su
Translingual Edit
Symbol Edit
su
Alemannic German Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle High German sun, from Old High German sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz. Cognate with German Sohn, Dutch zoon, English son, Icelandic sonur.
Noun Edit
su m
References Edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Aromanian Edit
Preposition Edit
su
- Alternative form of sum
Awa-Cuaiquer Edit
Noun Edit
su
References Edit
Azerbaijani Edit
Cyrillic | су | |
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Perso-Arabic | سو |
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Turkic *sub.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
su (definite accusative suyu, plural sular) (countable, uncountable)
- water
- stəkana su tökmək ― to pour water into a glass
- Bəzi ölkərdə əhalinin təmiz içməli suyu yoxdur.
- In some countries, the population doesn't have clean drinking water.
- juice
- armud suyu ― pear juice.
- Pomidorun suyu buxarlanıb yalnız “əti” qalmalıdır. ― The juice of the tomato should vaporize and only the "meat" remain.
Declension Edit
The words nə and su (and sometimes mövqe) are the only ones in Azerbaijani to take a y in the singular accusative, genitive, and dative cases, and in the singular possessive forms.
Declension of su | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | su |
sular | ||||||
definite accusative | suyu |
suları | ||||||
dative | suya |
sulara | ||||||
locative | suda |
sularda | ||||||
ablative | sudan |
sulardan | ||||||
definite genitive | suyun |
suların |
Derived terms Edit
Basque Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Basque *su.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
su inan
Declension Edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | su | sua | suak |
ergative | suk | suak | suek |
dative | suri | suari | suei |
genitive | suren | suaren | suen |
comitative | surekin | suarekin | suekin |
causative | surengatik | suarengatik | suengatik |
benefactive | surentzat | suarentzat | suentzat |
instrumental | suz | suaz | suez |
inessive | sutan | suan | suetan |
locative | sutako | suko | suetako |
allative | sutara | sura | suetara |
terminative | sutaraino | suraino | suetaraino |
directive | sutarantz | surantz | suetarantz |
destinative | sutarako | surako | suetarako |
ablative | sutatik | sutik | suetatik |
partitive | surik | — | — |
prolative | sutzat | — | — |
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
Further reading Edit
Bikol Central Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Article Edit
su
- (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) direct marker placed before common nouns
- Synonym: si
- Kinua ko na su pakete.
- I already got the package
See also Edit
Chuukese Edit
Verb Edit
su
Czech Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
su
Usage notes Edit
- Only used in grammatical contexts where být (“to be”) is used as a main verb; where it is an auxiliary verb the standard form jsem is used. The same speaker would, for example, say "su doma" (= I'm at home) but "dorazil jsem" (= I (have) arrived).
Synonyms Edit
Estonian Edit
Pronoun Edit
su
Usage notes Edit
Fala Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Determiner Edit
su f sg
- (Lagarteiru) Apocopic form of súa (“his, her, its, their”)
Usage notes Edit
- Used in Lagarteiru before a feminine singular noun as part of a noun phrase.
See also Edit
Possessee | ||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||
Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |||
Possessor | First person | Singular | mei | miña | meis | miñas |
Plural | nosu | nosa | nosus | nosas | ||
Second person | Singular | tei | túa, tu1 | teis | túas, tus1 | |
Plural | vosu | vosa | vosus | vosas | ||
Third person | sei | súa, su1 | seis | súas, sus1 |
- Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.
References Edit
Finnish Edit
Noun Edit
su
- Abbreviation of sunnuntai (“Sunday”).
Anagrams Edit
French Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Participle Edit
su (feminine sue, masculine plural sus, feminine plural sues)
- past participle of savoir: known
- J’avais su qu’elle mentait.
- I had known that she was lying.
Related terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “su”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams Edit
Gagauz Edit
Noun Edit
su
References Edit
- İsmail Ulutaş, Relative Clauses in Gagauz Syntax (2004)
Greenlandic Edit
Root Edit
su
- Usually has interrogative meaning.
