sios

See also: sìos and síos

Irish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic in origin.

Verb

sios (present analytic siosann, future analytic siosfaidh, verbal noun siosadh, past participle siosta)

1. (intransitive) hiss

Conjugation

conjugation of sios (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	siosadh
past participle	siosta
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	siosaim	siosann tú; siosair†	siosann sé, sí	siosaimid	siosann sibh	siosann siad; siosaid†	a shiosann; a shiosas / a siosann*	siostar
past	shios mé; shiosas	shios tú; shiosais	shios sé, sí	shiosamar; shios muid	shios sibh; shiosabhair	shios siad; shiosadar	a shios / ar shios*	siosadh
past habitual	shiosainn / siosainn‡‡	shiostá / siostᇇ	shiosadh sé, sí / siosadh sé, s퇇	shiosaimis; shiosadh muid / siosaimis‡‡; siosadh muid‡‡	shiosadh sibh / siosadh sibh‡‡	shiosaidís; shiosadh siad / siosaidís‡‡; siosadh siad‡‡	a shiosadh / a siosadh*	shiostaí / siosta퇇
future	siosfaidh mé; siosfad	siosfaidh tú; siosfair†	siosfaidh sé, sí	siosfaimid; siosfaidh muid	siosfaidh sibh	siosfaidh siad; siosfaid†	a shiosfaidh; a shiosfas / a siosfaidh*	siosfar
conditional	shiosfainn / siosfainn‡‡	shiosfá / siosfᇇ	shiosfadh sé, sí / siosfadh sé, s퇇	shiosfaimis; shiosfadh muid / siosfaimis‡‡; siosfadh muid‡‡	shiosfadh sibh / siosfadh sibh‡‡	shiosfaidís; shiosfadh siad / siosfaidís‡‡; siosfadh siad‡‡	a shiosfadh / a siosfadh*	shiosfaí / siosfa퇇
subjunctive
present	go siosa mé; go siosad†	go siosa tú; go siosair†	go siosa sé, sí	go siosaimid; go siosa muid	go siosa sibh	go siosa siad; go siosaid†	—	go siostar
past	dá siosainn	dá siostá	dá siosadh sé, sí	dá siosaimis; dá siosadh muid	dá siosadh sibh	dá siosaidís; dá siosadh siad	—	dá siostaí
imperative
–	siosaim	sios	siosadh sé, sí	siosaimis	siosaigí; siosaidh†	siosaidís	—	siostar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• siosach (“sibilant”)
• siosaire m (“hisser; (inveterate) whisperer”)
• siosóg f (“hiss; whisper”)

Related terms

• siosa m (“sibilance”)
• siosarnach f (“hissing, hissing noise, hiss”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sios

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sios	shios after an, tsios	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sios”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Pijin

Etymology

Inherited from English church.

Noun

sios

1. Christian church building
   • 1988, Geoffrey Miles White, Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu‎^[1], page 75:

     Bihaen hemi finisim skul blong hem, hemi go minista long sios long ples blong hem long 'Areo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Inherited from English church, from Middle English chirche, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón), neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”).

Noun

sios

1. church

Synonyms

• lotu
• haus lotu