sy
Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.
Pronoun edit
sy (object haar, possessive haar)
- she (subject)
Alternative forms edit
- sij (obsolete)
See also edit
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 2 edit
Determiner edit
sy
Alternative forms edit
See also edit
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 3 edit
From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.
Noun edit
sy (plural sye)
Etymology 4 edit
From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Latin sēda.
Noun edit
sy (uncountable)
Etymology 5 edit
Verb edit
sy
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *asī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁ (dual), from singular *h₃okʷ- (compare Lithuanian akìs, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse, “eyes”), English eye).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sy m (plural sy, definite syri, definite plural sytë)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “Dil te kroni cuco” (“Go out to the fountain my young lady”), 00m45s, by Sinan Vllasaliu (Kosovar known singer, from Prishtina).
Danish edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sy (present tense syr or syer, past syede, past participle syet)
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “sy” in Den Danske Ordbog
Egyptian edit
Romanization edit
sy
Guaraní edit
Noun edit
sy
Indonesian edit
Pronoun edit
sy
- (text messaging) Abbreviation of saya.
Lower Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *esi.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sy
Malay edit
Pronoun edit
sy
- (informal, text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of saya (“I”).
Middle English edit
Noun edit
sy
- Alternative form of siȝe
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
sy (imperative sy, present tense syr, simple past sydde, past participle sydd)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “sy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną.
Verb edit
sy (present tense syr, past tense sydde, past participle sytt/sydd, passive infinitive syast, present participle syande, imperative sy)
- (transitive) to sew
- (transitive, ergative) to stitch
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- saum m
Etymology 2 edit
Short form of syde.
Verb edit
sy (present tense syd, past tense saud, supine sodi)
References edit
- “sy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sȳ
- Alternative form of sīe
Old Tupi edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *tɨ.[1]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní xy and Guaraní sy
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sy (possessable)
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
sy
- motherful (having a mother)
References edit
- Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos[2] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sy”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 450, column 1
Portuguese edit
Pronoun edit
sy
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Verb edit
sy (present syr, preterite sydde, supine sytt, imperative sy)
- to sew
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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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. |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- sy in Svensk ordbok.
- sy in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
Upper Sorbian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sy
- second-person singular present of być
- Ty sy rjany.
- You are beautiful.
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /sɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /siː/
- Rhymes: -ɨː
Verb edit
sy (not mutable)
- Alternative form of sydd
West Frisian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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]
Pronoun edit
sy
Inflection edit
Number | Person | Nominative | Objective | Possessive | |||
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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 |
References edit
Further reading edit
- “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun edit
sy
Inflection edit
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 reading edit
- “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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