sot

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sot"

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

sot

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Sotho.

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English sot, from Old English sot, sott (“foolish, stupid”), from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of obscure origin and relation. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to French zut! (“damn it!”).^[1]^[2]

Compare Middle Low German sot (“insane, foolish, stupid”), Middle Dutch sot ("foolish, absurd, stupid"; > modern Dutch zot (“silly”)), French sot (“stupid, foolish, goofy”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /sɒt/
Rhymes: -ɒt
Homophone: sought (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun edit

sot (plural sots)

(archaic) stupid person; fool
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
  Remember
  First to possess his books; for without them
  He's but a sot, as I am […]
- c. 1670-1680, John Oldham, The Eighth Satire of Monsieur Boileau, imitated
  In Egypt oft has seen the Sot bow down,
  And reverence some deified Baboon.
drunkard
- 1684, Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon, Essay on Translated Verse:
  Every sign
  That calls the staring sots to nasty wine.
- April 21, 1864, John Ruskin, "Traffic", Unto This Last and Other Writings, New York: Penguin (1997), p. 235
  Take a picture by Teniers, of sots quarrelling over their dice; it is an entirely clever picture; so clever that nothing in its kind has ever been done equal to it; but it is also an entirely base and evil picture.

Synonyms edit

(stupid person): See also Thesaurus:idiot (intelligence) or Thesaurus:fool (wisdom)
(drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Derived terms edit

sottish

Translations edit

stupid person; fool

French: sot (fr) m
Russian: дура́к (ru) m (durák)

drunkard

Bulgarian: пияница (bg) m (pijanica)
Finnish: juopporatti, juoppolalli (fi)
Japanese: 飲んべえ (nonbē)
Latin: madulsa m
Manx: kione meshtal m
Russian: алкого́лик (ru) m (alkogólik), го́рький пья́ница m (górʹkij pʹjánica)
Spanish: tomador (es) m, borracho (es) m, bebedor (es) m
Swedish: fylltratt c

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Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zot (nl) m

Verb edit

sot (third-person singular simple present sots, present participle sotting, simple past and past participle sotted)

To drink until one becomes drunk
To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.
- 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
  I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

to drink until drunk

Bulgarian: напивам се (napivam se)
Russian: напива́ться (ru) n (napivátʹsja)

References edit

^ Metzler, I. (2015). Fools and Idiots? Intellectual Disability in the Middle Ages. United States: Manchester University Press.
^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zot”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Anagrams edit

OST, OTS, OTs, TOS, TOs, TSO, Tso, ost

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

sod — Gheg^[1]
σὸτ — Arvanitika^[2]

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *tˢjādīti, from a Pre-Albanian (post-Proto-Indo-European) *ḱye h₂ dh₂itéy (dative-locative compound, literally “this day”). Same type of construction as sonte, sivjet. See also ditë, which is related to the second component.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [sot]

Adverb edit

sot

today

Derived terms edit

sotmë, sormë

Related terms edit

References edit

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia root *(t)sott-.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈsɔt]
Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun edit

sot m (plural sots)

Derived terms edit

Dalmatian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin exsūctus (compare Italian asciutto, Venetian suto, Friulian sut, Spanish enjuto, Portuguese enxuto) or Latin suctus (compare Romanian supt).

Adjective edit

sot

dry

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz, cognate with Norwegian sott, Swedish sot (archaic), German Sucht. Derived from the verb *seukaną.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /soːˀt/, [ˈsoˀd̥]

Noun edit

sot c (singular definite soten, plural indefinite soter)

(dated) disease

Synonyms edit

sygdom

Derived terms edit

Faliscan edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Latin sunt.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsoːt/

Verb edit

sōt

third-person plural present active indicative of esu

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French sot, from Old French soz, from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to modern zut! (“damn it!”). This Latin word was borrowed into Germanic languages such as Dutch zot, Old English sott (modern English sot).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /so/
- audio (file)
- Homophones: saut, sauts, sceau, sceaux, seau, seaux, sots
(older, now chiefly Belgium) IPA^(key): /sɔ/
- Homophone: sots

Adjective edit

sot (feminine sotte, masculine plural sots, feminine plural sottes)

silly, foolish, stupid

Derived terms edit

il n’y a pas de sot métier

Noun edit

sot m (plural sots, feminine sotte)

imbecile, fool

Derived terms edit

sottise

References edit

^ Metzler, I. (2015). Fools and Idiots? Intellectual Disability in the Middle Ages. United States: Manchester University Press.
^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zot”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Friulian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin subtus, which is derived from Latin sub. Cognate to Ladin sot, Romansch sut, suot, Venetian sóto, Italian sotto, French sous, Romanian sub, supt.

