siab

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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

siab f

  1. Alternative form of síob (“gust; ride, lift”)

Verb

siab (present analytic siabann, future analytic siabfaidh, verbal noun siabadh, past participle siabtha)

  1. Alternative form of síob (“to blow (away), drift”)

Conjugation

conjugation of siab (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present siabaim siabann tú;
siabair† 		siabann sé, sí siabaimid siabann sibh siabann siad;
siabaid† 		a shiabann; a shiabas /
a siabann*; a siabas* 		siabtar
past shiab mé; shiabas shiab tú; shiabais shiab sé, sí shiabamar; shiab muid shiab sibh; shiababhair shiab siad; shiabadar a shiab /
ar shiab* 		siabadh
past habitual shiabainn / siabainn‡‡ shiabtá / siabtᇇ shiabadh sé, sí / siabadh sé, s퇇 shiabaimis; shiabadh muid / siabaimis‡‡; siabadh muid‡‡ shiabadh sibh / siabadh sibh‡‡ shiabaidís; shiabadh siad / siabaidís‡‡; siabadh siad‡‡ a shiabadh /
a siabadh* 		shiabtaí / siabta퇇
future siabfaidh mé;
siabfad 		siabfaidh tú;
siabfair† 		siabfaidh sé, sí siabfaimid;
siabfaidh muid 		siabfaidh sibh siabfaidh siad;
siabfaid† 		a shiabfaidh; a shiabfas /
a siabfaidh*; a siabfas* 		siabfar
conditional shiabfainn / siabfainn‡‡ shiabfá / siabfᇇ shiabfadh sé, sí / siabfadh sé, s퇇 shiabfaimis; shiabfadh muid / siabfaimis‡‡; siabfadh muid‡‡ shiabfadh sibh / siabfadh sibh‡‡ shiabfaidís; shiabfadh siad / siabfaidís‡‡; siabfadh siad‡‡ a shiabfadh /
a siabfadh* 		shiabfaí / siabfa퇇
subjunctive present go siaba mé;
go siabad† 		go siaba tú;
go siabair† 		go siaba sé, sí go siabaimid;
go siaba muid 		go siaba sibh go siaba siad;
go siabaid† 		— go siabtar
past dá siabainn dá siabtá dá siabadh sé, sí dá siabaimis;
dá siabadh muid 		dá siabadh sibh dá siabaidís;
dá siabadh siad 		— dá siabtaí
imperative siabaim siab siabadh sé, sí siabaimis siabaigí;
siabaidh† 		siabaidís — siabtar
verbal noun siabadh
past participle siabtha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
siab shiab
after an, tsiab 		not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

White Hmong

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-hri̯əŋ (“high, tall”), probably borrowed from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-raŋ (“high, long”), whence Chinese 陵 (líng, “mound, hill”) and Burmese မြင့် (mrang., “high, tall”).

Adjective

siab

  1. high, tall

Noun

siab

  1. height

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-hri̯ən (“liver”); possibly related to Middle Chinese 肝 (MC kan, “liver”). Note the difference in coda consonant between this and Etymology 1.

Noun

siab (classifier: nplooj)

  1. (anatomy) liver

Noun

siab (classifier: lub)

  1. (figuratively) the liver regarded as the seat of the affections and emotions (like the heart in English)

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 295-8.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 282.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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