sunna

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See also: Sunna, sunnà, and Sunná

English

Noun

sunna (countable and uncountable, plural sunnas)

  1. Alternative form of sunnah

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā (“sun”).

Noun

sunna f

  1. (Formazza) sun, the Sun

References

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna).

Pronunciation

Noun

sunna f

  1. sunnah

Declension

Declension of sunna (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative sunna sunny
genitive sunny sunn
dative sunně sunnám
accusative sunnu sunny
vocative sunno sunny
locative sunně sunnách
instrumental sunnou sunnami

Related terms

Further reading

  • sunna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • sunna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Hausa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna).

Pronunciation

Noun

sunnā̀ f (plural sunnōnī, possessed form sunnàr̃)

  1. (Islam) sunnah

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Verb

sunnā̀ (grade 1)

  1. (with an indirect object) To give something secretly to someone.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sunna, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Germanic cognates: Faroese sunna, English sun, West Frisian sinne, Low German Sünn, Zunne, Dutch zon, German Sonne, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō).

Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit स्वर् (svar), Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios), Latin sol, Old Church Slavonic слъньцє (slŭnĭce), Russian солнце (solnce), Latvian saũle, Welsh haul.

Pronunciation

Noun

sunna f (genitive singular sunnu, nominative plural sunnur)

  1. (poetic) sun
    Synonyms: sól, (poetic) röðull

Declension

declension of sunna
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sunna sunnan sunnur sunnurnar
accusative sunnu sunnuna sunnur sunnurnar
dative sunnu sunnunni sunnum sunnunum
genitive sunnu sunnunnar sunna sunnanna

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna, “habit, custom”).

Noun

sunna f

  1. (Islam) sunnah

Middle English

Noun

sunna

  1. (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of sonne (“sun”)

Old Dutch

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā (“sun”).

Noun

sunna f

  1. sun
Inflection
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Declension of sunna
Singular Plural
nominative sunna ̈*sunnon
accusative sunna *sunnon
genitive *sunnun *sunneno
dative sunnun *sunnon
Descendants
  • Middle Dutch: sonne f or m
    • Dutch: zon
      • Afrikaans: son
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: sono
      • Jersey Dutch: zon
      • Negerhollands: son, zon
      • → Sranan Tongo: son (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: zón
    • West Flemish: zunne
    • Zealandic: zunne
Further reading
  • “sunna”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Etymology 2

Unclear.

Noun

sunna ?

  1. Son (a village in modern North Brabant, the Netherlands)
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “son”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnō. Masculine form of sunne.

Noun

sunna m

  1. sun

Declension

Declension of sunna (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sunna sunnan
accusative sunnan sunnan
genitive sunnan sunnena
dative sunnan sunnum

Descendants

References

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā (“sun”).

Noun

sunna f

  1. sun
Declension
Declension of sunna (feminine n-stem)
case singular plural
nominative sunna sunnun
accusative sunnūn sunnun
genitive sunnūn sunnōno
dative sunnūn sunnōm, sunnōn
Descendants

References

  1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō.

Noun

sunna f

  1. an excuse
  2. justification
  3. law

References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
  2. Grimm, Jacob, Teutonic Mythology, vol 1, 1882.

Old Irish

Adverb

sunna

  1. Alternative spelling of sund

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ (“sun”).

Noun

sunna f (genitive sunnu)

  1. (poetic, heiti) sun
    Synonym: sól

Declension

  Declension of sunna (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sunna sunnan sunnur sunnurnar
accusative sunnu sunnuna sunnur sunnurnar
dative sunnu sunnunni sunnum sunnunum
genitive sunnu sunnunnar sunnna sunnnanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā (“sun”).

Noun

sunna f

  1. sun

Declension

Declension of sunna (feminine n-stem)
singular plural
nominative sunna sunnun, sunnan, sunnon
accusative sunnun, sunnan, sunnon sunnun, sunnan, sunnon
genitive sunnun, sunnan, sunnon sunnono
dative sunnun, sunnan, sunnon sunnun, sunnan, sunnon
instrumental — —


Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sunna.

Noun

sunna f (uncountable)

  1. sunnah

Declension

declension of sunna (singular only)
singular
f gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) sunna sunnaua
genitive/dative (unei) - -i
vocative

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna, “habit, custom”). Compare Javanese ꦱꦸꦤꦃ (sunah). Doublet of sunat (“circumcision”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sunna (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ) (Islam)

  1. sunnah

Further reading

  • “sunna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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