sufre

Basque

Noun

sufre

1. sulfur

Declension

"sufre" (inanimate noun) declension singular absolutive sufrea ergative sufreak dative sufreari genitive sufrearen comitative sufrearekin causative sufrearentzat benefactive sufrearengatik instrumental sufreaz inessive sufrean partitive sufrerik prolative sufretzat

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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, 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.