soy

See also: soþ

English

Alternative forms

• soya (British)

Etymology

1670s, from Dutch soja, ultimately from Japanese 醤油 (shōyu, “soy sauce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔɪ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Noun

soy (usually uncountable, plural soys)

1. A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.

   Synonym: soy sauce (US)

   I like a little soy with my rice.

   • 1902 — Annie R. Gregory, Woman's Favorite Cookbook, p.381

     Pour in four tablespoonfuls of sherry and four tablespoonfuls of soy, as much vinegar as the jar will hold, and cover closely until wanted.

2. (uncountable, often attributive) Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.

   These candles are made from soy.

   The soy crop is looking good this year.

   This diet doesn't let me eat soy.

Derived terms

• soy bean
• soy boy
• soy milk
• soy sauce

Translations

soy sauce — see soy sauce

soy beans

• Arabic: صُويَا‎ f (ṣūyā)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: soia f, soja f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大豆 (zh) (dàdòu)

• Danish: sojabønne (da) c
• Finnish: soija (fi), soijapapu (fi)
• French: soja (fr) f
• German: Soja (de) n, Sojabohnen f pl
• Greek: σόγια (el) n (sógia)
• Hungarian: szója (hu)

• Japanese: 大豆 (ja) (だいず, daizu)
• Khmer: សៀង (km) (siǝŋ)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: soya
• Portuguese: soja (pt) f
• Russian: со́я (ru) f (sója), со́евые бобы́ m pl (sójevyje bobý)
• Slovene: soja (sl) pl
• Spanish: soja (es) f
• Thai: ถั่วเหลือง (th) (tùua-lʉ̌ʉang)
• Vietnamese: đậu nành (vi)

Anagrams

• YSO, yos

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Middle French

Pronoun

soy

1. oneself

Descendants

• French: soi

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sum (“I am”). Compare with doy and voy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoi/, [ˈso̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi̯

Verb

soy

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of ser.

   Yo no soy marinero, soy capitán.

   I am not a sailor, I am a captain.

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Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *suHyús. Cognate with Tocharian A se, Old Armenian ուստր (ustr) and Ancient Greek υἱύς (huiús). Confer also the diminituve form soṃśke reflecting the alternative Proto-Indo-European root for "son".

Noun

soy m

1. son

Related terms

• soṃśke

See also

• tkācer
• pācer
• mācer
• procer
• ṣer

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoɪ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic [Term?], compare Old Turkic soy‎ (soy).

Noun

soy (definite accusative soyu, plural soylar)

1. ancestry
2. descent
3. family
4. kin
5. lineage
6. sort
7. tribe
8. origin
9. pedigree
10. progeny

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	soy
Definite accusative	soyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	soy	soylar
Definite accusative	soyu	soyları
Dative	soya	soylara
Locative	soyda	soylarda
Ablative	soydan	soylardan
Genitive	soyun	soyların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular soyum soylarım 2nd singular soyun soyların 3rd singular soyu soyları 1st plural soyumuz soylarımız 2nd plural soyunuz soylarınız 3rd plural soyları soyları

Synonyms

• sülale

Derived terms

• soyadı
• soy ağacı
• soygaz
• soykırım

Etymology 2

Verb

soy

1. second-person singular imperative of soymak (to peel)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “soy”, in Nişanyan Sözlük