# siab
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃiəbˠ/

### Noun

siab f
* Alternative form of síob (“gust; ride, lift”)

### Verb

siab (present analytic siabann, future analytic siabfaidh, verbal noun siabadh, past participle siabtha)
* Alternative form of síob (“to blow (away), drift”)

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | siabaim | siabann tú; siabair$^†$ | siabann sé, sí | siabaimid | siabann sibh | siabann siad; siabaid$^†$ | a shiabann; a shiabas / a siabann* | siabtar |
| indicative | past | shiab mé; shiabas | shiab tú; shiabais | shiab sé, sí | shiabamar; shiab muid | shiab sibh; shiababhair | shiab siad; shiabadar | a shiab / ar shiab* | siabadh |
| indicative | past habitual | shiabainn / siabainn‡‡ | shiabtá / siabtá‡‡ | shiabadh sé, sí / siabadh sé, sí‡‡ | shiabaimis; shiabadh muid / siabaimis‡‡; siabadh muid‡‡ | shiabadh sibh / siabadh sibh‡‡ | shiabaidís; shiabadh siad / siabaidís‡‡; siabadh siad‡‡ | a shiabadh / a siabadh* | shiabtaí / siabtaí‡‡ |
| future | future | siabfaidh mé; siabfad | siabfaidh tú; siabfair$^†$ | siabfaidh sé, sí | siabfaimid; siabfaidh muid | siabfaidh sibh | siabfaidh siad; siabfaid$^†$ | a shiabfaidh; a shiabfas / a siabfaidh* | siabfar |
| conditional | conditional | shiabfainn / siabfainn‡‡ | shiabfá / siabfá‡‡ | shiabfadh sé, sí / siabfadh sé, sí‡‡ | shiabfaimis; shiabfadh muid / siabfaimis‡‡; siabfadh muid‡‡ | shiabfadh sibh / siabfadh sibh‡‡ | shiabfaidís; shiabfadh siad / siabfaidís‡‡; siabfadh siad‡‡ | a shiabfadh / a siabfadh* | shiabfaí / siabfaí‡‡ |
| 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 |
| subjunctive | 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 | imperative | siabaim | siab | siabadh sé, sí | siabaimis | siabaigí; siabaidh$^†$ | siabaidís | — | siabtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | siabadh | siabadh | siabadh | siabadh | siabadh | siabadh | siabadh | siabadh |
| past participle | past participle | siabtha | siabtha | siabtha | siabtha | siabtha | siabtha | siabtha | siabtha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “siabaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “siab”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62

## White Hmong
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʂiə̯˥/

### 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
* high, tall

#### Noun

siab
* 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)
* (anatomy) liver

#### Noun

siab (classifier: lub)
* (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 2 Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 282.
* 1 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25