suas
See also: súas
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɥa/
Anagrams
Galician
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˠuəsˠ/
Adverb
suas
- up, upwards (from a level or high to a higher or even higher position)
- to higher place or station
- at, towards, a higher level
- to erect position
- towards maturity
- to the south
- to major centre
- to position regarded as forward
- to point abreast of
- in confrontation with
- (time) onwards
- (genealogy, of ancestral line) backwards
- on high, risen
- astir, amiss
- offered for sale
- in existence
- with vigour
- fully, completely
Usage notes
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
- buail suas
- caith suas
- cuir suas
- cuir suas le
- déan suas
- déan suas le
- éirigh suas
- gléasta suas
- leag suas
- suas le
- suasaigí
- suasán
- tabhair suas
- tar suas
- tarraing suas
- tóg suas
See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs with particle (le)
See also
Irish adverbs of direction and position
Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at | Motion from |
---|---|---|---|
above, up | suas | thuas | anuas |
below, down | síos | thíos | aníos |
east | soir | thoir | anoir |
west/back | siar | thiar | aniar |
north | ó thuaidh | thuaidh | aduaidh |
south | ó dheas | theas | 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 | anall |
over here | — | — | anonn |
inside | isteach | istigh | — |
outside | amach | amuigh | — |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “súas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “suas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “suas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.aːs/, [ˈs̠uäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.as/, [ˈsuːäs]
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsu.ɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈsu.ɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsu.as/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsu.ɐʃ/
- Hyphenation: su‧as
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Determiner
suas
- feminine plural of seu: your, his/her, their
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 141:
- Naturalmente, cada um teve seu método e suas prioridades.
- Naturally, each one had his method and his priorities.
Usage notes
- See seu for a discussion of when this form is used and what its meaning is.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:suas.
See also
Possessee | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||||
Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |||
Possessor | Singular | First person | meu | minha | meus | minhas |
Second person | teu | tua | teus | tuas | ||
Third person | seu | sua | seus | suas | ||
Plural | First person | nosso | nossa | nossos | nossas | |
Second person | vosso | vossa | vossos | vossas | ||
Third person | seu | sua | seus | suas | ||
See also: Appendix:Possessive#Portuguese |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s̪uəs̪/
Derived terms
See also
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 | — |
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