sy

See also: Sy, SY, Sỹ, .sy, s'y, and sy.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səi/

Etymology 1

From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.

Pronoun

sy (object haar, possessive haar)

1. she (subject)

See also

Afrikaans personal pronouns

		subjective	objective	possessive
singular	1st	ek	my
	2nd	jy	jou
	2nd, formal	u
	3rd, masc	hy	hom	sy
	3rd, fem	sy	haar
	3rd, neut	dit		sy
plural	1st	ons
	2nd	julle		julle / jul1
	3rd	hulle		hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

Etymology 2

From Dutch zijn.

Alternative forms

• syn (obsolete)

Determiner

sy

1. his
2. its

See also

Afrikaans personal pronouns

		subjective	objective	possessive
singular	1st	ek	my
	2nd	jy	jou
	2nd, formal	u
	3rd, masc	hy	hom	sy
	3rd, fem	sy	haar
	3rd, neut	dit		sy
plural	1st	ons
	2nd	julle		julle / jul1
	3rd	hulle		hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

Etymology 3

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Noun

sy (plural sye)

1. side

Etymology 4

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Latin sēda.

Noun

sy (uncountable)

1. silk

Etymology 5

Verb

sy

1. present subjunctive of wees

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• saj [sɒj] (Gheg)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sy]

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *asī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁ (dual), from singular *h₃okʷ- (compare Lithuanian akìs, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse, “eyes”), English eye).

Noun

sy m (indefinite plural sy, definite singular syri, definite plural sytë)

1. (anatomy) eye

Declension

declension of sy

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	sy	sy		syri	sytë
accusative (kallëzore)	sy	sy		syrin	sytë
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	syri	syve		syrit	syve
dative (dhanore)	syri	syve		syrit	syve
ablative (rrjedhore)	syri	sysh		syrit	syve

Derived terms

• syze
• syth

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syː/, [syːˀ]

Verb

sy (imperative sy, present syr or syer, past syede, past participle syet)

1. sew
2. stitch

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Egyptian

Romanization

sy

1. Alternative transliteration of zy.

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Guaraní

Noun

sy

1. mother

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɨ]

Verb

sy

1. second-person singular present of byś

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja

Verb

sy (imperative sy, present tense syr, simple past sydde, past participle sydd)

1. to sew
2. to stitch

Derived terms

• sying
• symaskin
• synål

References

• “sy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja

Verb

sy (present tense syr, past tense sydde, past participle sydd or sytt, passive infinitive syast, present participle syande, imperative sy)

1. to sew
2. to stitch

Derived terms

• sying
• symaskin
• synål

References

• “sy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɨ/

Noun

sy

1. mother

References

• LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

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Portuguese

Pronoun

sy (reflexive)

1. Obsolete spelling of si

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Verb

sy

1. to sew

Conjugation

Conjugation of sy (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	sy	sys
Present tense	syr	sys
Past tense	sydde	syddes
Supine	sytt	sytts
Imperative	sy	—
Present participle	syende
Past participle	sydd

Related terms

• söm
• sömmare
• sömmerska
• sömnad
• syförening
• syjunta
• symaskin
• synål

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Tupinambá

Noun

sy

1. mother (one's female parent)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /sɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /siː/

Verb

sy

1. Alternative form of sydd

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West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛɪ/

Pronoun

sy

1. she

   Sy die -- She did

2. they

   Sy dienen -- They did

Synonyms

• hja