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Sona
Sona
See also: sona
English
Proper noun
Sona
- An Armenian female given name
Translations
Armenian female given name
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sona
sona
Catalan
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔna
Verb
sona
- third-person singular present indicative form of sonar
- second-person singular imperative form of sonar
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish sona, from Proto-Celtic *sognāwos (“well grown”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsˠʊn̪ˠə/
Adjective
sona
Declension
Declension of sona
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sona | shona | sona; shona² |
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| Vocative | shona | sona | ||
| Genitive | sona | sona | sona | |
| Dative | sona; shona¹ |
shona | sona; shona² |
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| Comparative | níos sona | |||
| Superlative | is sona | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- lá breithe sona dhuit (“happy birthday”)
- Nollaig shona (“Merry Christmas”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sona | shona after an, tsona |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Italian
Verb
sona
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
sonā
- first-person singular present active imperative of sonō
References
- SONA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɔna]
Noun
sona
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sognāwos (“well grown”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsona/
Adjective
sona
Usage notes
- The adjectives sona and dona represent a pattern in Old Irish where words in s and so represent happy, good luck, positive denotations and words in d and do represent sad, bad luck, or negative denotations.
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| sona | ṡona | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish sona, from Proto-Celtic *sognāwos (“well grown”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɔnə]
Adjective
sona
Derived terms
Swedish
Verb
sona (present sonar, preterite sonade, supine sonat, imperative sona)
- to atone (to make reparation for a crime)
Conjugation
Conjugation of sona