sunna

See also: Sunna, sunnà, and Sunná

English

Noun

sunna (countable and uncountable, plural sunnas)

1. Alternative form of sunnah

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• sunnu, sònnò, ŝchunna, ŝchunnà

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ. Cognate with German Sonne, Dutch zon, English sun, Icelandic sunna.

Noun

sunna f

1. (Formazza) sun, the Sun

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Czech

Alternative forms

• suna

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة‎ (sunna).

Noun

sunna f

1. sunnah

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• sunnita
• sunnitský

 

Further reading

• sunna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sunna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Hausa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة‎ (sunna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sún.nàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sɪ́n.nàː]

Noun

sunnā̀ f (plural sunnōnī, possessed form sunnàr̃)

1. (Islam) sunnah

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sún.nàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sɪ́n.nàː]

Verb

sunnā̀ (grade 1)

1. (with an indirect object) To give something secretly to someone.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sunna, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Germanic cognates: Faroese sunna, English sun, West Frisian sinne, Low German Sünn, Zunne, Dutch zon, German Sonne, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō).

Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit स्वर् (svar), Greek ἥλιος (ἥlios), Latin sol, Old Church Slavonic слъньцє (slŭnĭce), Russian солнце (solnce), Latvian saũle, Welsh haul.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏnːa

Noun

sunna f (genitive singular sunnu, nominative plural sunnur)

1. (poetic) sun

   Synonyms: sól, (poetic) röðull

Declension

declension of sunna

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sunna	sunnan	sunnur	sunnurnar
accusative	sunnu	sunnuna	sunnur	sunnurnar
dative	sunnu	sunnunni	sunnum	sunnunum
genitive	sunnu	sunnunnar	sunna	sunnanna

Derived terms

• sunnudagur

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة‎ (sunna, “habit, custom”).

Noun

sunna f

1. (Islam) sunnah

Middle English

Noun

sunna

1. (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of sonne (“sun”)

Old Dutch

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Noun

sunna f

1. sun

Inflection

Declension of sunna

	Singular	Plural
nominative	sunna	̈*sunnon
accusative	sunna	*sunnon
genitive	*sunnun	*sunneno
dative	sunnun	*sunnon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: sonne
  • Dutch: zon
    • Afrikaans: son
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: sono
    • Jersey Dutch: zon
    • Negerhollands: son, zon
    • Sranan Tongo: son
      • Saramaccan: sónu
  • Limburgish: zón
  • West Flemish: zunne
  • Zealandic: zunne

Further reading

• “sunna”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Etymology 2

Unclear.

Noun

sunna ?

1. Son (a village in modern North Brabant, the Netherlands)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “son”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Old English

Etymology

Masculine form of sunne. Cognate with Old High German sunno, Old Saxon sunno.

Noun

sunna m

1. Alternative form of sunne

Declension

Declension of sunna (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sunna	sunnan
accusative	sunnan	sunnan
genitive	sunnan	sunnena
dative	sunnan	sunnum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sunna”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, whence also Old English sunne. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Compare Old Saxon sunna, Old Dutch sunna, Old English sunne, Old Norse sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō).

Noun

sunna f

1. sun

Declension

Declension of sunna (feminine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	sunna	sunnun
accusative	sunnūn	sunnun
genitive	sunnūn	sunnōno
dative	sunnūn	sunnōm

Descendants

• Middle High German: sunne
  • Alemannic German: Sunnä

    Italian Walser: sunna, sunnu, sònnò, ŝchunna, ŝchunnà

  • Bavarian: Son

    Cimbrian: sunn, sonde, zunna

    Mòcheno: sunn

    Udinese: suna, sune, sunne

    Viennese: Sun

  • Central Franconian: Sonn
  • German: Sonne
  • Luxembourgish: Sonn
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Palatine German: Sunn

    Pennsylvania German: Sunn

  • Vilamovian: zunn, zun
  • Yiddish: זון‎ (zun)

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō.

Noun

sunna f

1. an excuse
2. justification
3. law

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
2. Grimm, Jacob, Teutonic Mythology, vol 1, 1882.

Old Irish

Adverb

sunna

1. Alternative spelling of sund

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Noun

sunna f (genitive sunnu)

1. (poetic, heiti) sun

Declension

  Declension of sunna (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sunna	sunnan	sunnur	sunnurnar
accusative	sunnu	sunnuna	sunnur	sunnurnar
dative	sunnu	sunnunni	sunnum	sunnunum
genitive	sunnu	sunnunnar	sunnna	sunnnanna

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:non:sól

Derived terms

• setr sunnu (“the seat of the sun; heaven”)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, whence also Old English sunne. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Compare Old Dutch sunna, Old English sunne, Old Frisian sunne, Old High German sunna, Old Norse sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō).

Noun

sunna f

1. sun

Declension

Declension of sunna (feminine n-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	sunna	sunnun, sunnan, sunnon
accusative	sunnun, sunnan, sunnon	sunnun, sunnan, sunnon
genitive	sunnun, sunnan, sunnon	sunnono
dative	sunnun, sunnan, sunnon	sunnun, sunnan, sunnon
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: sunne
  • Dutch Low Saxon: zunne
  • German Low German: Sünn, Sünne
  • Plautdietsch: Sonn

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sunna.

Noun

sunna f (uncountable)

1. sunnah

Declension

declension of sunna (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) sunna	sunnaua
genitive/dative	(unei) -	-i
vocative