sy
AfrikaansEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.
PronounEdit
sy (object haar, possessive haar)
- she (subject)
Alternative formsEdit
- sij (obsolete)
See alsoEdit
subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
2nd, formal | u | u s’n | ||||
3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | ||
3rd, fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
3rd, neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
plural | 1st | ons | ons s’n | |||
2nd | julle / jul1 | julle s’n | ||||
3rd | hulle / hul1 | hulle s’n | ||||
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence. |
Etymology 2Edit
DeterminerEdit
sy
Alternative formsEdit
See alsoEdit
subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
2nd, formal | u | u s’n | ||||
3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | ||
3rd, fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
3rd, neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
plural | 1st | ons | ons s’n | |||
2nd | julle / jul1 | julle s’n | ||||
3rd | hulle / hul1 | hulle s’n | ||||
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence. |
Etymology 3Edit
From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.
NounEdit
sy (plural sye)
Etymology 4Edit
From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Latin sēda.
NounEdit
sy (uncountable)
Etymology 5Edit
VerbEdit
sy
AlbanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Albanian *asī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁ (dual), from singular *h₃okʷ- (compare Lithuanian akìs, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse, “eyes”), English eye).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sy m (indefinite plural sy, definite singular syri, definite plural sytë)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “Dil te kroni cuco” (“Go out to the fountain my young lady”), 00m45s, by Sinan Vllasaliu (Kosovar known singer, from Prishtina).
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną, cognate with Swedish sy, English sew. The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”), which is also the source of Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), Lithuanian siū́ti.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
sy (present tense syr or syer, past syede, past participle syet)
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “sy” in Den Danske Ordbog
EgyptianEdit
RomanizationEdit
sy
GuaraníEdit
NounEdit
sy
IndonesianEdit
PronounEdit
sy
- (text messaging) Abbreviation of saya.
Lower SorbianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *esi.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
sy
MalayEdit
PronounEdit
sy
- (informal, text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of saya (“I”).
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
sy
- Alternative form of siȝe
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
sy (imperative sy, present tense syr, simple past sydde, past participle sydd)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “sy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną.
VerbEdit
sy (present tense syr, past tense sydde, past participle sydd/sytt, passive infinitive syast, present participle syande, imperative sy)
- (transitive) to sew
- (transitive, ergative) to stitch
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
- saum m
Etymology 2Edit
Short form of syde.
VerbEdit
sy (present tense syd, past tense saud, supine sodi)
ReferencesEdit
- “sy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old TupiEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sy
ReferencesEdit
- LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.
- NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.
PortugueseEdit
PronounEdit
sy
- Obsolete spelling of si
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
audio (file)
VerbEdit
sy (present syr, preterite sydde, supine sytt, imperative sy)
- to sew
ConjugationEdit
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | sy | sys | ||
Supine | sytt | sytts | ||
Imperative | sy | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | syn | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | syr | sydde | sys | syddes |
Ind. plural1 | sy | sydde | sys | syddes |
Subjunctive2 | sy | sydde | sys | syddes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | syende | |||
Past participle | sydd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- sy in Svensk ordbok.
- sy in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
WelshEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /sɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /siː/
- Rhymes: -ɨː
VerbEdit
sy (not mutable)
- Alternative form of sydd
West FrisianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz. For the sibilant onset, compare other West Germanic cognates (Dutch zij, German Sie, and possibly English she).[1]
PronounEdit
sy
InflectionEdit
Number | Person | Nominative | Objective | Possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Reflexive | Determiner | Pronoun | ||||
Singular | First | ik | my | mysels | myn | mines | |
Second | Informal | do/dû1 | dy | dysels | dyn | dines | |
Formal | jo | jo | josels | jo | jowes | ||
Third | Masculine | hy | him | himsels | syn | sines | |
Feminine | sy/hja1 | har | harsels | har | harres | ||
Neuter | it | it | himsels | syn | sines | ||
Plural | First | wy | ús | ússels | ús | uzes | |
Second | jim(me) | jim(me) | jimsels/jinsels | jim(me) | jimmes | ||
Third | sy/hja1 | har(ren) | harsels | har(ren) | harres | ||
1. Now mostly archaic and unused |
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronounEdit
sy
InflectionEdit
Number | Person | Nominative | Objective | Possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Reflexive | Determiner | Pronoun | ||||
Singular | First | ik | my | mysels | myn | mines | |
Second | Informal | do/dû1 | dy | dysels | dyn | dines | |
Formal | jo | jo | josels | jo | jowes | ||
Third | Masculine | hy | him | himsels | syn | sines | |
Feminine | sy/hja1 | har | harsels | har | harres | ||
Neuter | it | it | himsels | syn | sines | ||
Plural | First | wy | ús | ússels | ús | uzes | |
Second | jim(me) | jim(me) | jimsels/jinsels | jim(me) | jimmes | ||
Third | sy/hja1 | har(ren) | harsels | har(ren) | harres | ||
1. Now mostly archaic and unused |
Further readingEdit
- “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011