sahn

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse síðan, or *sæðan by analogy with *þæðan (“thence”), whence dāhn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɑ̀ːɳ] (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -ɑ̀ːɳ, -ɑ̀ːn, -èːðaɳ, -èːðan

Adverb

sāhn

  1. since
    sahn jag kȯm hejm
    since I got home

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sonr, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɑ́ːɳ], [sɒ́ːɳ], [sóːn] (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -ɑ́ːɳ, -ɒ́ːɳ

Noun

sāhn m (definite singular sāhn, plural sȫhnĭ)

  1. son (a male person in relation to his parents)
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References

    • Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten, “sedan adv sāhn” and “son m sāhn”, in Ordbok över Umemålet [Dictionary of the Umeå speech], →ISBN, page 107 and 121
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