"sjón" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /sjouːn/
Rhymes: -ouːn Etymology: From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz. Doublet of sýn. Etymology templates: {{root|is|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=see}}, {{inh|is|non|sjón}} Old Norse sjón, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*siuniz}} Proto-Germanic *siuniz, {{doublet|is|sýn}} Doublet of sýn Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} sjón f (genitive singular sjónar, nominative plural sjónir) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|f}} Forms: sjónar [genitive, singular], sjónir [nominative, plural], feminine [table-tags], sjón [indefinite, nominative, singular], sjónin [definite, nominative, singular], sjónir [indefinite, nominative, plural], sjónirnar [definite, nominative, plural], sjón [accusative, indefinite, singular], sjónina [accusative, definite, singular], sjónir [accusative, indefinite, plural], sjónirnar [accusative, definite, plural], sjón [dative, indefinite, singular], sjóninni [dative, definite, singular], sjónum [dative, indefinite, plural], sjónunum [dative, definite, plural], sjónar [genitive, indefinite, singular], sjónarinnar [definite, genitive, singular], sjóna [genitive, indefinite, plural], sjónanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a vision, sight, eyesight Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-sjón-is-noun-P7cBgJDX
  2. a glimpse, sight, seeing Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-sjón-is-noun-67CuvZAc Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 20 75 5
  3. a spectacle, scene, sight Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-sjón-is-noun-NjyMbtlm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: að koma undarlega fyrir sjónir (english: to seem strange to someone), leiða fyrir sjónir (english: to convince someone of something), missa sjónar á (english: to lose sight of something), missa sjónina (english: to go blind, lose one's sight), sjón er sögu ríkari (english: seeing is believing; seeing is more valuable than a story) [literally], vera ekki sjón að sjá (english: (of someone) to look appalling), þekkja í sjón (english: to know someone by sight, to know someone in sight)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to seem strange to someone",
      "word": "að koma undarlega fyrir sjónir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to convince someone of something",
      "word": "leiða fyrir sjónir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to lose sight of something",
      "word": "missa sjónar á"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to go blind, lose one's sight",
      "word": "missa sjónina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "seeing is believing; seeing is more valuable than a story",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "sjón er sögu ríkari"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "(of someone) to look appalling",
      "word": "vera ekki sjón að sjá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to know someone by sight, to know someone in sight",
      "word": "þekkja í sjón"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sekʷ-",
        "id": "see"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "sjón"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse sjón",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "sýn"
      },
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz. Doublet of sýn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sjónar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónir",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feminine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónirnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónirnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjóninni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónarinnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjóna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "sjón f (genitive singular sjónar, nominative plural sjónir)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a vision, sight, eyesight"
      ],
      "id": "en-sjón-is-noun-P7cBgJDX",
      "links": [
        [
          "vision",
          "vision"
        ],
        [
          "sight",
          "sight"
        ],
        [
          "eyesight",
          "eyesight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 75 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a glimpse, sight, seeing"
      ],
      "id": "en-sjón-is-noun-67CuvZAc",
      "links": [
        [
          "glimpse",
          "glimpse"
        ],
        [
          "sight",
          "sight"
        ],
        [
          "seeing",
          "seeing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a spectacle, scene, sight"
      ],
      "id": "en-sjón-is-noun-NjyMbtlm",
      "links": [
        [
          "spectacle",
          "spectacle"
        ],
        [
          "scene",
          "scene"
        ],
        [
          "sight",
          "sight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sjouːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ouːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sjón"
}
{
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    "Icelandic doublets",
    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic feminine nouns",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic nouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (see)",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse feminine i-stem nouns",
    "Old Norse feminine nouns",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (see)",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/ouːn",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/ouːn/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to seem strange to someone",
      "word": "að koma undarlega fyrir sjónir"
    },
    {
      "english": "to convince someone of something",
      "word": "leiða fyrir sjónir"
    },
    {
      "english": "to lose sight of something",
      "word": "missa sjónar á"
    },
    {
      "english": "to go blind, lose one's sight",
      "word": "missa sjónina"
    },
    {
      "english": "seeing is believing; seeing is more valuable than a story",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "sjón er sögu ríkari"
    },
    {
      "english": "(of someone) to look appalling",
      "word": "vera ekki sjón að sjá"
    },
    {
      "english": "to know someone by sight, to know someone in sight",
      "word": "þekkja í sjón"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "id": "see"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "sjón"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse sjón",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*siuniz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *siuniz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "sýn"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of sýn",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz. Doublet of sýn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sjónar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónir",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feminine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónirnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónirnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjóninni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónarinnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjóna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjónanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "sjón f (genitive singular sjónar, nominative plural sjónir)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a vision, sight, eyesight"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vision",
          "vision"
        ],
        [
          "sight",
          "sight"
        ],
        [
          "eyesight",
          "eyesight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a glimpse, sight, seeing"
      ],
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        [
          "glimpse",
          "glimpse"
        ],
        [
          "sight",
          "sight"
        ],
        [
          "seeing",
          "seeing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a spectacle, scene, sight"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spectacle",
          "spectacle"
        ],
        [
          "scene",
          "scene"
        ],
        [
          "sight",
          "sight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sjouːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ouːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sjón"
}

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