sitting

Etymology 1
From, , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
 * Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal.
 * The Queen had three sittings for her portrait.
 * 1) A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.
 * 2) A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.
 * 3) The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.
 * 4) A legislative session (in the sense of "meeting", not "period").
 * 5) The incubation of eggs by a bird.
 * 6) A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.
 * we have thirty-four chicks from eight sittings of eggs
 * 1) Uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.
 * 1) Uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: دانیشتن
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Maori: nohoanga
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: suidhe
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * German:
 * Malay:
 * Maori: tūnga
 * Scottish Gaelic: suidhe
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * German: Brüten,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Scottish Gaelic: suidhe gur
 * Swedish: ruvning

Etymology 2
From, , variant of , , , from , from , present participle of , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) Executed from a sitting position.
 * 2) Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent.

Noun

 * 1) the act of