# sanas
## Esperanto
### Verb

sanas
* present of sani

## French
### Noun

sanas m pl
* plural of sana

### Anagrams

* ansas

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* sanais f
* sanus (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Irish sanas, from Proto-Celtic *sanestos (“advice; whisper”). Reinterpreted by folk etymology as sain- (“special”) +‎ fios (“knowledge”). Cognate with Manx sannish and Scottish Gaelic sanas (“whisper, hint”) and more distantly with Welsh hanes (“history”).

### Noun

sanas m (genitive singular sanais, nominative plural sanais) or sanas f (genitive singular sanaise, nominative plural sanasa)
* (Christianity, often capitalized) Annunciation
* gloss, glossary
* whisper, suggestion, hint
* instigation (incitement to evil or wickedness)
* connotation (suggested or implied meaning)
* (literary) private communication
* (obsolete) counsel (deliberate purpose)

#### Declension

Standard declension:
bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
sanas
sanais
vocative
a shanais
a shanasa
genitive
sanais
sanas
dative
sanas
sanais
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an sanas
na sanais
genitive
an tsanais
na sanas
dative
leis an sanas don sanas
leis na sanais :
Alternative declension:
bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
sanas
sanasa
vocative
a shanas
a shanasa
genitive
sanaise
sanas
dative
sanas sanais (archaic, dialectal)
sanasa
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an tsanas
na sanasa
genitive
na sanaise
na sanas
dative
leis an tsanas leis an tsanais (archaic, dialectal) don tsanas don tsanais (archaic, dialectal)
leis na sanasa :

#### Synonyms

* (Annunciation): Teachtaireacht an Aingil
* (gloss, glossary): gluais
* (whisper): ráfla, luaidreán
* (instigation): gríosú
* (connotation): cuimse

#### Derived terms

* sanasán

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ “sanas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sanas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sanas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 592
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sanas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Latin
### Verb

sānās
* second-person singular present active indicative of sānō

### Adjective

sānās
* accusative feminine plural of sānus

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* sanais

### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sanestos (“advice; whisper”).

### Noun

sanas f (genitive sanaise, nominative plural sanasa)
* advice, counsel
    Synonym: comairle
* whisper
* privacy

#### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

#### Descendants

* Irish: sanas
** ⇒ Irish: sanasán
* Manx: sannish
* Scottish Gaelic: sanas
* ⇒ Middle Irish: sanusach

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sanas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Portuguese
### Verb

sanas
* second-person singular present indicative of sanar

## Romani
### Verb

sanas
* second-person singular perfect or imperfect indicative of si

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* sain-fhios, sainis, sanus
* sanais (Uist)

### Etymology

From Old Irish sanas.

### Noun

sanas m (genitive singular sanais, plural sanasan)
* announcement, notice
* advertisement
* hint, cue
* sign, signal
* warning
* whisper

#### Derived terms

* cainnt-sanais f (“sign language”)
* sanas-reic m (“advertisement”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “sanas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sanas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsanas/ [ˈsa.nas]
* Rhymes: -anas
* Syllabification: sa‧nas

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

sanas
* feminine plural of sano

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

sanas
* second-person singular present indicative of sanar