Usage notes Edit
Like pi, su is not used on its own, but must be supplied with affixes or inflectional endings.
Guaraní Edit
Number Edit
su
Hausa Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Pronoun Edit
sū
- they (third person plural independent subject pronoun)
See also Edit
- músù (3rd person plural indirect object enclitic pronoun)
- sú (3rd person plural independent object pronoun)
- -sù (3rd person plural possessive enclitic pronoun)
Etymology 2 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Ideophone Edit
sū̀
Ido Edit
Etymology Edit
From Esperanto si, from French se, Italian sé, Spanish se, ultimately from Latin sē, from Proto-Indo-European *swé + -u (“personal pronoun ending”).
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
su (reflexive, possessive sua, possessive plural sui)
- self, oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves (reflexive pronoun, 3rd person, singular or plural)
- La soldati defensis su brave.
- The soldiers defended themselves bravely.
See also Edit
Singular | Plural | ||||||
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Nominative | Possessive | Nominative | Possessive | ||||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | ||||
First person | me | mea | mei | ni | nia | nii | |
Second person | Formal | vu | vua | vui | vi | via | vii |
Familiar | tu | tua | tui | ||||
Third person | Masculine | ilu, il | ilua | ilui | ili | ilia | ilii |
Feminine | elu, el | elua | elui | eli | elia | elii | |
Neuter | olu, ol | olua | olui | oli | olia | olii | |
Common | lu | lua | lui | li | lia | lii | |
Reflexive | su | sua | sui | su | sua | sui | |
Indefinite | onu, on | onua | onui | onu, on | onua | onui | |
Notes | |||||||
The possessive plurals are seldom used. | |||||||
The shortened forms are preferred. | |||||||
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios. |
Ili Turki Edit
Noun Edit
su
References Edit
- Zhào Xiāngrú and Reinhard F. Hahn (1989). "The Ili Turk People and Their Language". Central Asiatic Journal.
Indo-Portuguese Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese seu, from Latin suus, from Old Latin *sovos, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyos.
Pronoun Edit
su
Interlingua Edit
Determiner Edit
su (possessive)
Usage notes Edit
- Does not decline on the basis of gender or number.
Inupiaq Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Pronoun Edit
su
- what
- Su??
- What??
Italian Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- sù (misspelling)
Etymology Edit
From an older form suso, from Latin sūsum, a variant of Latin sūrsum.[1] Cognate to French sus.
Pronunciation Edit
Adverb Edit
su
Derived terms Edit
Interjection Edit
su
Preposition Edit
su
- on, upon, onto, on top
- Lezione d'inglese numero 1: Il libro è sulla tavola.
- English lesson number 1: The book is on the table.
- over
- L'orologio sul polsino della camicia era il marchio di fabbrica di Gianni Agnelli.
- The watch over the shirt cuff was Gianni Agnelli's trademark.
- about, on
- Gli italiani non sono d'accordo su molte cose sul come cucinare la pasta e soprattutto sul condimento.
- Italians don't agree on many things about how to cook pasta and especially on the sauce.
- above
- La Paz, che sorge a circa 3600 metri sul livello del mare, è la più alta capitale del mondo.
- La Paz, which lies about 3600 metres above sea level, is the world's highest capital city.
- in, out of
- Un europeo su cinque avrà più di 65 anni entro il 2025.
- One in five Europeans will be more than 65 years old by year 2025.
Usage notes Edit
- When followed by the definite article, su combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:
su + article Combined form su + il sul su + lo sullo su + l' sull' su + i sui su + gli sugli su + la sulla su + le sulle
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951
Further reading Edit
- su in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Italiot Greek Edit
Pronoun Edit
su (Greek spelling σού, strong personal pronoun)
- Contraction of esù (“you”).
Related terms Edit
Number (style) | singular (familiar) | plural (formal) | ||
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strong | weak | strong | weak | |
nominative | esù / isù | — | esì / isì | — |
genitive | (e)sena | su† | esà | sas† |
accusative | (e)sena | se | esà | sas |
vocative | esù / isù | — | esì / isì | — |
† These terms double as possessive pronouns. All personal pronoun forms are displayed at evò (“I”). |
Japanese Edit
Romanization Edit
su
Koro (India) Edit
Etymology Edit
Cognate with Apatani sü, Hruso fu, Idu sà, Miji ʃu, Khumi Chin si.
