s-

See also: S-, ś-, and Appendix:Variations of "s"

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of scalar (particle with spin 0).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/

Prefix

s-

  1. (physics) Subatomic particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0, predicted by supersymmetry; the bosonic equivalent of known fermions.
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with s-

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of sec- (secondary).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛs/

Prefix

s-

  1. (organic chemistry) secondary form
    Synonym: sec-
    Coordinate terms: (normal form) n-, (tertiary form) t-

Albanian

Prefix

s-

  1. intensifier

Cayuga

Alternative forms

  • -hs-

Prefix

s-

  1. second person agent pronominal prefix; you

References

  • Marianne Mithun, Reginald Henry (1982) Wadęwayę́stanih - A Cayuga Teaching Grammar, 3rd edition, Woodland Cultural Centre, published 2015, page 54

Czech

Etymology

s used as a prefix.

Prefix

s-

  1. a prefix, usually indicating either movement together or movement downwards
  2. direction from top down
    s- + jítsejít
    Sešel dolů.He came down.
  3. direction toward the middle
    s- + jítsejít
    Sejdeme se zítra.We will gather tomorrow.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with s-

Further reading

  • s- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • s(e)- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Egyptian

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *s- (causative prefix).

Pronunciation

Prefix

s
  1. Used to form a causative verb from a non-causative verb.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Egyptian terms prefixed with s-

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 157.

Italian

Etymology

In most cases, this prefix stems from Latin ex- (see ex). In some cases, it stems from Latin dis-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/ (before voiceless consonants)
  • IPA(key): /z/ (before voiced consonants)

Prefix

s-

  1. used to form words that have an opposing sense: un-, in-
    s- + fatto (done”, “made)sfatto ((of a bed) unmade)
  2. used to form verbs that have a sense of undoing an action: de-, dis-, un-
    s- + gancio (hook)sganciare (to unhook)
    s- + borsa (bag)sborsare (to disburse)
  3. used to express a pejorative sense
    s- + bocca (mouth)sboccato (foul-mouthed)
  4. used to form verbs with a sense of exit, separation: dis-, ex-, trans-
    s- + buco (hole)sbucare (to pop out)
    s- + confine (boundary)sconfinare (to stray away from)
  5. used in a privative sense: a-, de-, un-
    s- + buccia (skin”, “peel)sbucciare (to peel)
    s- + fame (hunger)sfamare (to feed”, “to satiate)
  6. used to derive verbs from a noun, adjective or verb
    s- + bianco (white)sbiancare (to whiten or bleach)
    s- + gocciola (droplet)sgocciolare (to drip)
  7. used as an intensifier
    s- + cacciare (to hunt”, “to drive away)scacciare (to expel”, “to drive away)
  8. reduced form of dis-
    discendere (to descend)scendere

Usage notes

  • Often used to prefix words beginning with a consonant. Dis- rather than s- is often preferred before vowels.

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with s-

See also

References

  1. Migliorini, Bruno with Aldo Duro (1950) “s-”, in Prontuario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Paravia

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese sa-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa/, /sə/

Prefix

s-

  1. one

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Javanese terms prefixed with s-

Lushootseed

Prefix

s-

  1. Added to a verb to form a noun.
    s- + ʔəɬəd (eat)sʔəɬəd (food)

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/

Article

s-

  1. Alternative form of il-

Usage notes

  • Used after a vowel and before the letter s. For details on usage, see the main lemma.

Mohawk

Alternative forms

  • se- (before n-, r-, w-, and ’-stems)

Prefix

s-

  1. pronominal prefix for
    you _____

Alternative forms

- Initial consonant
Environmentt/s/h/kn/r/w/’ae/eno/oniy
Word-Initial s-se-s-s-s-ts-ts-

Prefix

s-

  1. singulative noun prefix
  2. iterative verb prefix

References

  • Gunther Michelson (1973) A thousand words of Mohawk, University of Ottawa Press, page 9
  • Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, pages 146, 344

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ex-.

Prefix

s-

  1. privative or negative affix that attaches to verbs

Derived terms

Neapolitan terms prefixed with s-

Old Irish

Prefix

s- (class A infixed pronoun, triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others)

  1. her (object pronoun)
  2. them

Derived terms

Old Irish terms prefixed with s-

See also

Old Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /s/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /s/

Prefix

s-

  1. Alternative form of z-

Derived terms

Old Polish terms prefixed with s-

Oneida

Prefix

s-

  1. second person agent pronominal prefix; you

References

  • Floyd Lounsbury (1953) Oneida Verb Morphology, Yale University Press, pages 59-60

Polish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/
  • (file)
  • Syllabification: s

Prefix

s-

  1. used before voiceless consonants to form a verb in a perfective aspect from a verb in an imperfective aspect
    s- + całkowaćscałkować
    s- + chłodzićschłodzić
  2. used before voiceless consonants to mean "in a downward direction"
    s- + chodzićschodzić
  3. used before voiceless consonants to mean "off, off the surface of", "away from", or "out of"
    Antonym: na-
    s- + chodzićschodzić

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with s-

Further reading

  • s- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • sa- (before affricates, fricatives and certain consonant clusters)

Prefix

s- (Cyrillic spelling с-)

  1. Prepended to verbs, usually forming a perfective from an imperfective verb.
    s- + pùstitispùstiti
    s- + znȁtisàznati
    s- + lòmitislòmiti
    s- + glȅdatisàgledati
    s- + kȕpitiskȕpiti
    s- + klònitisklòniti
    s- + náćisnȃći

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with s-

References

  • s-” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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