Preposition edit

sot

under, beneath, underneath
below, south of

Adverb edit

sot

Derived terms edit

disot

Ladin edit

Etymology edit

From Latin subtus.

Pronunciation edit

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Adverb edit

sot

under, beneath
below

Luxembourgish edit

Verb edit

sot

inflection of soen:

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English sot, sott, from Medieval Latin sottus, reinforced by Old French sot (“idiotic”), of obscure origin. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to modern French zut! (“damn it!”).^[1]^[2]

Alternative forms edit

sotte, sote, sott, soth

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /sɔt/, /sɔːt/

Noun edit

sot (plural sottes or (Early ME) sotten)

One who lacks wisdom, knowledge, or intelligence; a stupid person.
A villainous or dishonest individual; a rogue or scoundrel.
(derogatory) Used as a general-purpose insult.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

English: sot
Scots: sot

References edit

“sot, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-14.

Adjective edit

sot (plural and weak singular sotte)

idiotic, unwise

References edit

“sot, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-14.

^ Metzler, I. (2015). Fools and Idiots? Intellectual Disability in the Middle Ages. United States: Manchester University Press.
^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zot”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 2 edit

From Old English sōt.

Noun edit

sot

Alternative form of soot (“soot”)

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.

Noun edit

sot f or m (definite singular sota or soten, uncountable)
sot n (definite singular sotet, uncountable)

soot

References edit

“sot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“sot” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.

Noun edit

sot f or n (definite singular sota or sotet, uncountable)

soot

References edit

“sot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *sōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /soːt/

Noun edit

sōt n

soot

Declension edit

Declension of sot (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sōt	sōt
accusative	sōt	sōt
genitive	sōtes	sōta
dative	sōte	sōtum

Descendants edit

Middle English: soot, soeth, sood, soote, sot, sote, soth, soyte, suotte; sude, sute
- English: soot
- Scots: suit, sute
- Yola: zoot

Old Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /soːt/

Noun edit

sōt f

sickness

Declension edit

Declension of sōt (i-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sōt	sōttin	sōtti(r), -e(r)	sōttina(r), sōttena(r)
accusative	sōt	sōttina, -ena	sōtti(r), -e(r)	sōttina(r), sōttena(r)
dative	sōt	sōttinni, -inne	sōttum, -om	sōttumin, -omen
genitive	sōtta(r)	sōttinna(r)	sōtta	sōttanna

Synonyms edit

siuka

Descendants edit

Swedish: sot

References edit

sot in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T

Scots edit

Adverb edit

sot

so (to contradict a negative clause)
- 1897, J. Mackinnon, Braefoot Sketches:
  “I wisna a grain feart.” “Ye wis sot. Ye ran like the rest o's.”
  “I wasn't scared at all.” “You was so. You ran like the rest of us.”

References edit

“sot” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /suːt/
Audio (file)

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Swedish sōt, from Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.

Noun edit

sot n

soot

Declension edit

Declension of sot
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sot	sotet	—	—
Genitive	sots	sotets	—	—

Related terms edit

sota
sotare

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Swedish sōt, from Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.

Noun edit

sot c

(archaic) disease, sickness

Declension edit

Declension of sot
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sot	soten	soter	soterna
Genitive	sots	sotens	soters	soternas

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

sota

References edit

sot in Svensk ordbok (SO)
sot in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
sot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
1. sot in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
2. sot in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams edit

ost, ots, sto

Volapük edit

Noun edit

sot (nominative plural sots)

a sort
a kind
a type

Declension edit

declension of sot

	singular	plural
nominative	sot	sots
genitive	sota	sotas
dative	sote	sotes
accusative	soti	sotis
vocative ¹	o sot!	o sots!
predicative ²	sotu	sotus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms edit

bid

Zoogocho Zapotec edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish azote, from Arabic السَوْط (as-sawṭ, “the whip”).

Noun edit

sot

whip
whipping, beating

Derived terms edit

chgoꞌo sot

References edit

Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 273

[1] Metzler, I. (2015). Fools and Idiots? Intellectual Disability in the Middle Ages. United States: Manchester University Press.

[2] van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zot”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

[3] Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 142, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder

[4] Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 89, by Markos Botsaris

[5] Metzler, I. (2015). Fools and Idiots? Intellectual Disability in the Middle Ages. United States: Manchester University Press.

[6] van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zot”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

[7] Metzler, I. (2015). Fools and Idiots? Intellectual Disability in the Middle Ages. United States: Manchester University Press.

[8] van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zot”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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