sidan

sidan

1. alternative form of jidan

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *si-ida. Compare Tagalog sila.

sidan

1. they

• (former reform[s] only): sia

From Old Norse síðan. Cognate with Swedish sen.

• IPA^(key): /²siːɑ(n)/, /²siːdɑ(n)/

sidan

1. since

   Huset har stått her sidan 1922.

   The house has stood here since 1922.

2. because, since

   Sidan vêret er dårleg kan me ikkje vera lenge ute.

   Since the weather is bad we can't stay out for long.

3. ago

   for mange år sidan ― many years ago

• siden (Bokmål)

• “sidan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.dɑn/

sīdan

1. inflection of sīde:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative singular/plural
   3. genitive/dative singular

sidan

1. definite singular of sida

• sinad, snida

Ultimately from Latin saeta (“bristle”); compare Irish síoda.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪdan/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːdan/, /ˈsɪdan/

sidan m (usually uncountable, plural sidanau, not mutable)

1. silk

• cynffon sidan (“waxwing”)
• papur sidan
• pryf sidan
• sidangod (“cocoon”)
• sidanwellt (“silky bent”)

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “silk”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “sidan”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sidan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies