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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.

Pronoun

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sy (object haar, possessive haar)

  1. she (subject)
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Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
determiner 		possessive
pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd masc hy hom sy syne
fem sy haar hare
neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
1 The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Etymology 2

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From Dutch zijn.

Determiner

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sy

  1. his
  2. its
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Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
determiner 		possessive
pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd masc hy hom sy syne
fem sy haar hare
neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
1 The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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sy (plural sye)

  1. side

Etymology 4

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

Noun

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sy (uncountable)

  1. silk

Etymology 5

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Verb

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sy

  1. present subjunctive of wees

Albanian

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Albanian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Syri i papagallit (Parrot's eye)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. (anatomy) eye

Declension

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Declension of sy
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sy syri sy sytë
accusative syrin
dative syri syrit syve syve
ablative sysh

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Mann, S. E. (1948), “sŷ”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 170a
  2. ^ “Dil te kroni cuco” (“Go out to the fountain my young lady”), 00m45s, by Sinan Vllasaliu (Kosovo-Albanian known singer, from Prishtina).

Further reading

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  • “sy”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Cornish

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Etymology

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From jy.

Pronoun

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sy

  1. alternative form of jy

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Cornish personal pronouns
number person independent
(subject) 		suffixed infixed possessive
(dependent)
enclitic emphatic reduced
singular first my vy evy ma, a 'm owA
second ty jy, sy1 tejy ta, a 'thM dhaS
third2 m ev ev eev va, a 'n yS
f hi hi hyhi — 's hyA
plural first ni ni nyni 'gan, 'n agan, 'gan
second3 hwi hwi hwyhwi 'gas, 's agas, 'gas
third i i ynsi 's agaA, 'gaA

1 Uncommon.
2 hun and ins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
3 Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.

S Triggers soft mutation A Triggers aspirate mutation M Triggers mixed mutation

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną, cognate with Swedish sy, English sew. The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *syewh₁- (“to sew”), which is also the source of Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), Lithuanian siū́ti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. sew
  2. stitch

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sy
active passive
present syr or syer sys or syes
past syede syedes
infinitive sy sys or syes
imperative sy —
participle
present syende
past syet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund syen

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References

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Egyptian

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Romanization

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sy

  1. Alternative transliteration of zy.

Indonesian

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Pronoun

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sy

  1. (text messaging) abbreviation of saya
    Synonyms: gw, w

Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *esi.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sy

  1. second-person singular present of byś

Malay

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Pronoun

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sy

  1. (informal, text messaging, Internet slang) abbreviation of saya (“I”)

Middle English

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Noun

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sy

  1. alternative form of siȝe

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sýja.

Verb

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

  1. to sew
  2. to stitch

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to sew
  2. (transitive, ergative) to stitch
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Etymology 2

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Short form of syde.

Verb

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sy (present tense syd, past tense saud, supine sodi)

  1. (pre-1959) alternative form of syde

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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sȳ

  1. alternative form of sīe

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin sīc

Particle

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sy

  1. yes (in response to a question)

Descendants

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  • Spanish: sí

Old Tupi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *tɨ.

    Cognate with Mbya Guarani xy and Paraguayan Guarani sy.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /sɨ/, [ˈsɨ]
    • Rhymes: -ɨ
    • Hyphenation: sy

    Noun

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    sy (possessable)

    1. mother (one's female parent)[1]
      Synonyms: a'i, mãîa
      Hyponym: a'ysy
    2. (figurative) origin; beginning
      Synonyms: 'yba, ypyrunga, ypy

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    Descendants

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    Adjective

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    sy (noun form sy)

    1. motherful (having a mother)

    Declension

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        Declension of sy (S-starting, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
    Note: not all forms are attested. Most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
    Causative mondy
    Deadjectivals
    -ba'e i xyba'e
    -sab(a) sŷaba / sysaba
    Singular Singular & Plural Plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
    Adjectival forms
    Active
    Indicative xe sy nde sy i xy oré sy îandé sy pe sy
    Imperative
    Permissive ta xe sy ta nde sy t'i xy t'oré sy t'îandé sy ta pe sy
    Negative indicative na xe syî na nde syî n'i xyî n'oré syî n'îandé syî na pe syî
    Negative imperative nde sy umẽ pe sy umẽ
    Negative permissive ta xe sy umẽ ta nde sy umẽ t'i xy umẽ t'oré sy umẽ t'îandé sy umẽ ta pe sy umẽ
    Gerund
    Affirmative xe syramo nde syramo o syramo oré syramo îandé syramo pe syramo
    Negative xe sye'ymamo nde sye'ymamo o sye'ymamo oré sye'ymamo îandé sye'ymamo pe sye'ymamo
    Nominal forms
    Infinitive
    Affirmative sy
    Negative sye'yma
    Circumstantial
    Affirmative same as gerund1
    xe syû2 i xyû2 oré syû2 îandé syû2
    Negative same as gerund1
    xe sye'ymi2 i xye'ymi2 oré sye'ymi2 îandé sye'ymi2
    1South Tupi
    2North Tupi

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    1. ^ anonymous author (1622), “Mãy mater”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 28: “Cig”

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    Paraguayan Guarani

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *tɨ.

    Cognate with Mbya Guarani xy and Old Tupi sy.

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    • IPA(key): /sɨ/
    • (Paraguayan Guarani, Eastern Guarani, Southwestern Guarani) IPA(key): [sɨˠ], [sɯ]
    • Rhymes: -ɨ

    Noun

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    sy (plural sykuéra)

    1. mother, mom
      Che sy sa'y ohayhuvéva ha'e hovy.
      My mother's favorite colour is blue.

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    • túva (“father”)
    • tyke'ýra (“elder brother - of a man”)
    • tyvyra (“ younger brother - of a man”)
    • teindýra (“sister - of a man”)
    • kyvy (“brother - of a woman”)
    • tykéra (“elder sister - of a woman”)
    • kypy'y (“ younger sister - of a woman”)
    • ta'ýra (“son - of a man”)
    • tajýra (“daughter - of a man”)
    • memby (“child - of a woman”)

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    Portuguese

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    Pronoun

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    sy

    1. obsolete spelling of si

    Swedish

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    Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse sýja.

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    Verb

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    sy (present syr, preterite sydde, supine sytt, imperative sy)

    1. to sew

    Conjugation

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    Conjugation of sy (weak)
    active passive
    infinitive sy sys
    supine sytt sytts
    imperative sy —
    imper. plural1 syn —
    present past present past
    indicative syr sydde sys syddes
    ind. plural1 sy sydde sys syddes
    subjunctive2 sy sydde sys syddes
    present participle syende
    past participle sydd

    1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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    Upper Sorbian

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *esi.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈsɨ/
    • Rhymes: -ɨ
    • Syllabification: sy

    Verb

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    sy

    1. second-person singular present of być
      Ty sy rjany.
      You are beautiful.

    Welsh

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    Pronunciation

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    sy (not mutable)

    1. alternative form of sydd

    West Frisian

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz. For the sibilant onset, compare other West Germanic cognates (Dutch zij, German sie, and possibly English she).[1]

    Pronoun

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    sy

    1. she (third-person singular feminine pronoun)
      Synonym: hja
      Sy die. ― She did.
    Inflection
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    West Frisian personal pronouns and possessives
    personal possessive
    subject case object case determiner pronoun
    normal reflexive
    singular 1st ik my mysels myn mines
    2nd informal do, dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
    formal jo jo josels jo jowes
    3rd m hy him himsels syn sines
    f sy, hja1 har harsels har harres
    n it it himsels syn sines
    plural 1st wy ús ússels ús uzes
    2nd jim(me) jim(me) jimsels, jinsels jim(me) jimmes
    3rd sy, hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres

    1 Now mostly archaic and unused.

    References

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    1. ^ https://gtb.ivdnt.org/iWDB/search?wdb=WFT&actie=article&id=86241

    Further reading

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    • “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

    Etymology 2

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

    Pronoun

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    sy

    1. they (third-person plural pronoun)
      Synonym: hja
      Sy dienen. ― They did.
    Inflection
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    West Frisian personal pronouns and possessives
    personal possessive
    subject case object case determiner pronoun
    normal reflexive
    singular 1st ik my mysels myn mines
    2nd informal do, dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
    formal jo jo josels jo jowes
    3rd m hy him himsels syn sines
    f sy, hja1 har harsels har harres
    n it it himsels syn sines
    plural 1st wy ús ússels ús uzes
    2nd jim(me) jim(me) jimsels, jinsels jim(me) jimmes
    3rd sy, hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres

    1 Now mostly archaic and unused.

    Further reading
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    • “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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