: -ane

Adverb

sane

1. healthily

Finnish

Etymology

sana (“word”) +? -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ne?/, [?s??ne?(?)]
• Rhymes: -?ne
• Syllabification: sa?ne

Noun

sane

1. (linguistics) vocable (word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning)
2. word token

Declension

Anagrams

• Esan

Italian

Adjective

sane

1. feminine plural of sano

Anagrams

• anse

Japanese

Romanization

sane

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Etymology 1

s?nus (“healthy; sane”) +? -? (adverb formant)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sa?.ne?/, [?s?ä?ne?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sa.ne/, [?s??n?]

Adverb

s?n? (comparative s?nius, superlative s?nissim?)

1. soundly, healthily, well
2. soberly, sensibly, reasonably, discreetly
3. (by extension) yes, truly, indeed; certainly, right, really; quite, very

   Synonym: valde

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sa?.ne/, [?s?ä?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sa.ne/, [?s??n?]

Adjective

s?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of s?nus

References

• sane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• sane in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[2]
• sane in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Verb

sane

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of sanar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of sanar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of sanar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of sanar

Spanish

Verb

sane

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of sanar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sanar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sanar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of sanar.