sus

See also: Sus, SUS, sús, süs, šus, -sus, sus-, sus', Sus., šūs, and Suś

Translingual

Symbol

sus

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Susu.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌs/
• Rhymes: -ʌs
• Homophone: suss

Etymology 1

Clipping of suspicion.

Noun

sus (uncountable)

1. (UK, informal) Suspicion (in terms of a sus law).
   • 2002, Simon James, British Government: A Reader in Policy Making, page 84:

     The committee […] said ‘sus’ had acquired a symbolic significance out of all proportion to its significance as a criminal charge.

Etymology 2

Clipping of suspicious.

Adjective

sus (comparative more sus, superlative most sus)

1. (slang) Suspicious; having suspicions or questions.
   • 2010, Olwyn Conrau, The Importance of Being Cool‎^[1], Carindale: Glass House Brooks, page 134:

     Even my lame psychic ability told me he'd be pretty sus if he found me pissing on in the lounge room on a week night.

   • 2015, Peter King, The Weaving‎^[2], Wellington: Peter King Publishing:

     Everyone had been a bit sus about Mrs Jones and Lana Vilenskaya, so it wasn't surprising that Mrs Jones stood to speak.

   • 2018, Ron Chinchen, Scent of the Beast‎^[3], Bloomington: Xlibris:

     I'm still really sus about those crocs we found in the drains.

2. (slang) Suspicious; raising suspicions; causing people to have suspicions.
   • 1972, Frank Norman, The lives of Frank Norman: told in extracts from his autobiographical books Banana boy, Stand on me, Bang to rights, The guntz:

     Why this should be I will never know except I might be a pretty sus looking geezer or something. They took about six of us who were in the cafe down the nick and dubbed us up in separate peters. After a long while these two bogies came into ...

3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (slang, derogatory, of a man) Gay or effeminate.

Derived terms

• sussy

 

Etymology 3

Clipping of suspended.

Adjective

sus (not comparable)

1. (music) Abbreviation of suspended.

See also

• sus chord

Anagrams

• U.S.S., USS, USs, us's

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zus, shortening of zuster. Equivalent to a shortening of suster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sœs/

Noun

sus (plural susse, diminutive sussie)

1. sister (female sibling)

   Synonym: suster

Related terms

• suster

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• susch, suscht

Etymology

From Middle High German sus. Compare German sonst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sus/, /sʊs/

Adverb

sus

1. otherwise
   • 1968/1969, Alois Senti with Robert Wildhaber, “Die Sagen der Gemeinde Flums [The sagas of the municipality Flums]”, in Schweizerisches Archiv für Volkskunde‎^[4], volume 65, number 3/4, Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkskunde, published 1969, Vum Ggaueler, page 154:

     138 […] Äs seï ä schwarzä Maa mitemä Huet gsii, aber uuni Chopf. «Ich haa ds Büechli nid beï mer, sus hett nä aagsprocha...», heï dr Pfarrer Zwyfel gsäit. Gsii isch es dr Ggaueler.

     138 […] It has [reportedly] been a black man with a hat but without a head. “I don't have this booklet on me, otherwise I would have talked to him...” has pastor Zwyfel [reportedly] said. It has been the Ggaueler.

   • 1970, Alois Senti, Häxäwärch: Sibä Gschichtä im Flumsertiäläggt‎^[5], Mels: Verlag des Sarganserländers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 27:

     Wägemä äinzigä Moul hät aber niemert müügä nämis säägä. Sus hett jo dr Leïrer Aberli schu än Uusreïd gfundä, ass er nid hett müessä guu.

     But nobody wanted to say anything [only] because of a single time. Otherwise the teacher Aberli would have found an excuse anyway so that he wouldn't have had to go.

Related terms

• suschtig

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• ãnsus, nsus, nsusu, susu

Etymology

From Late Latin sūsum, from Latin sursūm. Compare Romanian sus.

Adverb

sus

1. up

Antonyms

• ghios / nghios

Cebuano

Etymology

Probably a shortening of susmaryosep.

Interjection

sus

1. used as an expression of anger, frustration or disbelief

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shoes.

Noun

sus

1. shoe

Danish

Etymology

From the verb suse (“to hiss, whistle”), of imitative origin, similar to German sausen (“to whizz”).

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)

Inflection

Declension of sus

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

Synonyms

• susen

Verb

sus

1. imperative of suse

Fala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsus/

Determiner

sus f pl

1. (Lagarteiru) Apocopic form of súas (“his, her, its, their”)

Usage notes

• Used in Lagarteiru before a feminine plural noun as part of a noun phrase.

