siens

English

Noun

siens

1. Obsolete spelling of scion.

Anagrams

• I-ness, sines, Nisse, sensi, snies, Neiss, seins, Sensi, SINEs, ensis

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɛ̃/

Adjective

siens

1. (archaic) masculine plural of sien

Derived terms

• les siens (“his, hers”)

Anagrams

• seins

Latvian

Siens

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śainan, *śeinan, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoynom (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoy-no- (“hay”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“color, usually gray”)). Cognates include Lithuanian šiẽnas (“hay”) (regionally siẽnas), Old Church Slavonic сѣно (sěno, “hay”) (Russian се́но (séno), Ukrainian сі́но (síno), Bulgarian сено́ (senó), Czech seno, Polish siano), and possibly Ancient Greek κοινά (koiná, “cattle food”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sìens]

Noun

siens m (1st declension)

1. hay (dried grass used as animal fodder)

   siena guba, stirpa, kaudze ― hay stack

   siena grābeklis, dakšas ― hay rake, fork

   siena pļava ― hay meadow

   siena laiks ― hay time (i.e., time to mow hay)

   pļaut, grābt sienu ― to mow hay

Declension

Declension of siens (1st declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	siens	sieni
genitive	siena	sienu
dative	sienam	sieniem
accusative	sienu	sienus
instrumental	sienu	sieniem
locative	sienā	sienos
vocative	sien	sieni

Derived terms

• siena drudzis
• siena mēnesis

See also

• gulta