suus

Estonian

Noun

suus

1. Inessive singular form of suu.

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Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin *sovos, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyos. See also Russian свой, Old Irish fein (“self, himself”), German sein, Old Norse sik (“oneself”), Gothic swes (“one's own”), Old Church Slavonic свои (“his, her, its”) and своꙗкъ (“kinsman, relative”), Latin suescere (“to accustom, get accustomed”) and sodalis (“companion”), Sanskrit स्व (“one's own”).

Pronoun

suus m (feminine sua, neuter suum); first/second declension

1. (possessive, reflexive) his, her/hers, its, their

Usage notes

The choice of gender is determined by the noun possessed, and not by the gender of the person who possesses the object.

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	suus	sua	suum		suī	suae	sua
genitive	suī	suae	suī		suōrum	suārum	suōrum
dative	suō	suae	suō		suīs	suīs	suīs
accusative	suum	suam	suum		suōs	suās	sua
ablative	suō	suā	suō		suīs	suīs	suīs
vocative	sue	sua	suum		suī	suae	sua

Synonyms

• sapsa (very rare)

Descendants

Aromanian: seu Catalan: seu, seva, seus, seves Fala: sei French: son, sa, ses Friulian: so, sô Italian: suo, sua, suoi, sue

Occitan: seu, seuna Old Portuguese: seu Portuguese: seu, sua, seus, suas Romanian: său, sa, săi, sale Romansch: ses, sia Spanish: suyo, suya, suyos, suyas, su

See also

• tuus
• se