See also

Fala possessive determiners and pronouns

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Possessor	First person	Singular	mei	miña	meis	miñas
		Plural	nosu	nosa	nosus	nosas
	Second person	Singular	tei	túa, tu1	teis	túas, tus1
		Plural	vosu	vosa	vosus	vosas
	Third person		sei	súa, su1	seis	súas, sus1

1. Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[6], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

Shortening from Jeesus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsus/, [ˈs̠us̠]
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification^(key): sus

Interjection

sus

1. oh; used only in the expression shown in the example below

   Sus siunatkoon!

   Oh my God!

Further reading

• “sus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[7] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French sus, from Vulgar Latin sūsum, from Latin sūrsum. Cognate to Italian su or Spanish suso.

Adverb

sus

1. (dated) up

Derived terms

• en sus
• en sus de

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sus

1. first/second-person singular past historic of savoir

Further reading

• “sus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Irarutu

Noun

sus

1. (woman's) breast

References

• J. C. Anceaux, The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum (2013), page 46

Kashubian

Etymology 1

Sus (1).

From a back-formation of Proto-Slavic *sъsьlъ. Cognates include Polish suseł and Czech sysel.

Influenced folk etymologically by Etymology 2.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsus/
• Hyphenation: sus

Noun

sus m anim

1. ground squirrel (rodent of the genus Spermophilus)

Declension

Declension of sus

	singular	plural
nominative	sus	susë
genitive	susa	susów
dative	susowi	susóm
accusative	susu	susë
instrumental	susã	susama
locative	susu	susach
vocative	susu	susë

Derived terms

• spac jak sus

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Schuss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsus/
• Hyphenation: sus

Noun

sus m inan

1. jump, leap

Declension

Declension of sus

	singular	plural
nominative	sus	susë
genitive	susa	susów
dative	susowi	susóm
accusative	sus	susë
instrumental	susã	susama
locative	susu	susach
vocative	susu	susë

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893), “sus”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “suseł”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
• “sus”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sūs, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-. Compare Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Pali sūkara, English swine, sow.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /suːs/, [s̠uːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sus/, [sus]

Noun

sūs m or f (irregular, genitive suis); third declension

1. pig

   Synonyms: porcus, scrōfa

Declension

Third-declension noun (irregular).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sūs	suēs
Genitive	suis	suum
Dative	suī	suibus sūbus subus
Accusative	suem	suēs
Ablative	sue	suibus sūbus subus
Vocative	sūs	suēs

Derived terms

• subulcus
• sucerda
• sucula
• suīle
• suīllus
• sūcīdia

 

Descendants

• Romanian: sor (possibly)
• Sardinian: sughe, sue

References

• “sus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[8], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to have become independent, be no longer a minor: sui iuris factum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to shed one's blood for one's fatherland: sanguinem suum pro patria effundere or profundere
    
  • (ambiguous) to take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests: suis rebus or sibi consulere
    
  • (ambiguous) to employ in the furtherance of one's interests: aliquid in usum suum conferre
    
  • (ambiguous) to leave a great reputation behind one: magnam sui famam relinquere
    
  • (ambiguous) to use up, make full use of one's spare time: otio abūti or otium ad suum usum transferre
    
  • (ambiguous) to win renown amongst posterity by some act: nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere
    
  • (ambiguous) to immortalise one's name: memoriam nominis sui immortalitati tradere, mandare, commendare
    
  • (ambiguous) to take a thing to heart: demittere aliquid in pectus or in pectus animumque suum
    
  • (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to lose one's head, be beside oneself: sui (mentis) compotem non esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to despair of one's position: desperare suis rebus
    
  • (ambiguous) to cause oneself to be expected: exspectationem sui facere, commovere
    
  • (ambiguous) self-confidence: fiducia sui (Liv. 25. 37)
    
  • (ambiguous) a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: officium suum deserere, neglegere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be courteous, obliging to some one: aliquem officiis suis complecti, prosequi
    
  • (ambiguous) to follow one's inclinations: studiis suis obsequi (De Or. 1. 1. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a strict disciplinarian in one's household: severum imperium in suis exercere, tenere (De Sen. 11. 37)
    
  • (ambiguous) to go into mourning: vestem mutare (opp. ad vestitum suum redire) (Planc. 12. 29)
    
  • (ambiguous) to give audience to some one: sui potestatem facere, praebere alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to have no debts: in suis nummis versari (Verr. 4. 6. 11)
    
