suns

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌnz/

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• Rhymes: -ʌnz
• Homophone: sons

Noun

suns

1. plural of sun

Verb

suns

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sun

Anagrams

• USNs, nuss, snus

Gothic

Romanization

suns

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃

Latvian

 suns on Latvian Wikipedia

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kwṓ. An older Latvian form *so is now found only in one dialect (Nīgrande) as a word to call dogs. Cognates include Lithuanian šuõ (genitive šuñs, dialectal šunis), Old Prussian sunis, Proto-Germanic *hundaz (Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds), Old Norse hundr, Icelandic hundur, Swedish hund, Old High German hunt, Old English hund, German Hund, Dutch hond, English hound), Irish cú, Welsh ci, plural cŵn, Sanskrit श्वन् (śván), genitive शुनस् (śunas), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬁 (spā), genitive plural 𐬯𐬎𐬥𐬀𐬨 (sunam), Old Armenian շուն (šun), Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), Latin canis (Italian cane, Portuguese cão, French chien, Spanish can).

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Noun

suns m (2nd declension, irregular nominative)

1. domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

   mājas suns ― domestic dog

   medību suns ― hunting dog

   aitu, ganu suns ― shepherd dog

   nikns suns ― wild, angry dog

   suns rej uz gājēju ― the dog barks at the passer-by

   suņa dzīve, darbs ― a dog's life, work

Declension

Related terms

• šunelis

See also

• kuce
• kucēns

References