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suas

See also: súas

French

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Verb

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suas

  1. second-person singular past historic of suer

Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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suas

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of suar

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish súas.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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suas

  1. up, upward (from a level or high to a higher or even higher position)
  2. abreast [with le ‘of’]

Usage notes

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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

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See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs formed with "suas"

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Irish adverbs of direction and position
point of reference motion toward stationary
position at		 stationary position
on the indicated side		 motion from
above, up suas thuas lastuas anuas
below, down síos thíos laistíos aníos
east soir thoir lastoir anoir
west/back siar thiar laistiar aniar
north ó thuaidh thuaidh lastuaidh aduaidh
south ó dheas theas laisteas 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 sall thall lastall anall
over here — — — anonn
inside isteach istigh laistigh —
outside amach amuigh lasmuigh —

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 451, page 145

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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suās

  1. accusative feminine plural of suus

Verb

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suās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of suō

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: su‧as

Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

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suas

  1. feminine plural of seu

Pronoun

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suas

  1. feminine plural of seu

Noun

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suas

  1. feminine plural of seu

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Portuguese possessives
singular possessum plural possessum
masculine feminine masculine feminine
singular
possessor 		first person meu minha meus minhas
second person teu tua teus tuas
third person any seu sua seus suas
m dele
f dela
plural
possessor 		first person nosso nossa nossos nossas
second person vosso vossa vossos vossas
third person any seu sua seus suas
m deles
f delas

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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suas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of suar

Scottish Gaelic

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Adverb

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suas

  1. up (implies motion)
  2. up south, up southwards
  3. (Eastern Highlands) west, westwards)
    Antonym: sìos

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  • The meaning of sìos as "down north" and suas as "up south", as opposed to the usual English down south and up north, is notably followed in the Highland English spoken in Uist.

Derived terms

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Scottish Gaelic adverbs of direction and position
point of reference motion toward stationary
position at		 motion from
above, up suas shuas a-nuas
below, down sìos shìos a-nìos
east an ear, sear
west an iar, siar
north a tuath
south a deas
over there a-null, a-nunn thall a-nall, a-bhos
over here a-nall, a-bhos a-bhos a-null, a-nunn
abroad a-null thairis thall thairis a-nall thairis
inside a-steach a-staigh —
outside a-mach a-muigh —

Preposition

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suas

  1. up
    Antonym: sìos
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