sú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "su"

Bassa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sú]

Verb

sú

1. to grind with a mortar and pestle

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Dakota

Noun

sú

1. seed (of a plant)

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sá, a descendant from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só. Related to Old Norse sjá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʉuː/
• Homophone: súð

Pronoun

sú f (masculine sá, neuter tað)

1. (obsolete, demonstrative) that, that one, she (referring to something or someone which is about to be specified further or has just been mentioned)

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	tann (sá)†	tann (sú)†	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	tann	ta (tí) (tá)†
Dative (hvørjumfall)	tí (tann) (teim)†	teirri / tí	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	tess	teirrar	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	teir (tá)†
Dative (hvørjumfall)	teimum (teim)†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	teirra

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Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite accusative singular of sýr
2. indefinite dative singular of sýr

Determiner

1. feminine nominative singular of sá

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠuː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish súg (compare Scottish Gaelic sùgh), from Proto-Celtic *sūgos, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk- (compare Latin sūcus).

Alternative forms

• súbh, súgh (superseded)

Noun

sú m (genitive singular sú, nominative plural súnna)

1. juice, sap, sauce, moisture

   sú oráiste ― orange juice

2. sap; vigor, energy, momentum, pep
3. soup

Declension

Declension of sú

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sú súnna Vocative a shú a shúnna Genitive sú súnna Dative sú súnna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an sú na súnna Genitive an tsú na súnna Dative leis an sú don sú leis na súnna

Derived terms

• sú caoireola (“mutton broth”)
• sú circe (“chicken soup”)
• sú croí, sú uchta (“heart’s blood”)
• sú líomóidí (“lemon juice”)
• sú na cíche (“breast-milk”)
• sú na fíniúna (“wine”)
• sú na heorna (“whiskey”, literally “juice of barley”)
• sú oráistí (“orange juice”)
• sú tobac (“nicotine”)

 

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• súbh, súgh (superseded)

Noun

sú f (genitive singular sú, nominative plural sútha)

1. (red) berry

Declension

Declension of sú

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sú sútha Vocative a shú a shútha Genitive sú sútha Dative sú sútha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an sú na sútha Genitive an tsú na sútha Dative leis an sú don sú leis na sútha

Derived terms

• sú craobh (“raspberry”)
• sú talún (“strawberry”)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• súghadh (superseded)

Noun

sú m (genitive singular sú, nominative plural súite)

1. verbal noun of súigh
2. absorption, suction
3. (chemistry) occlusion

Declension

Declension of sú

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative sú Vocative a shú Genitive súite Dative sú

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an sú Genitive an tsúite Dative leis an sú don sú

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sú	shú after an, tsú	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Mandarin

Romanization

sú (su², Zhuyin ㄙㄨˊ)

1. Template:pinyin reading of

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Slovak

Verb

sú

1. third-person plural present of byť

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [su˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂʊw˨˩˦] ~ [sʊw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂʊw˦˥] ~ [sʊw˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cây) sú