sus

See also: Sus, šūs, and süs

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• nsus, ãnsus, susu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin sūsum < Latin sursūm. Compare Daco-Romanian sus.

Adverb

sus

1. up

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːs/, [suːˀs]

Noun

sus n (singular definite suset, plural indefinite sus)

1. whistling, singing
2. whisper, soughing
3. whizz
4. rush (pleasurable sensation experienced after use of a stimulant)

Synonyms

• susen

Inflection

Inflection of sus

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sus	suset	sus	susene
genitive	sus'	susets	sus'	susenes

Verb

sus

1. Imperative of suse.

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Finnish

Interjection

sus

1. oh; used only in the expression shown in the example below.
   • Sus siunatkoon!
     • Oh my God!

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy/
• Homophones: su, sue, suent, sues, sut, sût
• Rhymes: -y

Etymology 1

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin sūsum < Latin sūrsum. Cognate to Italian su.

Adverb

sus

1. (dated) up

Derived terms

• en sus
• en sus de

Etymology 2

see savoir

Verb

sus

1. First-person singular past historic of savoir
2. Second-person singular past historic of savoir

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin sursum.

Preposition

sus

1. on

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Jèrriais

Verb

sus

1. first-person singular preterite of saver

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *suH-. Compare Ancient Greek ὗς (hus), English swine, sow.

Noun

sūs m, f (genitive suis); third declension

1. pig

Declension

Third declension, irregular.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	sūs	suēs
genitive	suis	suium
dative	suī	suibus sūbus
accusative	suim suem	suīs suēs
ablative	suī sue	suibus sūbus
vocative	sūs	suēs

Synonyms

• porcus

Derived terms

• suile
• suillus
• sucula
• subulcus
• sucerda
• sucidia

Descendants

• Campidanese Sardinian: sue

References

• sus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• Michiel de Vaan (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden, Boston: Brill Academic Publishers

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Middle French

Etymology

Latin sūrsum.

Preposition

sus

1. on; on top of; atop

Descendants

• French: sus (obsolete)

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin subtus.

Preposition

sus

1. under; underneath

Descendants

• French: sous

Etymology 2

Latin sūrsum.

Preposition

sus

1. on; on top of; atop

Descendants

• French: sus

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Romanian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *sūsum, from Latin sūrsum.

Adverb

sus

1. up

Antonyms

• jos

See also

• deasupra
• peste

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sus/

Adjective

sus pl

1. plural form of su His, her, its, one's.
2. (formal) Your.

Related terms

    Spanish possessive adjectives

possessor		preposed		postposed or standalone
		possessee		possessee
		singular	plural	singular		plural
				masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
First person:	singular:	mi	mis	mío	mía	míos	mías
	plural:	(same as postposed/standalone)		nuestro	nuestra	nuestros	nuestras
Second person (informal):	singular:	tu	tus	tuyo	tuya	tuyos	tuyas
	plural:	(same as postposed/standalone)		vuestro	vuestra	vuestros	vuestras
Third person:		su	sus	suyo	suya	suyos	suyas

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Turkish

Verb

sus

1. Second-person imperative of susmak.

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West Frisian

Etymology

From suster, from Old Frisian swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Compare Dutch zuster, zus, Low German swester, English sister, German Schwester, Danish søster.

Noun

sus c (plural sussen)

1. sister