Noun Edit
su
Ladino Edit
Adjective Edit
su (Latin spelling, plural sus)
Usage notes Edit
For many speakers, su agrees with the antecedent in number, rather than with the noun being described.
Lithuanian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śun, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm, or from Proto-Indo-European *som-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sъ(n).
Pronunciation Edit
Preposition Edit
sù (with instrumental)
- with
- identifies the object of a reciprocal action
- identifies accompanying people or objects
- identifies an ingredient, feature, or contents
- dėžutė su dokumentais ― a box of documents
- pyragas su braškėmis ― pie with strawberries
- identifies time by means of a simultaneous event
- compares two things that are similar/identical
- identifies the state of a subject during an action
- identifies an instrument (equivalent to using the instrumental without su)
Antonyms Edit
Further reading Edit
- Vytautas Ambrazas (2006), “3. Morphology § 8.29”, in Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, page 419
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “su”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
Lombard Edit
Etymology Edit
Akin to Italian su, from Latin sursum.
Adverb Edit
su
Lower Sorbian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
su
- third-person plural present of byś
- 1998, Erwin Hannusch, chapter 1, in Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, →ISBN, page 20:
- Tšochu dalej su Stare wiki.
- Somewhat further on is the Old Market.
- 2011 September 27, I. Neumannojc, “Sadowe bomy za derjeměśe luźa a natury”, in Nowy Casnik:
- Sadowe bomy w burskich gumnach a teke na dwórach su typiske za naš region.
- Fruit trees in farmers’ gardens and even in courtyards are typical for our region.
Mandarin Edit
Romanization Edit
su
Usage notes Edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle Low German Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
sü̂
- Alternative form of sê (“she”).
Verb Edit
sü̂
- imperative singular of sên (“to see”)
Min Nan Edit
For pronunciation and definitions of su – see 軀 (“human body; body; etc.”). (This character, su, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 軀.) |
Norman Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old French sud, su (“south”), from Old English sūþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.
Noun Edit
su m (uncountable)
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
From Old French sur (“sour, bitter”), from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour, acidic, salty, damp”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūro- (“sour, salty, bitter”).
Adjective Edit
su
Northern Sami Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
su
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old Norse sú, accusative singular indefinite of sýr f, from Proto-Germanic *sūz, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.
Noun Edit
su f (definite singular sua, indefinite plural suer, definite plural suene)
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
su f (definite singular sua, indefinite plural suer, definite plural suene)
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Related terms Edit
Etymology 3 Edit
Noun Edit
su f (definite singular sua, indefinite plural suer, definite plural suene)
Synonyms Edit
Related terms Edit
References Edit
- “su” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-West Germanic *sū, from Proto-Germanic *sūz, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-. Germanic cognates include Old Saxon sū, Old High German sū (whence German Sau), Old Norse sýr (whence Swedish so). Other Indo-European cognates: Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Latin sus, Russian свинья́ (svinʹjá).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
sū f
- sow (female pig)
Declension Edit
See also Edit
Salar Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Turkic *sub.
Noun Edit
su (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])
References Edit
Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “su”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow
Sardinian Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- s' (apocopated, used before vowels)
Etymology Edit
From Latin ipsum, accusative singular of ipse (“himself”).
Pronunciation Edit
Article Edit
su m (plural (Logudorese, Nuorese) sos or (Campidanese) is, feminine sa)
- (Logudorese, Campidanese, Nuorese) the (masculine singular definite article)
References Edit
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
- Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “ísse”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
Serbo-Croatian Edit
Verb Edit
su (Cyrillic spelling су)
Sicilian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Vulgar Latin *ipsu, from Latin ipsum, from ipse.
