siar
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German schier, from Old High German skiaro (“fast, immediately”), from Proto-Germanic *skēro, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”),[1] or according to Kluge from *skīriz (“pure, clear”).[2] Cognate with German schier.
Adverb edit
siar
- (Sette Comuni) almost
- 'Z ist siar sait so imbaisan.
- It's almost time for dinner.
References edit
- “siar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “schier2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “schier”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Malay siar, from Arabic شِعَار (šiʕār).
Verb edit
siar
- to broadcast.
- Synonym: menyiarkan
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of siar (meng-, intransitive) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root | siar | ||||
| Active | Involuntary | Passive | Imperative | Jussive | |
| Active | – | – | – | – | – |
| Locative | menyiari | tersiari | disiari | siari | siarilah |
| Causative / Applicative1 | menyiarkan | tersiarkan | disiarkan | siarkan | siarkanlah |
| Causative | |||||
| Active | mempersiar | terpersiar | dipersiar | persiarkan | persiarlah |
| Locative | mempersiari | terpersiari | dipersiari | persiari | persiarilah |
| Causative / Applicative1 | mempersiarkan | terpersiarkan | dipersiarkan | persiarkan | persiarkanlah |
| 1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. | |||||
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Back-formation from pesiar (“to travel in leisure”), from Portuguese passear (“to travel in leisure”), from Latin passus (“step”), from pandō (“I stretch”).
Root edit
siar
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “siar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Ingrian edit
Noun edit
siar
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 522
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
siar
Adverb edit
siar
- west, westward
- back, to the rear
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:
- Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.
- A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.
Usage notes edit
- This word refers only to an ultimate destination of movement (i.e., "to the west").
- The adjective is indeclinable in Irish
See also edit
Irish adverbs of direction and position
| Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Motion from |
|---|---|---|---|
| above, up | suas | thuas | anuas |
| below, down | síos | thíos | aníos |
| east | soir | thoir | anoir |
| west/back | siar | thiar | aniar |
| north | ó thuaidh | thuaidh | aduaidh |
| south | ó dheas | theas | aneas |
| northeast | soir ó thuaidh | thoir thuaidh | anoir aduaidh |
| northwest | siar ó thuaidh | thiar thuaidh | aniar aduaidh |
| southeast | soir ó dheas | thoir theas | anoir aneas |
| southwest | siar ó dheas | thiar theas | aniar aneas |
| over there | sall | thall | anall |
| over here | — | — | anonn |
| inside | isteach | istigh | — |
| outside | amach | amuigh | — |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “siar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 45
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
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Swedish edit
Verb edit
siar
West Coast Bajau edit
Noun edit
siar
- shrimp (decapod crustacean)