sú
Bassa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sú]
References
- Bassa-English Dictionary
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Dakota
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse sá, a descendant from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só. Related to Old Norse sjá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʉuː/
- Homophone: súð
Pronoun
Declension
Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn | |||
Singular (eintal) | m | f | n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | tann (sá)† | tann (sú)† | tað |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | tann | ta (tí) (tá)† | |
Dative (hvørjumfall) | tí (tann) (teim)† | teirri / tí | tí |
Genitive (hvørsfall) | tess | teirrar | tess |
Plural (fleirtal) | m | f | n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | teir | tær | tey |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | teir (tá)† | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | teimum (teim)† | ||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | teirra |
Icelandic
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˠuː/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish súg[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic sùgh), from Proto-Celtic *sūgos, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk- (compare Latin sūcus).
Alternative forms
- súbh, súgh (superseded)
Noun
sú m (genitive singular sú, nominative plural súnna)
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- sú caoireola (“mutton broth”)
- sú circe (“chicken soup”)
- sú croí (“heart’s blood”)
- sú líomóidí (“lemon juice”)
- sú na cíche (“breast-milk”)
- sú na fíniúna (“wine”)
- sú na heorna (“whiskey”, literally “juice of barley”)
- sú oráistí (“orange juice”)
- sú tobac (“tobacco water”)
- sú uchta (“heart’s blood”)
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “súgh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
From Old Irish sub (“strawberry, raspberry”)[2] from Proto-Celtic *subī. Cognate to Welsh syfi.
Alternative forms
- subh, súgh (superseded)
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “subh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Alternative forms
- súghadh (superseded)
Noun
sú m (genitive singular sú, nominative plural súite)
- verbal noun of súigh
- absorption, suction
- (chemistry) occlusion
Declension
Irregular
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “súgad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “súghadh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sú | shú after an, tsú |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “súg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sub”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Norse
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *sō (feminine of *sa (“that”)), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ (feminine of *só (“that”)). Cognate with Old English sēo and þēo, German die.
Pronoun
Declension
Slovak
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [su˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂʊw˨˩˦] ~ [sʊw˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂʊw˦˥] ~ [sʊw˦˥]