Article Edit
- Alternative form of lu (rare)
Related terms Edit
Sicilian articles | ||
Masculine | Feminine | |
indefinite singular | un, nu | na |
definite singular | lu, û | la, â |
definite plural | li, î | li, î |
Spanish Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Latin suum, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé.
Pronunciation Edit
Determiner Edit
su (third person possessive of singular, plural sus)
- (before the noun) Apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal)
- Vino con su amigo.
- He came with his friend.
- Habló a sus hijas.
- She spoke to her daughters.
- used to express an approximate number: about, approximately
- Pesa sus dos kilogramos.
- It weighs about two kilograms.
- (literally, “It weighs its two kilograms.”)
- (before the noun, formal) Apocopic form of suyo (“your”)
Usage notes Edit
- The forms su and sus are only used before and within the noun phrase of the modified noun. In other positions, a form of suyo is used instead:
- Son sus libros. — “[They] are his books.”
- Son los libros suyos. — “[They] are his books.” (“...the books of him.”)
- Son los suyos. — "[They] are his."
Besides being a pronoun, because su occurs in a noun phrase and expresses reference, it also grammatically classifies as a determiner (specifically a possessive/genitive determiner).
Related terms Edit
possessor | preposed | postposed or standalone | |||||
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possessee | possessee | ||||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||
masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | ||||
First person: | singular: | mi | mis | mío | mía | míos | mías |
plural: | (same as postposed/standalone) | nuestro | nuestra | nuestros | nuestras | ||
Second person (informal): |
singular: | tu | tus | tuyo | tuya | tuyos | tuyas |
plural: | (same as postposed/standalone) | vuestro | vuestra | vuestros | vuestras | ||
Third person: | su | sus | suyo | suya | suyos | suyas |
Further reading Edit
- “su”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sumerian Edit
Romanization Edit
su
- Romanization of 𒋢 (su)
Tausug Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq.
Noun Edit
sū
- source of light
Tocharian B Edit
Pronoun Edit
su
See also Edit
Tok Pisin Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
su
Turkish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ottoman Turkish صو (su), from earlier *suv, from Proto-Turkic *sub (“water”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰽𐰆𐰉 (sub).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
su (definite accusative suyu, plural sular)
Declension Edit
The declension of su is somewhat irregular: the genitive form of the singular is suyun and not sunun; also, the third-person-singular possessive is suyu and not susu.
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Locative | suda | sularda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- su in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
Upper Sorbian Edit
Verb Edit
su
Uyghur Edit
Noun Edit
su
- Latin spelling of سۇ (su)
Veps Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Finnic *suu.
Noun Edit
su
Inflection Edit
Inflection of su (inflection type 13/ma) | |||
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nominative sing. | su | ||
genitive sing. | sun | ||
partitive sing. | sud | ||
partitive plur. | suid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | su | sud | |
accusative | sun | sud | |
genitive | sun | suiden | |
partitive | sud | suid | |
essive-instructive | sun | suin | |
translative | suks | suikš | |
inessive | sus | suiš | |
elative | suspäi | suišpäi | |
illative | suhu | suihe | |
adessive | sul | suil | |
ablative | sulpäi | suilpäi | |
allative | sule | suile | |
abessive | suta | suita | |
comitative | sunke | suidenke | |
prolative | sudme | suidme | |
approximative I | sunno | suidenno | |
approximative II | sunnoks | suidennoks | |
egressive | sunnopäi | suidennopäi | |
terminative I | suhusai | suihesai | |
terminative II | sulesai | suilesai | |
terminative III | sussai | — | |
additive I | suhupäi | suihepäi | |
additive II | sulepäi | suilepäi |
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
Vietnamese Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
su
- North Central Vietnam form of sâu (“deep”)
- nác su ― deep water
Welsh Edit
Noun Edit
su m (plural suon, not mutable)
- Alternative form of si
Western Yugur Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Turkic *sub, compare Turkish su.
Noun Edit
su
References Edit
- Léi Xuănchūn, Xībù Yùgù-Hàn Cídiăn, Chéngdŭ, Sichuan Minzu Chubanshe, 1992