English

Noun

siens

1. Obsolete spelling of scion

Anagrams

• sines, snies

French

Adjective

siens

1. (archaic) masculine plural of sien

Derived terms

• les siens ‎(“his, hers”)

Anagrams

• seins

Latvian

Siens

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *šainan, *šeinan, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoinom (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoi-no ‎(“hay”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱei- ‎(“color, usually gray”)). Cognates include Lithuanian šiẽnas ‎(“hay”) (regionally siẽnas), Old Church Slavonic сѣно ‎(sěno, “hay”) (Russian сено ‎(séno), Ukrainian сіно ‎(síno), Bulgarian сено ‎(senó), Czech seno, Polish siano), and possibly Ancient Greek κοινά ‎(koiná, “cattle food”).^[1]

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

Derived terms

• siena drudzis
• siena mēnesis

See also

• gulta

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “siens”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7