sot

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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

sot

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Sotho.

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English sot, from Old English sot, sott (“foolish, stupid”), from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of obscure origin and relation. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to French zut! (“damn it!”).[1][2]

Compare Middle Low German sot (“insane, foolish, stupid”), Middle Dutch sot ("foolish, absurd, stupid"; > modern Dutch zot (“silly”)), French sot (“stupid, foolish, goofy”).

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Noun[edit]

sot (plural sots)

  1. (archaic) stupid person; fool
  2. drunkard
    • 1684, Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon, Essay on Translated Verse:
      Every sign
      That calls the staring sots to nasty wine.
    • April 21, 1864, John Ruskin, "Traffic", Unto This Last and Other Writings, New York: Penguin (1997), p. 235
      Take a picture by Teniers, of sots quarrelling over their dice; it is an entirely clever picture; so clever that nothing in its kind has ever been done equal to it; but it is also an entirely base and evil picture.

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Verb[edit]

sot (third-person singular simple present sots, present participle sotting, simple past and past participle sotted)

  1. To drink until one becomes drunk
  2. To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.
    • 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
      I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted.

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Translations[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Metzler, I. (2015). Fools and Idiots? Intellectual Disability in the Middle Ages. United States: Manchester University Press.
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zot”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *tˢjādīti, from a Pre-Albanian (post-Proto-Indo-European) *ḱyeh₂ dh₂itéy (dative-locative compound, literally “this day”). Same type of construction as sonte, sivjet. See also ditë, which is related to the second component.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

sot

  1. today

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 142, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 89, by Markos Botsaris

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia root *(t)sott-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sot m (plural sots)

  1. hollow
  2. pit, hole
  3. grave

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Dalmatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin exsūctus (compare Italian asciutto, Venetian suto, Friulian sut, Spanish enjuto, Portuguese enxuto) or Latin suctus (compare Romanian supt).

Adjective[edit]

sot

  1. dry

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz, cognate with Norwegian sott, Swedish sot (archaic), German Sucht. Derived from the verb *seukaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /soːˀt/, [ˈsoˀd̥]

Noun[edit]

sot c (singular definite soten, plural indefinite soter)

  1. (dated) disease

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Faliscan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Latin sunt.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

sōt

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of esu

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French sot, from Old French soz, from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to modern zut! (“damn it!”). This Latin word was borrowed into Germanic languages such as Dutch zot, Old English sott (modern English sot).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sot (feminine sotte, masculine plural sots, feminine plural sottes)

  1. silly, foolish, stupid

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Noun[edit]

sot m (plural sots, feminine sotte)

  1. imbecile, fool

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Metzler, I. (2015). Fools and Idiots? Intellectual Disability in the Middle Ages. United States: Manchester University Press.
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zot”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin subtus, which is derived from Latin sub. Cognate to Ladin sot, Romansch sut, suot, Venetian sóto, Italian sotto, French sous, Romanian sub, supt.

Preposition[edit]

sot

  1. under, beneath, underneath
  2. below, south of

Adverb[edit]

sot

  1. down
  2. underneath
  3. below

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Ladin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin subtus.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adverb[edit]

sot

  1. under, beneath
  2. below

Luxembourgish[edit]

Verb[edit]

sot

  1. inflection of soen:
    1. second-person plural present/preterite indicative
    2. first/third-person singular preterite indicative
    3. second-person plural imperative

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English sot, sott, from Medieval Latin sottus, reinforced by Old French sot (“idiotic”), of obscure origin. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to modern French zut! (“damn it!”).[1][2]

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Noun[edit]

sot (plural sottes or (Early ME) sotten)

  1. One who lacks wisdom, knowledge, or intelligence; a stupid person.
  2. A villainous or dishonest individual; a rogue or scoundrel.
  3. (derogatory) Used as a general-purpose insult.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • English: sot
  • Scots: sot
References[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sot (plural and weak singular sotte)

  1. idiotic, unwise
References[edit]
  1. ^ Metzler, I. (2015). Fools and Idiots? Intellectual Disability in the Middle Ages. United States: Manchester University Press.
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zot”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old English sōt.

Noun[edit]

sot

  1. Alternative form of soot (“soot”)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.

Noun[edit]

sot f or m (definite singular sota or soten, uncountable)
sot n (definite singular sotet, uncountable)

  1. soot

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.

Noun[edit]

sot f or n (definite singular sota or sotet, uncountable)

  1. soot

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *sōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sōt n

  1. soot

Declension[edit]

Declension of sot (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sōt sōt
accusative sōt sōt
genitive sōtes sōta
dative sōte sōtum

Descendants[edit]

Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sōt f

  1. sickness

Declension[edit]

Declension of sōt (i-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sōt sōttin sōtti(r), -e(r) sōttina(r), sōttena(r)
accusative sōt sōttina, -ena sōtti(r), -e(r) sōttina(r), sōttena(r)
dative sōt sōttinni, -inne sōttum, -om sōttumin, -omen
genitive sōtta(r) sōttinna(r) sōtta sōttanna

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • sot in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T

Scots[edit]

Adverb[edit]

sot

  1. so (to contradict a negative clause)
    • 1897, J. Mackinnon, Braefoot Sketches:
      “I wisna a grain feart.” “Ye wis sot. Ye ran like the rest o's.”
      “I wasn't scared at all.” “You was so. You ran like the rest of us.”

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Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Swedish sōt, from Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.

Noun[edit]

sot n

  1. soot
Declension[edit]
Declension of sot 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative sot sotet — —
Genitive sots sotets — —
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Swedish sōt, from Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.

Noun[edit]

sot c

  1. (archaic) disease, sickness
Declension[edit]
Declension of sot 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sot soten soter soterna
Genitive sots sotens soters soternas
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Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

sot (nominative plural sots)

  1. a sort
  2. a kind
  3. a type

Declension[edit]

declension of sot
singular plural
nominative sot sots
genitive sota sotas
dative sote sotes
accusative soti sotis
vocative 1 o sot! o sots!
predicative 2 sotu sotus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Zoogocho Zapotec[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish azote, from Arabic السَوْط (as-sawṭ, “the whip”).

Noun[edit]

sot

  1. whip
  2. whipping, beating

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 273
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