só

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "so"

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

só

  1. (archaic or dialectal) Pre-2016 spelling of so (archaic or dialectal first singular present indicative of ser and ésser).

Usage notes

The spelling só was deprecated in the 2016 spelling reform. The old spelling can still be used for metalinguistic transcriptions, or when the intended meaning is not clear from the context. See Appendix:Catalan orthography.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese soo, from Latin sōlus (“alone”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

só (feminine soa, masculine plural sós, feminine plural soas)

  1. alone (by oneself)
  2. lonely, solitary
    Synonyms: senlleiro, solitario

Derived terms

Adverb

só

  1. no more than; merely
  2. only; just
    Synonyms: exclusivamente, unicamente, soamente

Noun

só m (plural sós)

  1. solo
    Synonym: solo
  2. coffee (beverage) without milk

References

  • “soo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “soo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “só” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “só” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of só – see 嫂 (“sister-in-law; friend's wife; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 嫂).

Hungarian

Etymology

Maybe from Alanic. Compare Ossetian цӕхх (cæxx).

Pronunciation

Noun

só (countable and uncountable, plural sók)

  1. salt (a common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative)
  2. (chemistry) salt (one of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative só sók
accusative sót sókat
dative sónak sóknak
instrumental sóval sókkal
causal-final sóért sókért
translative sóvá sókká
terminative sóig sókig
essive-formal sóként sókként
essive-modal — —
inessive sóban sókban
superessive són sókon
adessive sónál sóknál
illative sóba sókba
sublative sóra sókra
allative sóhoz sókhoz
elative sóból sókból
delative sóról sókról
ablative sótól sóktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		sóé sóké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		sóéi sókéi
Possessive forms of só
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. sóm sóim
2nd person sing. sód sóid
3rd person sing. sója sói
1st person plural sónk sóink
2nd person plural sótok sóitok
3rd person plural sójuk sóik

Derived terms

Compound words

Related terms

Further reading

  • só in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish soad, from so- (“good”) + sáith (“sufficiency”).

Pronunciation

Noun

só m (genitive singular só, nominative plural sónna)

  1. comfort, luxury, self-indulgence

Declension

Declension of só

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative só sónna
Vocative a shó a shónna
Genitive só sónna
Dative só sónna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an só na sónna
Genitive an tsó na sónna
Dative leis an só

don só

leis na sónna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
só shó
after an, tsó 		not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Lashi

Pronunciation

Verb

só

  1. To walk.

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Old Norse

Verb

só

  1. first/third-person past indicative active of súga

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡so, from Proto-Tupian *t͡so.

Cognate with Guaraní ho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Hyphenation: só

Noun

só (possessable)

  1. go; act of going
    Synonym: kûaba

Verb

só (first-person singular active indicative asó, first-person singular negative active indicative nasóî, noun só) (intransitive)

  1. to go
    Synonym: kûab
    'Y kûápe asó.
    I go to the cove.

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: sú

References

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Old Galician-Portuguese soo, from Latin sōlus (“alone”). Doublet of solo.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: só

Adjective

só m or f (plural só or (obsolete) sós)

  2. only; just (alone in a category)
    Só um carro já é suficiente. ― Just one car is enough.
  4. only; just (no more than)
    Só três pessoas vão receber o prémio. ― Only three people will receive the prize.
    Só um minuto. ― Just a minute.
  6. only; merely; just (introduces a number or object with the implication that it is small or insufficient)
    Tomo só uma cerveja por mês. ― I drink just one beer every month.

Adjective

só m or f (plural sós)

  2. alone (by oneself; not accompanied)
    Você está só? ― Are you alone?
    Synonyms: sozinho, solito (Rio Grande do Sul)
  4. lonely; solitary (living or being by oneself)
    Senti-me só. ― I felt lonely.
    Synonym: solitário

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:só.

Adverb

só (not comparable)

  2. (preceding the verb) only; just (indicates that no other action is/was/will be performed)
    Synonyms: apenas, exclusivamente, unicamente, somente
    Nós só comemos carne. ― We only eat meat.
  4. (preceding the verb) only; merely; just; simply (indicates that the action is not significant)
    Synonyms: meramente, simplesmente
    Eles só roubaram uns clipes. ― They just stole some paperclips.
    • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 227:
      Pensei que você tivesse dito que ela estava só mandando você escrever!
      I thought you said that she was just telling you to write!
  6. (somewhat formal) alone (unaccompanied or without help)
    Synonym: sozinho
    Prefiro morar só. ― I prefer living alone.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:só.

Related terms

Rohingya

Rohingya cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : só

Etymology

From Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ).

Numeral

só (Hanifi spelling 𐴏𐴡𐴤)

  1. six

Sassarese

Determiner

só (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of so': his/her; of his/of hers
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