Coined byEduard Suess in 1909, inDas Antlitz der Erde, as ablend oftranslingualSi(silicon) +Al(aluminum).[1]
sial (uncountable)
sial
FromProto-Tibeto-Burman*s-k-ywal(“jackal”), fromProto-Sino-Tibetan*s-k-jwal(“jackal”). Or fromBengaliশিয়াল(śiẏal,“jackal”).Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-k-jwal(“jackal”) may be related toSanskritसृगाल(sṛgāla) (whenceBengaliশিয়াল(śiẏal)). Cognate withGarosi·ol(“jackal”).
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Inflection ofsial (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sial | sialit | |
genitive | sialin | sialien | |
partitive | sialia | sialeja | |
illative | sialiin | sialeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sial | sialit | |
accusative | nom. | sial | sialit |
gen. | sialin | ||
genitive | sialin | sialien | |
partitive | sialia | sialeja | |
inessive | sialissa | sialeissa | |
elative | sialista | sialeista | |
illative | sialiin | sialeihin | |
adessive | sialilla | sialeilla | |
ablative | sialilta | sialeilta | |
allative | sialille | sialeille | |
essive | sialina | sialeina | |
translative | sialiksi | sialeiksi | |
abessive | sialitta | sialeitta | |
instructive | — | sialein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
FromMalaysial, fromClassical Malaysial.
sial
Blend ofsilika +alumina,borrowed fromEnglishsial.
sial (pluralsial-sial)
sial (pluralsial-sial)
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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
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sial
Either fromEnglishsial or ablend ofsilikon(“silicon”) +aluminium(“aluminium”).
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