See also: cian, Cian, cián, Cían, ĉian, and cía-ŋ

Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *kēnos.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

cían

  1. far, distant
    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
      .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.
  2. 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.

Declension edit

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
† not when substantivized

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle Irish: cían

Mutation edit

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 edit

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθian/ [ˈθi.ãn]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsian/ [ˈsi.ãn]
  • Rhymes: -ian
  • Syllabification: cí‧an

Verb edit

cían

  1. third-person plural present indicative of ciar