  • (ambiguous) (a state) has its own laws, is autonomous: suis legibus utitur (B. G. 1. 45. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to grant a people its independence: populum liberum esse, libertate uti, sui iuris esse pati
    
  • (ambiguous) to assert one's right: ius suum persequi
    
  • (ambiguous) to obtain justice: ius suum adipisci (Liv. 1. 32. 10)
    
  • (ambiguous) to maintain one's right: ius suum tenere, obtinere
    
  • (ambiguous) to accept battle: potestatem sui facere (alicui) (cf. sect. XII. 9, note audientia...)
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[9], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “sūs”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 639

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːs/

Verb

sus

1. second-person singular imperative of sies

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French sus.

Adverb

sus

1. on; on top of

Preposition

sus

1. on; on top of; atop

Descendants

• French: sus (obsolete)

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• sust, sunst

Etymology

From Old High German sus.

Adverb

sus

1. in this manner that follows, thus
2. otherwise

Descendants

• Alemannic German: sus, susch, suscht
• German: sonst

Further reading

• “sus” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878.

Norman

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

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Etymology 1

From Old French sus, from Latin sursum.

Preposition

sus

1. (Guernsey) on

Etymology 2

Verb

sus

1. first-person singular preterite of saver

Northern Sami

Pronoun

sus

1. locative of son

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sus

1. imperative of susa

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin subtus.

Alternative forms

• suz, souz, sos, sost

Preposition

sus

1. under; underneath

Descendants

• Middle French: soubs
  • French: sous
• Norman: souôs

Etymology 2

From Late Latin sūsum, from Latin sūrsum.

Preposition

sus

1. on; on top of; atop

Descendants

• French: sus
• Norman: sus

See also

• sus-
• suspend

Old High German

Etymology

Related to Proto-West Germanic *swā (“in this manner”), see also Dutch zus.

Adverb

sus

1. in this manner that follows, thus

Descendants

• Middle High German: sus, sust, sunst
  • Alemannic German: sus, susch, suscht
  • German: sonst

References

1. Sievers, Eduard. (2nd. ed. 1892) Bibliothek der ältesten deutschen Litteratur-Denkmäler. V. Band. Tatian. Lateinisch und altdeutsch mit ausführlichem Glossar herausgegeben, p. 438

Polish

Etymology

Mazurzenie of szus, from German Schuss, from Middle High German, from Old High German scuz, from Proto-West Germanic *skuti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sus/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: sus

Noun

sus m inan

1. caper, jump, leap (long, quick jump)
   • 1922, Voltaire, chapter 1, in Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, transl., Prostaczek (L'ingénu):

     Zgoła inaczej zachował się pewien młody człowiek bardzo zręcznej postaci, który skoczył jednym susem poprzez głowy towarzyszy i znalazł się tuż nawprost panienki.

     That was not the behavior of a well-made youth, who, darting himself over the heads of his companions, suddenly stood before Miss Kerkabon.

Declension

Declension of sus

	singular	plural
nominative	sus	susy
genitive	susu	susów
dative	susowi	susom
accusative	sus	susy
instrumental	susem	susami
locative	susie	susach
vocative	susie	susy

Further reading

• sus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsu(j)s/ [ˈsu(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsu(j)s/ [ˈsu(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsu(j)ʃ/ [ˈsu(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsuʃ/

Interjection

sus!

1. come on! (inducing courage or willpower)

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin sūsum, from Latin sūrsum.

Adverb

sus

1. up

   Antonym: jos

See also

• deasupra
• peste

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sus/ [sus]
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: sus

Interjection

sus

1. c'mon; attaboy

Determiner

sus pl (possessive)

1. plural of su; one's, his, her, its, their (with plural possessee)
2. (formal) your (with plural possessee)

Related terms

    Spanish possessive determiners

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

Further reading

• “sus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from susa.

Noun

sus n

1. a soft drawn-out murmur or whistling noise, like from a breeze or through a crowd

Declension

Declension of sus
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sus	suset	—	—
Genitive	sus	susets	—	—

Derived terms

• i sus och dus

References

• sus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

From a minced oath clipping of Hesus, from Spanish Jesus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsus/, [ˈsus]

Interjection

sus (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐ᜔)

1. (colloquial) geez; c'mon

Related terms

• Hesus
• Jose
• Maria
• susmaryosep

 

Turkish

Verb

sus

1. second-person singular imperative of susmak

Zazaki

Noun

sus

1. A plant used in drug production