séns

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See also: sens, Sens, and Sens.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

séns m (genitive singular séns, nominative plural sénsar)

  1. an opportunity, a chance
    Það er ekki séns!
    Not a chance!
    Ekki séns!
    Not a chance!
    Það er ekki séns í helvíti að ég nái prófinu!
    There's not a chance in hell that's I'll pass this test!
    Ég er bara að taka sénsinn.
    I'm just taking the chance.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

séns m

  1. Alternative form of síans

Mutation

Mutation of séns
radical lenition nasalization
séns ṡéns unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.