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Apatani
Noun
sú
- spring
Derived terms
Bassa
Pronunciation
Noun
sú
- pestle
Verb
sú
- to grind with a mortar and pestle
References
Dakota
Noun
sú
- seed (of a plant)
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse sá, a descendant from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só. Related to Old Norse sjá.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
sú f (masculine sá, neuter tað)
- (obsolete, demonstrative) that, that one, she (referring to something or someone which is about to be specified further or has just been mentioned)
Declension
Icelandic
Noun
sú
- indefinite accusative/dative singular of sýr
Determiner
sú
- feminine nominative singular of sá
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish súg[2] (compare Scottish Gaelic sùgh), from Proto-Celtic *sūgos, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk- (compare Latin sūcus).
Noun
sú m (genitive singular sú, nominative plural súnna)
- juice, sap, sauce, moisture
- sú oráiste ― orange juice
- sap; vigor, energy, momentum, pep
- soup
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Etymology 2
From Old Irish sub (“strawberry, raspberry”)[3] from Proto-Celtic *subī. Cognate to Welsh syfi.
Noun
sú f (genitive singular sú, nominative plural sútha)
- (red) berry
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Etymology 3
Noun
sú m (genitive singular sú, nominative plural súite)
- verbal noun of súigh
- absorption, suction
- (chemistry) occlusion
Declension
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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sú
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shú after an, tsú
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not applicable
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 346, page 119
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sub”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mandarin
Pronunciation
Romanization
sú (su2, Zhuyin ㄙㄨˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俗
Old Norse
Etymology 1
Noun
sú
- accusative/dative singular indefinite of sýr
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
sú (masculine sá, neuter þat)
- that, this (nominative and accusative singular feminine demonstrative pronoun)
- she (third-person nominative and accusative singular feminine personal pronoun)
- Synonym: hón
Declension
Old Norse demonstrative pronouns
Slovak
Verb
sú
- third-person plural present of byť
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier cây) sú
- Aegiceras corniculatum