sjón

See also: sjon, sjön, and -sjon

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz, whence also sýn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔuːn/

Noun

sjón f (genitive singular sjónar, plural sjónir)

vision, sight
view

Declension

f2	singular		plural
f2	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sjón	sjónin	sjónir	sjónirnar
accusative	sjón	sjónina	sjónir	sjónirnar
dative	sjón	sjónini	sjónum	sjónunum
genitive	sjónar	sjónarinnar	sjóna	sjónanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz. Doublet of sýn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sjouːn/
Rhymes: -ouːn

Noun

sjón f (genitive singular sjónar, nominative plural sjónir)

Declension

Declension of sjón (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sjón	sjónin	sjónir	sjónirnar
accusative	sjón	sjónina	sjónir	sjónirnar
dative	sjón	sjóninni	sjónum	sjónunum
genitive	sjónar	sjónarinnar	sjóna	sjónanna

Derived terms

að koma undarlega fyrir sjónir (“to seem strange to somebody”)
leiða fyrir sjónir (“to convince somebody of something”)
missa sjónar á (“to lose sight of something”)
missa sjónina (“to go blind, lose one's sight”)
sjón er sögu ríkari (“seeing is believing”, literally “seeing is more valuable than a story”)
vera ekki sjón að sjá (“(of somebody) to look appalling”)
þekkja í sjón (“to know somebody by sight, to know somebody in sight”)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

sýn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *siuniz.

Noun

sjón f

sight, eyesight
look

Declension

Declension of sjón (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sjón	sjónin	sjónir	sjónirnar
accusative	sjón	sjónina	sjónir	sjónirnar
dative	sjón	sjóninni	sjónum	sjónunum
genitive	sjónar	sjónarinnar	sjóna	sjónanna

Derived terms

augsjón f (“sight”)
sjónarvitni n (“the testimony of an eye-witness”)
sjónarváttr m (“eye-witness”)
sjónarvætti n (“the testimony of an eye-witness”)
sjónarvǫrðr m (“look-out man”)
sjónhagr (“having an expert, artistic eye”)
sjónhannar (“having an expert, artistic eye”)
sjónhannr (“having an expert, artistic eye”)
sjónhending f (“line of sight”)
sjónhenni n (“sharpness of eyesight”)
sjónhverfiligr (“eye-deceiving”)
sjónhverfing f (“ocular delusion”)
sjónlauss (“blind”)
sjónleysi n (“blindness”)
skuggsjón f (“mirror”)
umsjón f (“oversight, care, supervision”)
undrsjón f (“a spectacle (to see)”)
viðrsjón f (“a warning, a thing to be shunned”)
yfirsjón f (“supervision, inspection; appearance”)
ásjón f (“appearance”)

Related terms

sjá (“to see”)

Descendants

Icelandic: sjón
Faroese: sjón
Norwegian Nynorsk: sjon, sjun

References

sjón in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

sjón

Faroese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

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