cían
See also: cian, Cian, cián, Cían, ĉian, and cía-ŋ
Old Irish
FWOTD – 11 December 2021
Alternative forms
- cén
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kēnos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʲiːa̯n/
Adjective
cían
- far, distant
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 119d10
- .i. is cían etarru.
- It is far between them.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 151b2
- im fochróib bá chían
- whether at hand or afar
- c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick (1939, Hodges, Figgis), edited and with translations by Kathleen Mulchrone, line 2047
- "Fot·uigeb-sa dano," ol Pátraic, "hi cill napa ro-ocus arnapa dimicnithi: nípa ró-chian dano co róastar immathigid etronn."
- "I will leave you, then," said Patrick, "in a church that shall not be very near lest you be despised [???], and shall not be very far, so that mutual visiting between us may be continued.
- Antonym: ocus
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 119d10
- long-lasting
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28c25
- Nípi cían a masse in choirp.
- The beauty of the body is not long-lasting.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28c25
Declension
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | cían | cían | cían |
| Vocative | céin* cían** | ||
| Accusative | cían | céin | |
| Genitive | céin | céine | céin |
| Dative | cían | céin | cían |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | céin | cíana | |
| Vocative | cíanu cíana† | ||
| Accusative | cíanu cíana† | ||
| Genitive | cían | ||
| Dative | cíanaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Derived terms
- céin, in céin (“since”, conjunction)
Descendants
- Middle Irish: cían
- Irish: cian
- Scottish Gaelic: cian
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cían | chían | cían pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθian/ [ˈθi.ãn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsian/ [ˈsi.ãn]
- Rhymes: -ian
- Syllabification: cí‧an
Verb
cían
- third-person plural present indicative of ciar