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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sy"

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.

Pronoun

sy (object haar, possessive haar)

  1. she (subject)
Alternative forms
See also
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive determiner possessive pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd, masc hy hom sy syne
3rd, fem sy haar hare
3rd, neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Etymology 2

From Dutch zijn.

Determiner

sy

  1. his
  2. its
Alternative forms
See also
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive determiner possessive pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd, masc hy hom sy syne
3rd, fem sy haar hare
3rd, neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Etymology 3

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Noun

sy (plural sye)

  1. side

Etymology 4

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Latin sēda.

Noun

sy (uncountable)

  1. silk

Etymology 5

Verb

sy

  1. present subjunctive of wees

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • saj (Central Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *asī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁ (dual), from singular *h₃okʷ- (compare Lithuanian akìs, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse, “eyes”), English eye).

Pronunciation

Noun

sy m (plural sy, definite syri, definite plural sytë)

  1. (anatomy) eye

Declension

Declension of sy
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative sy sy syri sytë
accusative syrin
dative syri syve syrit syvet
ablative sysh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “Dil te kroni cuco” (“Go out to the fountain my young lady”), 00m45s, by Sinan Vllasaliu (Kosovar known singer, from Prishtina).

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną, cognate with Swedish sy, English sew. The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”), which is also the source of Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), Lithuanian siū́ti.

Pronunciation

Verb

sy (present tense syr or syer, past syede, past participle syet)

  1. sew
  2. stitch

Conjugation

Inflection of sy
present past
simple syr or syer syede
perfect har syet havde syet
passive sys or syes syedes
participle syende syet
imperative sy —
infinitive sy —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund syen —

Derived terms

References

Egyptian

Romanization

sy

  1. Alternative transliteration of zy.

Guaraní

Noun

sy

  1. mother

Indonesian

Pronoun

sy

  1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of saya.
    Synonyms: gw, w

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *esi.

Pronunciation

Verb

sy

  1. second-person singular present of byś

Malay

Pronoun

sy

  1. (informal, text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of saya (“I”).

Middle English

Noun

sy

  1. Alternative form of siȝe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja.

Verb

sy (imperative sy, present tense syr, simple past sydde, past participle sydd)

  1. to sew
  2. to stitch

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną.

Verb

sy (present tense syr, past tense sydde, past participle sytt/sydd, passive infinitive syast, present participle syande, imperative sy)

  1. (transitive) to sew
  2. (transitive, ergative) to stitch
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Short form of syde.

Verb

sy (present tense syd, past tense saud, supine sodi)

  1. (pre-1959) alternative form of syde

References

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

sȳ

  1. Alternative form of sīe

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *tɨ.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní xy and Guaraní sy

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: sy

Noun

sy (possessable)

  1. mother (one's female parent)
    Synonym: a'i
    Hyponym: a'ysy
  2. (figurative) origin; beginning

Derived terms

Adjective

sy

  1. motherful (having a mother)

References

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 569

Portuguese

Pronoun

sy

  1. Obsolete spelling of si

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja.

Pronunciation

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Verb

sy (present syr, preterite sydde, supine sytt, imperative sy)

  1. to sew

Conjugation

Conjugation of sy (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive sy sys
Supine sytt sytts
Imperative sy —
Imper. plural1 syn —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative syr sydde sys syddes
Ind. plural1 sy sydde sys syddes
Subjunctive2 sy sydde sys syddes
Participles
Present participle syende
Past participle sydd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Syllabification: sy

Verb

sy

  1. second-person singular present of być
    Ty sy rjany.
    You are beautiful.

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

sy (not mutable)

  1. Alternative form of sydd

West Frisian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz. For the sibilant onset, compare other West Germanic cognates (Dutch zij, German Sie, and possibly English she).

Pronoun

sy

  1. she (third-person singular feminine pronoun)
    Synonym: hja
    Sy die.
    She did.
Inflection
West Frisian personal pronouns
Number Person Nominative Objective Possessive
Normal Reflexive Determiner Pronoun
Singular First ik my mysels myn mines
Second Informal do/dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
Formal jo jo josels jo jowes
Third Masculine hy him himsels syn sines
Feminine sy/hja1 har harsels har harres
Neuter it it himsels syn sines
Plural First wy ús ússels ús uzes
Second jim(me) jim(me) jimsels/jinsels jim(me) jimmes
Third sy/hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres
1. Now mostly archaic and unused

References

  1. ^ https://gtb.ivdnt.org/iWDB/search?wdb=WFT&actie=article&id=86241

Further reading

  • “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

sy

  1. they (third-person plural pronoun)
    Synonym: hja
    Sy dienen.
    They did.
Inflection
West Frisian personal pronouns
Number Person Nominative Objective Possessive
Normal Reflexive Determiner Pronoun
Singular First ik my mysels myn mines
Second Informal do/dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
Formal jo jo josels jo jowes
Third Masculine hy him himsels syn sines
Feminine sy/hja1 har harsels har harres
Neuter it it himsels syn sines
Plural First wy ús ússels ús uzes
Second jim(me) jim(me) jimsels/jinsels jim(me) jimmes
Third sy/hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres
1. Now mostly archaic and unused
Further reading
  • “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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