sien

sien (plural siens)

1. Obsolete spelling of scion.

• EINs, NIEs, Nies, SINE, sein, sine, snie

• siet (Cape Afrikaans)
• siin (obsolete)

From Dutch zien, from Middle Dutch sien, from Old Dutch sian, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).

• IPA^(key): /sin/

• Audio:

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sien (present sien, present participle siende or sienende, past participle gesien)

1. to see

• kyk

sien c

1. definite singular of si

Ultimately from Latin suus.

• IPA^(key): /sjɛ̃/

• Audio:

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sien (feminine sienne, masculine plural siens, feminine plural siennes)

1. (archaic) his (that which belongs to him); her (that which belongs to her)

• faire des siennes
• faire sien
• le sien (“his, hers”)
• y mettre du sien

• son/sa/ses

• “sien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Inès, nies, niés, sein

• IPA^(key): /ziːn/

sien

1. accusative of sier

• seyn, syn
• sön (Low Prussian)

From Middle Low German sîn, from Old Saxon sīn. The infinitive sien along with the words is and sünd derive ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”), which had no separate infinitive in Germanic. The modern infinitive was probably back-formed in late Old Saxon from the former first-person plural subjunctive sīn (“we be”), since this form had become identical to the infinitive in other verbs during the late Old Saxon period. Compare also German sein, Dutch zijn.

The original infinitive is wesen, from Middle Low German wesen, from Old Saxon wesan, from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from *h₂wes- (“to reside”). All the forms with initial w- (imperative and past tense) derive from this root. The infinitive wesen is still the most used one, but in general which one is used is a matter of personal preference and/or region.

Finally, the forms bün and büst derive from Proto-Germanic *beuną (“to be, to become”), from *bʰuH- (“to become”), which survives only as relic forms in the West Germanic languages and not at all in the others. Its infinitive and non-singular forms are only attested in (Old) English.

• IPA^(key): /ziːn/

sien (past singular weer, past participle wesen or west, auxiliary verb wesen)

1. (only as the infinitive) Alternative form of wesen

• wesen

• wesen

From Old Dutch sian, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan.

• IPA^(key): /ziən/

sien

1. to see
   • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

     Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.

     The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: zien
  • Afrikaans: sien
  • Javindo: sien, siet
  • Jersey Dutch: zîn, zîne
• Limburgish: zeen

From Old Dutch *sīan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīhwan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈziːən/

siën

1. to filter, to seep

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: zijen, zijgen (merged with sigen)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sien

1. first/third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of wēsen

• “sien (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “siën”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sien (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “siën”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page siën

sien

1. Alternative form of seien

• sin

From Latin sine.

sien

1. without

• cun

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěnь.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsi̯ɛːn/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈsiːn/

sien f

1. hall

• Czech: síň

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “sien”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

• sȳn, sēon, sīn

From Proto-West Germanic *siuni (“appearance, sight, face”).

Cognate with Old Frisian siōne, siūne (“face, countenance”), Old Saxon siun (“perception, vision, sight,”), Old Norse sýn (“face, appearance, countenance”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃 (siuns, “face, form, countenance”).

• IPA^(key): /si͜yːn/

sīen f

1. (senses) power of sight, vision
2. the instrument of sight; eye; pupil
3. appearance, countenance

Strong i-stem:

• (power of vision): sihþ, ġesihþ
• (appearance): wlite
• (face): nebb

• wæfersīen

• sēon

Latin suum.

sien

1. (stressed) third-person singular possessive pronoun
   1. his
   2. her
   3. one's
   4. its

• chiefly used after an article (un, le, etc.) and before a noun. The noun may be omitted if clear from the context

  un sien fils

  his son

  enveierai le sien

  I will send his

• French: sien

From Latin somnus.

sien f (plural siens)

1. (Sutsilvan) nap

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) siesta, durmida
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) cupid
• (Sursilvan) tut
• (Surmiran) cupidada, durmeidetta, cuc
• (Puter, Vallader) sönin
• (Vallader) sönet

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /sin/

sien

1. feminine of sin
2. neuter of sin
3. plural of sin

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “sien”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

A development of older sen (“sense, judgement”) (compare Italian senno), influenced by conjugated forms of sentir (“to feel”) (compare siento (“to feel”)). Probably, through the intermediate of a Gallo-Romance source such as Old Occitan sen, from Vulgar Latin *sennus, of Germanic origin (compare Dutch zin (“meaning, intention”), German Sinn (“sense, mind”), Norwegian sinn (“mind”), Swedish sinne (“mind, sense”)), from Proto-West Germanic *sinn, from Proto-Indo-European *sentnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjen/ [ˈsjẽn]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: sien
• Homophone: (Latin America) cien

sien f (plural sienes)

1. (anatomy) temple (part of the skull on the side of the forehead)
2. (in the plural, anatomy) temporal (temples of the head)

• “sien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

From Chinese 仙 (MC sjen).

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /θiːn˨˦/
• Tone numbers: sien¹
• Hyphenation: sien

sien (1957–1982 spelling sien)

1. immortal; god

sien

1. blood

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf