santa

See also: Santa, sánta, Sánta, sânta, sântă, and šanta

English

Noun

santa (plural santas)

1. (informal) Alternative letter-case form of Santa (noun).

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sanˈta/ [sʌnˈtʌ]
• Hyphenation: san‧ta

Noun

santá f (plural sánot m)

1. bag, sack

Declension

Declension of santá
absolutive	santá
predicative	santá
subjective	santá
genitive	santá
Postpositioned forms l-case santál k-case santák t-case santát h-case santáh

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “santa”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asturian

Noun

santa f (plural santes)

1. saint (woman proclaimed as saint)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsan.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsan.ta]

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of sant

Noun

santa f (plural santes)

1. female equivalent of sant

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Old Norse sandr, Swedish sand).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑntɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): san‧ta

Noun

santa

1. sand (usually slightly wet sand)

   Synonym: hiekka

   • unknown, unknown, “Oi kallis kotimaa”, in "Sotilaspoika", editor, Suomen sotilaan lauluja, 4th edition, Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, published 1933:

     Poikia on haudattu Balkanin santaan
     Toiselle puolelle Tonavan.

     (Our) boys have been buried in Balkan sand
     on the other side of the Danube

Declension

Inflection of santa (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation)
nominative		santa	sannat
genitive		sannan	santojen
partitive		santaa	santoja
illative		santaan	santoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		santa	sannat
accusative	nom.	santa	sannat
	gen.	sannan
genitive		sannan	santojen santain rare
partitive		santaa	santoja
inessive		sannassa	sannoissa
elative		sannasta	sannoista
illative		santaan	santoihin
adessive		sannalla	sannoilla
ablative		sannalta	sannoilta
allative		sannalle	sannoille
essive		santana	santoina
translative		sannaksi	sannoiksi
abessive		sannatta	sannoitta
instructive		—	sannoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of santa (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative santani santani accusative nom. santani santani gen. santani genitive santani santojeni santaini rare partitive santaani santojani inessive sannassani sannoissani elative sannastani sannoistani illative santaani santoihini adessive sannallani sannoillani ablative sannaltani sannoiltani allative sannalleni sannoilleni essive santanani santoinani translative sannakseni sannoikseni abessive sannattani sannoittani instructive — — comitative — santoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative santasi santasi accusative nom. santasi santasi gen. santasi genitive santasi santojesi santaisi rare partitive santaasi santojasi inessive sannassasi sannoissasi elative sannastasi sannoistasi illative santaasi santoihisi adessive sannallasi sannoillasi ablative sannaltasi sannoiltasi allative sannallesi sannoillesi essive santanasi santoinasi translative sannaksesi sannoiksesi abessive sannattasi sannoittasi instructive — — comitative — santoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative santamme santamme accusative nom. santamme santamme gen. santamme genitive santamme santojemme santaimme rare partitive santaamme santojamme inessive sannassamme sannoissamme elative sannastamme sannoistamme illative santaamme santoihimme adessive sannallamme sannoillamme ablative sannaltamme sannoiltamme allative sannallemme sannoillemme essive santanamme santoinamme translative sannaksemme sannoiksemme abessive sannattamme sannoittamme instructive — — comitative — santoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative santanne santanne accusative nom. santanne santanne gen. santanne genitive santanne santojenne santainne rare partitive santaanne santojanne inessive sannassanne sannoissanne elative sannastanne sannoistanne illative santaanne santoihinne adessive sannallanne sannoillanne ablative sannaltanne sannoiltanne allative sannallenne sannoillenne essive santananne santoinanne translative sannaksenne sannoiksenne abessive sannattanne sannoittanne instructive — — comitative — santoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative santansa santansa accusative nom. santansa santansa gen. santansa genitive santansa santojensa santainsa rare partitive santaansa santojaan santojansa inessive sannassaan sannassansa sannoissaan sannoissansa elative sannastaan sannastansa sannoistaan sannoistansa illative santaansa santoihinsa adessive sannallaan sannallansa sannoillaan sannoillansa ablative sannaltaan sannaltansa sannoiltaan sannoiltansa allative sannalleen sannallensa sannoilleen sannoillensa essive santanaan santanansa santoinaan santoinansa translative sannakseen sannaksensa sannoikseen sannoiksensa abessive sannattaan sannattansa sannoittaan sannoittansa instructive — — comitative — santoineen santoinensa

Derived terms

• sannoittaa
• Santala
• Santanen
• Santikko
• Santonen

 

compounds

• Ruskeasanta
• Santahamina
• Santaharju
• Santahuhta
• Santalahti
• Santamäki
• Santaniemi
• santapaperi
• Santavuori

 

Further reading

• “santa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• ansat, nasta, natsa, sanat, tasan

Franco-Provençal

Noun

santa (Old Beaujolais)

1. Alternative form of santât (“health”)

References

• santa in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of santo

Noun

santa f (plural santas)

1. female equivalent of santo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto sankta, English saint, French saint, German Sankt, Italian santo, Spanish santo..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsanta/

Adjective

santa

1. holy

Derived terms

• santeso

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese santa (“female saint”), from Old Galician-Portuguese santa. See the entry santo for more information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsan.ta]
• Rhymes: -ta
• Hyphenation: san‧ta

Noun

santa f

1. feminine of santo (“saint”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan.ta/
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: sàn‧ta

Adjective

santa f sg

1. feminine singular of santo (“holy”)

Noun

santa f (plural sante)

1. saint
2. Saint (before a name of a saint or in place names, as Santa )

Anagrams

• Nasta, Satàn, stana, tansa

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese santo.

Adjective

santa

1. holy

Noun

santa

1. saint

Ladin

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of sant

Neapolitan

Adjective

santa f sg

1. feminine singular of santo

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• सन्त (Devanagari script)
• সন্ত (Bengali script)
• සන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• သန္တ or သၼ္တ or သၼ်တ (Burmese script)
• สนฺต or สันตะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ສນ຺ຕ or ສັນຕະ (Lao script)
• សន្ត (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit सन्त् (sant).

Adjective

santa

1. present active participle of atthi (“to be”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[3] (overall work in Pali), page 6; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     या च पन सक्कतगन्थेसु समञ्ञा घोसाति वाघोसाति वा ता पयोगे सति एत्थापि पयुज्जते

     Yā ca pana sakkataganthesu samaññā ghosāti vāghosāti vā tā payoge sati etthāpi payujjate.

     And moreover that designation either 'voiced' or 'unvoiced' which is in Sanskrit texts is applied even here when there is occasion.

2. true
3. good

Usage notes

In the locative absolute, the locative singular form is sati irrespective of gender.

Declension

Declension table of "santa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	santo	santo
Accusative (second)	santaṃ	sante
Instrumental (third)	satā or santena	sabbhi or santehi
Dative (fourth)	sato or santassa	sataṃ
Ablative (fifth)	satā or santasmā or santamhā or santā	sabbhi or santehi
Genitive (sixth)	sato or santassa	sataṃ
Locative (seventh)	sati	santesu
Vocative (calling)	santa	santo

Declension table of "satī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	satī	satiyo or satī
Accusative (second)	satiṃ or satiyaṃ	satiyo or satī
Instrumental (third)	satiyā	satīhi or satībhi
Dative (fourth)	satiyā	satīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	satiyā	satīhi or satībhi
Genitive (sixth)	satiyā	satīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	satiyā or satiyaṃ	satīsu
Vocative (calling)	sati	satiyo or satī

Declension table of "santa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	santaṃ	santāni
Accusative (second)	santaṃ	santāni
Instrumental (third)	satā or santena	sabbhi or santehi
Dative (fourth)	sato or santassa	sataṃ
Ablative (fifth)	satā or santasmā or santamhā or santā	sabbhi or santehi
Genitive (sixth)	sato or santassa	sataṃ
Locative (seventh)	sati	santesu
Vocative (calling)	santa	santāni

