sufre

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺u.fɾe/

Noun

sufre inan

1. sulfur

Declension

Declension of sufre (inan, indef/sing, -V)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	sufre	sufrea	sufreak
ergative	sufrek	sufreak	sufreek
dative	sufreri	sufreari	sufreei
genitive	sufreren	sufrearen	sufreen
comitative	sufrerekin	sufrearekin	sufreekin
causative	sufrerengatik	sufrearengatik	sufreengatik
benefactive	sufrerentzat	sufrearentzat	sufreentzat
instrumental	sufrez	sufreaz	sufreez
inessive	sufretan	sufrean	sufreetan
locative	sufretako	sufreko	sufreetako
allative	sufretara	sufrera	sufreetara
terminative	sufretaraino	sufreraino	sufreetaraino
directive	sufretarantz	sufrerantz	sufreetarantz
destinative	sufretarako	sufrerako	sufreetarako
ablative	sufretatik	sufretik	sufreetatik
partitive	sufrerik	―	―
prolative	sufretzat	―	―
The forms in grey are grammatical, but seldom used.

Further reading

• sufre in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• sufre in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

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Galician

Verb

sufre

1. second-person singular imperative of sufrir

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sulfur, sulphur, sulphure, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”). Compare Catalan sofre and French soufre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsu.ɸɾe]

Noun

sufre m (usually uncountable)

1. sulfur, brimstone
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2r.

     […] ¬ puſieren cabo della un poco de ſufre. ¬ ruciaren la piedra con agua ſaldra della fuego tan fuerte […]

     […] and should they put atop it some sulfur and spray it with water, then the stone would spit fire so strong […]

   • Idem, f. 13r.

     & es fallada en tierra de affrica en las mineras del ſufre. Liuiana es. ¬ fuerte de q́brantar.

     And it is found in the land of Africa, in the sulfur mines. It is light, but also hard to break.

Descendants

• Spanish: azufre

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Spanish

Verb

sufre

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of sufrir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of sufrir.