suas

See also: súas

Contents

French

Verb

suas

1. second-person singular past historic of suer

Anagrams

• usas

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish súas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠuəsˠ/

Adverb

suas

1. up, upwards (from a level or high to a higher or even higher position)
   1. to higher place or station
   2. at, towards, a higher level
   3. to erect position
   4. towards maturity
   5. to the south
   6. to major centre
   7. to position regarded as forward
   8. to point abreast of
   9. in confrontation with
   10. (time) onwards
   11. (genealogy, of ancestral line) backwards
   12. on high, risen
   13. astir, amiss
   14. offered for sale
   15. in existence
   16. with vigour
   17. fully, completely

Usage notes

Suas implies upward movement away from the speaker (or some contextually relevant reference point); it contrasts with aníos, which implies upward movement toward the speaker (or reference point).

Derived terms

• buail suas (“strike up”, verb)
• caith suas (“throw up”, transitive verb)
• cuir suas (“put up”, verb)
• cuir suas le (“put up with”, verb)
• déan suas (“make, do, up”, verb)
• déan suas le (“make up to, curry favour with”, verb)
• éirigh suas (“rise up; grow up”, intransitive verb)
• gléasta suas (“dressed up”)
• leag suas (“lay up”, transitive verb)
• suasaigí (“up you go!”)
• suasán m (“shock of hair, tousled hair”)
• suas le (“up to, nearly”)
• tabhair suas (“give up”, transitive verb)
• tarraing suas (“pull, draw, up; halt”, verb)
• tar suas ar (“live, exist, on”, intransitive verb)
• tar suas le (“come up with, overtake”, intransitive verb)
• tóg suas (“lift, raise, up; take up”, verb)

 

See also

Irish adverbs of direction and position

	Motion toward	Stationary position at	Motion from
up	suas	thuas	anuas
down	síos	thíos	aníos
east	soir	thoir	anoir
west/back	siar	thiar	aniar
north	ó thuaidh	thuaidh	aduaidh
south	ó dheas	theas	aneas
northeast	soir ó thuaidh	thoir thuaidh	anoir aduaidh
northwest	siar ó thuaidh	thiar thuaidh	aniar aduaidh
southeast	soir ó dheas	thoir theas	anoir aneas
southwest	siar ó dheas	thiar theas	aniar aneas
over there	anonn, sall	thall	anall
inside	isteach	istigh	—
outside	amach	amuigh	—

Further reading

• "suas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “súas”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• Entries containing “suas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “suas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.aːs/, [ˈsʊ.aːs]

Pronoun

suās

1. accusative feminine plural of suus

Verb

suās

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of suō

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɐʃ/
• Hyphenation: su‧as

Pronoun

suas f pl

1. Feminine plural form of possessive seu.
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 141:

     Naturalmente, cada um teve seu método e suas prioridades.

     Naturally, each one had his method and his priorities.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:suas.

See also

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Possessor	Singular	First person	meu	minha	meus	minhas
		Second person	teu	tua	teus	tuas
		Third person	seu	sua	seus	suas
	Plural	First person	nosso	nossa	nossos	nossas
		Second person	vosso	vossa	vossos	vossas
		Third person	seu	sua	seus	suas
See also: Appendix:Possessive#Portuguese

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Scottish Gaelic

Adverb

suas

1. up (implies motion)

   Antonym: sìos

Derived terms

• cum suas ri
• thoir suas
• toirt suas

 

Related terms

• shuas

Preposition

suas

1. up

   Antonym: sìos