Etymology 2

Adjective

santa

1. past participle of sammati (“to be calmed; to dwell”)
2. calmed
3. tranquil

Declension

Declension table of "santa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	santo	santā
Accusative (second)	santaṃ	sante
Instrumental (third)	santena	santehi or santebhi
Dative (fourth)	santassa or santāya or santatthaṃ	santānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	santasmā or santamhā or santā	santehi or santebhi
Genitive (sixth)	santassa	santānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	santasmiṃ or santamhi or sante	santesu
Vocative (calling)	santa	santā

Declension table of "santā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	santā	santāyo or santā
Accusative (second)	santaṃ	santāyo or santā
Instrumental (third)	santāya	santāhi or santābhi
Dative (fourth)	santāya	santānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	santāya	santāhi or santābhi
Genitive (sixth)	santāya	santānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	santāya or santāyaṃ	santāsu
Vocative (calling)	sante	santāyo or santā

Declension table of "santa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	santaṃ	santāni
Accusative (second)	santaṃ	santāni
Instrumental (third)	santena	santehi or santebhi
Dative (fourth)	santassa or santāya or santatthaṃ	santānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	santasmā or santamhā or santā	santehi or santebhi
Genitive (sixth)	santassa	santānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	santasmiṃ or santamhi or sante	santesu
Vocative (calling)	santa	santāni

Etymology 3

Adjective

santa

1. past participle of sammati (“to be tired”)
2. tired, exhausted

Declension

Declension table of "santa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	santo	santā
Accusative (second)	santaṃ	sante
Instrumental (third)	santena	santehi or santebhi
Dative (fourth)	santassa or santāya or santatthaṃ	santānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	santasmā or santamhā or santā	santehi or santebhi
Genitive (sixth)	santassa	santānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	santasmiṃ or santamhi or sante	santesu
Vocative (calling)	santa	santā

Declension table of "santā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	santā	santāyo or santā
Accusative (second)	santaṃ	santāyo or santā
Instrumental (third)	santāya	santāhi or santābhi
Dative (fourth)	santāya	santānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	santāya	santāhi or santābhi
Genitive (sixth)	santāya	santānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	santāya or santāyaṃ	santāsu
Vocative (calling)	sante	santāyo or santā

Declension table of "santa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	santaṃ	santāni
Accusative (second)	santaṃ	santāni
Instrumental (third)	santena	santehi or santebhi
Dative (fourth)	santassa or santāya or santatthaṃ	santānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	santasmā or santamhā or santā	santehi or santebhi
Genitive (sixth)	santassa	santānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	santasmiṃ or santamhi or sante	santesu
Vocative (calling)	santa	santāni

References

• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 461.
• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sant”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “santa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
• Hyphenation: san‧ta

Noun

santa f (plural santas)

1. saintess; female equivalent of santo
2. (figuratively, often ironically) a good or kind woman

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of santo

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sȃnta f (Cyrillic spelling са̑нта)

1. iceberg

Sicilian

Noun

santa f (plural santi)

1. female equivalent of santu

Spanish

Alternative forms

• sancta (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sancta, from Latin sānctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsanta/ [ˈsãn̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: san‧ta

Noun

santa f (plural santas)

1. saintess; female equivalent of santo

Adjective

santa

1. feminine singular of santo

Related terms

• Santa Cachucha
• Semana Santa

 

Further reading

• “santo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese santa or less probably Spanish santa.

Adjective

santa

1. holy

Derived terms

• Santa Yeye

Noun

santa

1. saint

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish santa, feminine of santo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsanta/ [ˈsan̪.t̪ɐ], /sanˈta/ [sɐn̪ˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -anta, -a
• Syllabification: san‧ta

Adjective

santa or santá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. feminine of santo: referring to an important figure, item, or event which had a feminine gender in Spanish: holy; sacred (used in certain expressions)

   Synonym: banal

Related terms

• San
• santa ana
• santa maria
• Santa Sena
• santa-elena
• santakrus-de-mayo
• santakrusan
• santisima
• santisimo

 

Noun

santa or santá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. feminine of santo: female saint
2. feminine of santo: image or statue of a female saint

Further reading

• “santa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• antsa, antas