senda

See also: Senda and sen đá

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsen.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsen.da]

Noun

senda f (plural sendes)

1. footpath
2. (Valencia) droveway

Synonyms

• sender m
• sendera f
• viarany m

Further reading

• “senda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse senda, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną.

Verb

senda (third person singular past indicative sendi, third person plural past indicative sent, supine sent)

1. to send

Conjugation

Conjugation of senda (group v-5)

infinitive	senda
supine	sent
	present	past
first singular	sendi	sendi
second singular	sendir	sendi
third singular	sendir	sendi
plural	senda	sendu
participle (a7)1	sendandi	sendur
	imperative
singular	send!
plural	sendið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse senda, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnta/

  Rhymes: -ɛnta

Verb

senda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sendi, supine sent)

1. to send

Conjugation

senda – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að senda
supine sagnbót		sent
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sendandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	sendi	sendi		sendi	sendi
	þú	sendir	sendir		sendir	sendir
	hann, hún, það	sendir	sendi		sendi	sendi
plural	við	sendum	sendum		sendum	sendum
	þið	sendið	senduð		sendið	senduð
	þeir, þær, þau	senda	sendu		sendi	sendu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	send (þú), sendu
plural	þið	sendið (þið), sendiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sendast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að sendast
supine sagnbót		senst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sendandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	sendist	sendist		sendist	sendist
	þú	sendist	sendist		sendist	sendist
	hann, hún, það	sendist	sendist		sendist	sendist
plural	við	sendumst	sendumst		sendumst	sendumst
	þið	sendist	sendust		sendist	sendust
	þeir, þær, þau	sendast	sendust		sendist	sendust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	senst (þú), senstu
plural	þið	sendist (þið), sendisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sendur — 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)	sendur	send	sent	sendir	sendar	send
accusative (þolfall)	sendan	senda	sent	senda	sendar	send
dative (þágufall)	sendum	sendri	sendu	sendum	sendum	sendum
genitive (eignarfall)	sends	sendrar	sends	sendra	sendra	sendra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sendi	senda	senda	sendu	sendu	sendu
accusative (þolfall)	senda	sendu	senda	sendu	sendu	sendu
dative (þágufall)	senda	sendu	senda	sendu	sendu	sendu
genitive (eignarfall)	senda	sendu	senda	sendu	sendu	sendu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sende

Etymology

From Old Norse senda, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną. Akin to English send.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sɛndɑ/
• IPA^(key): /sɛɲː/ (dialects with palatalization and apocope)

Verb

senda (imperative send, present tense sender, simple past sende, past participle sendt, present participle sendande)

1. to send (make something go somewhere)

   Eg sender eit brev.

   I am sending a letter.

2. to transmit

   Radiostasjonen sender på denne frekvensen.

   The radio station transmits on this frequency.

References

• “senda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, causative form of Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”) (so literally "to make someone go"). Compare Old Saxon sendian, Old Frisian senda, Old English sendan, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sandjan).

Verb

senda

1. to send

Conjugation

Conjugation of senda — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	senda
present participle	sendandi
past participle	sendr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	sendi	senda		senda	senda
2nd person singular	sendir	sendir		sendir	sendir
3rd person singular	sendir	sendi		sendi	sendi
1st person plural	sendum	sendum		sendim	sendim
2nd person plural	sendið	senduð		sendið	sendið
3rd person plural	senda	sendu		sendi	sendi
imperative	present
2nd person singular	send, sendi
1st person plural	sendum
2nd person plural	sendið

Conjugation of senda — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	sendask
present participle	sendandisk
past participle	senzk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	sendumk	sendumk		sendumk	sendumk
2nd person singular	sendisk	sendisk		sendisk	sendisk
3rd person singular	sendisk	sendisk		sendisk	sendisk
1st person plural	sendumsk	sendumsk		sendimsk	sendimsk
2nd person plural	sendizk	senduzk		sendizk	sendizk
3rd person plural	sendask	sendusk		sendisk	sendisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	senzk, sendisk
1st person plural	sendumsk
2nd person plural	sendizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: senda
• Faroese: senda
• Norwegian Nynorsk: senda
• Old Swedish: sænda
  • Swedish: sända
• Old Danish: sændæ
  • Danish: sende
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sende
• Gutnish: sände
• Scanian: sænða

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sémita (Portugal)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese senda, from Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.dɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽdɐ
• Hyphenation: sen‧da

Noun

senda f (plural sendas)

1. footpath
2. (figuratively) habit, routine

Further reading

• “senda”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “senda”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “senda” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “senda”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “senda”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “senda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).

Noun

senda f (plural sendas)

1. path, footpath

Derived terms

• battasenda (“scout”)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsenda/ [ˈsẽn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -enda
• Syllabification: sen‧da

Noun

senda f (plural sendas)

1. footpath

   Synonym: sendero

Related terms

• sendero

Further reading

• “senda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10