sy
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Afrikaans[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.
Pronoun[edit]
sy (object haar, possessive haar)
- she (subject)
Alternative forms[edit]
- sij (obsolete)
See also[edit]
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[edit]
Determiner[edit]
sy
Alternative forms[edit]
See also[edit]
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[edit]
From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.
Noun[edit]
sy (plural sye)
Etymology 4[edit]
From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Latin sēda.
Noun[edit]
sy (uncountable)
Etymology 5[edit]
Verb[edit]
sy
Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *asī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁ (dual), from singular *h₃okʷ- (compare Irish súil, Lithuanian akìs, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse, “eyes”), English eye).
Noun[edit]
sy m (indefinite plural sy, definite singular syri, definite plural sytë)
Declension[edit]
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 | syvet | |
| dative (dhanore) |
syri | syve | syrit | syvet | |
| ablative (rrjedhore) |
syri | sysh | syrit | syvet | |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “Dil te kroni cuco” (“Go out to the fountain my young lady”), 00m45s, by Sinan Vllasaliu (Kosovar known singer, from Prishtina).
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną, cognate with Swedish sy, English sew. The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”), which is also the source of Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), Lithuanian siū́ti.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
sy (present tense syr or syer, past syede, past participle syet)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of sy
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “sy” in Den Danske Ordbog
Egyptian[edit]
Romanization[edit]
sy
Guaraní[edit]
Noun[edit]
sy
Indonesian[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
sy
- (text messaging) Abbreviation of saya.
Synonyms[edit]
Lower Sorbian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
sy
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
sy
- Alternative form of siȝe
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
sy (imperative sy, present tense syr, simple past sydde, past participle sydd)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “sy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną.
Verb[edit]
sy (present tense syr, past tense sydde, past participle sydd/sytt, passive infinitive syast, present participle syande, imperative sy)
- (transitive) to sew
- (transitive, ergative) to stitch
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- saum m
Etymology 2[edit]
Short form of syde.
Verb[edit]
sy (present tense syr, past tense sydde, past participle sydd, passive infinitive sydast, present participle sydande, imperative sy)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by syde
References[edit]
- “sy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Tupi[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sy
References[edit]
- LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.
- NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.
Portuguese[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
sy (reflexive)
- Obsolete spelling of si
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
audio (file)
Verb[edit]
sy (present syr, preterite sydde, supine sytt, imperative sy)
- to sew
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of sy (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | sy | sys | ||
| Supine | sytt | sytts | ||
| Imperative | sy | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | syr | sydde | sys | syddes |
| Indicative plural1 | sy | sydde | sys | syddes |
| Subjunctive2 | sy | sydde | sys | syddes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | syende | |||
| Past participle | sydd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms[edit]
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /sɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /siː/
Verb[edit]
sy (not mutable)
- Alternative form of sydd
West Frisian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun[edit]
sy
Inflection[edit]
West Frisian personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Nominative | Objective | Possessive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Reflexive | Determiner | Pronoun | ||||
| Singular | First | ik | my | mysels | myn | mines | |
| Second | Informal | do/dû1 | dy | dysels | dyn | dines | |
| Formal | jo | jo | josels | jo | jowes | ||
| Third | Masculine | hy | him | himsels | syn | sines | |
| Feminine | sy/hja1 | har | harsels | har | harres | ||
| Neuter | it | it | himsels | syn | sines | ||
| Plural | First | wy | ús | ússels | ús | uzes | |
| Second | jim(me) | jim(me) | jimsels/jinsels | jim(me) | jimmes | ||
| Third | sy/hja1 | har(ren) | harsels | har(ren) | harres | ||
| 1. Now mostly archaic and unused | |||||||
Further reading[edit]
- “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun[edit]
sy
Inflection[edit]
West Frisian personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Nominative | Objective | Possessive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Reflexive | Determiner | Pronoun | ||||
| Singular | First | ik | my | mysels | myn | mines | |
| Second | Informal | do/dû1 | dy | dysels | dyn | dines | |
| Formal | jo | jo | josels | jo | jowes | ||
| Third | Masculine | hy | him | himsels | syn | sines | |
| Feminine | sy/hja1 | har | harsels | har | harres | ||
| Neuter | it | it | himsels | syn | sines | ||
| Plural | First | wy | ús | ússels | ús | uzes | |
| Second | jim(me) | jim(me) | jimsels/jinsels | jim(me) | jimmes | ||
| Third | sy/hja1 | har(ren) | harsels | har(ren) | harres | ||
| 1. Now mostly archaic and unused | |||||||
Further reading[edit]
- “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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