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sios
sios
Irish
Verb
sios (present analytic siosann, future analytic siosfaidh, verbal noun siosadh, past participle siosta)
- (intransitive) hiss
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| 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*; a siosas* |
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 | shiostá | shiosadh sé, sí | shiosaimis; shiosadh muid | shiosadh sibh | shiosaidís; shiosadh siad | a shiosadh / ar shiosadh* |
shiostaí | |
| future | siosfaidh mé; siosfad |
siosfaidh tú; siosfair† |
siosfaidh sé, sí | siosfaimid; siosfaidh muid |
siosfaidh sibh | siosfaidh siad; siosfaid† |
a shiosfaidh; a shiosfas / a siosfaidh*; a siosfas* |
siosfar | |
| conditional | shiosfainn | shiosfá | shiosfadh sé, sí | shiosfaimis; shiosfadh muid | shiosfadh sibh | shiosfaidís; shiosfadh siad | a shiosfadh / ar shiosfadh* |
shiosfaí | |
| 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 | |
| verbal noun | siosadh | ||||||||
| past participle | siosta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
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
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sios | shios after an, tsios |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "sios" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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Etymology
Noun
sios
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