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sy

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sy"

Afrikaans edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.

Pronoun edit

sy (object haar, possessive haar)

  1. she (subject)
Alternative forms edit
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Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive determiner possessive pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd, masc hy hom sy syne
3rd, fem sy haar hare
3rd, neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Etymology 2 edit

From Dutch zijn.

Determiner edit

sy

  1. his
  2. its
Alternative forms edit
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Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive determiner possessive pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd, masc hy hom sy syne
3rd, fem sy haar hare
3rd, neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Etymology 3 edit

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Noun edit

sy (plural sye)

  1. side

Etymology 4 edit

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Latin sēda.

Noun edit

sy (uncountable)

  1. silk

Etymology 5 edit

Verb edit

sy

  1. present subjunctive of wees

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *asī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁ (dual), from singular *h₃okʷ- (compare Lithuanian akìs, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse, “eyes”), English eye).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sy m (plural sy, definite syri, definite plural sytë)

  1. (anatomy) eye

Declension edit

Declension of sy
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative sy sy syri sytë
accusative syrin
dative syri syve syrit syvet
ablative sysh

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ “Dil te kroni cuco” (“Go out to the fountain my young lady”), 00m45s, by Sinan Vllasaliu (Kosovar known singer, from Prishtina).

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną, cognate with Swedish sy, English sew. The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”), which is also the source of Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), Lithuanian siū́ti.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

sy (present tense syr or syer, past syede, past participle syet)

  1. sew
  2. stitch

Conjugation edit

Inflection of sy
present past
simple syr or syer syede
perfect har syet havde syet
passive sys or syes syedes
participle syende syet
imperative sy —
infinitive sy —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund syen —

Derived terms edit

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Egyptian edit

Romanization edit

sy

  1. Alternative transliteration of zy.

Guaraní edit

Noun edit

sy

  1. mother

Indonesian edit

Pronoun edit

sy

  1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of saya.
    Synonyms: gw, w

Lower Sorbian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *esi.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

sy

  1. second-person singular present of byś

Malay edit

Pronoun edit

sy

  1. (informal, text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of saya (“I”).

Middle English edit

Noun edit

sy

  1. Alternative form of siȝe

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse sýja.

Verb edit

sy (imperative sy, present tense syr, simple past sydde, past participle sydd)

  1. to sew
  2. to stitch

Derived terms edit

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną.

Verb edit

sy (present tense syr, past tense sydde, past participle sytt/sydd, passive infinitive syast, present participle syande, imperative sy)

  1. (transitive) to sew
  2. (transitive, ergative) to stitch
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Etymology 2 edit

Short form of syde.

Verb edit

sy (present tense syd, past tense saud, supine sodi)

  1. (pre-1959) alternative form of syde

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Old English edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

sȳ

  1. Alternative form of sīe

Old Tupi edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *tɨ.[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní xy and Guaraní sy

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: sy

Noun edit

sy (possessable)

  1. mother (one's female parent)
    Synonym: a'i
    Hyponym: a'ysy
  2. (figurative) origin; beginning

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

sy

  1. motherful (having a mother)

References edit

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 569

Portuguese edit

Pronoun edit

sy

  1. Obsolete spelling of si

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse sýja.

Pronunciation edit

  • audio(file)

Verb edit

sy (present syr, preterite sydde, supine sytt, imperative sy)

  1. to sew

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of sy (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive sy sys
Supine sytt sytts
Imperative sy —
Imper. plural1 syn —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative syr sydde sys syddes
Ind. plural1 sy sydde sys syddes
Subjunctive2 sy sydde sys syddes
Participles
Present participle syende
Past participle sydd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms edit

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Further reading edit

Upper Sorbian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Syllabification: sy

Verb edit

sy

  1. second-person singular present of być
    Ty sy rjany.
    You are beautiful.

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

sy (not mutable)

  1. Alternative form of sydd

West Frisian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz. For the sibilant onset, compare other West Germanic cognates (Dutch zij, German Sie, and possibly English she).[1]

Pronoun edit

sy

  1. she (third-person singular feminine pronoun)
    Synonym: hja
    Sy die.
    She did.
Inflection edit
West Frisian personal pronouns
Number Person Nominative Objective Possessive
Normal Reflexive Determiner Pronoun
Singular First ik my mysels myn mines
Second Informal do/dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
Formal jo jo josels jo jowes
Third Masculine hy him himsels syn sines
Feminine sy/hja1 har harsels har harres
Neuter it it himsels syn sines
Plural First wy ús ússels ús uzes
Second jim(me) jim(me) jimsels/jinsels jim(me) jimmes
Third sy/hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres
1. Now mostly archaic and unused

References edit

  1. ^ https://gtb.ivdnt.org/iWDB/search?wdb=WFT&actie=article&id=86241

Further reading edit

  • “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun edit

sy

  1. they (third-person plural pronoun)
    Synonym: hja
    Sy dienen.
    They did.
Inflection edit
West Frisian personal pronouns
Number Person Nominative Objective Possessive
Normal Reflexive Determiner Pronoun
Singular First ik my mysels myn mines
Second Informal do/dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
Formal jo jo josels jo jowes
Third Masculine hy him himsels syn sines
Feminine sy/hja1 har harsels har harres
Neuter it it himsels syn sines
Plural First wy ús ússels ús uzes
Second jim(me) jim(me) jimsels/jinsels jim(me) jimmes
Third sy/hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres
1. Now mostly archaic and unused
Further reading edit
  • “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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