sy

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

Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.

Pronoun[edit]

sy (object haar, possessive haar)

  1. she (subject)
Alternative forms[edit]
See also[edit]
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
3rd, fem sy haar hare
3rd, 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[edit]

From Dutch zijn.

Determiner[edit]

sy

  1. his
  2. its
Alternative forms[edit]
See also[edit]
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
3rd, fem sy haar hare
3rd, 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[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

sy (plural sye)

  1. side

Etymology 4[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

sy (uncountable)

  1. silk

Etymology 5[edit]

Verb[edit]

sy

  1. present subjunctive of wees

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)

  1. (anatomy) eye

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]

  1. ^ “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)

  1. sew
  2. stitch

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of sy
present past
simple syr or syer syede
perfect har syet havde syet
passive sys or syes syedes
participle syende syet
imperative sy —
infinitive sy —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund syen —

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Egyptian[edit]

Romanization[edit]

sy

  1. Alternative transliteration of zy.

Guaraní[edit]

Noun[edit]

sy

  1. mother

Indonesian[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

sy

  1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of saya.
    Synonym: gw, w

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

sy

  1. second-person singular present of byś

Malay[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

sy

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

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

sy

  1. Alternative form of siȝe

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sýja

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to sew
  2. to stitch

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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)

  1. (transitive) to sew
  2. (transitive, ergative) to stitch
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Short form of syde.

Verb[edit]

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

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by syde

References[edit]

Old Tupi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sy

  1. mother (one's female parent)

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)

  1. Obsolete spelling of si

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sýja.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

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

  1. to sew

Conjugation[edit]

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
Participles
Present participle syende
Past participle sydd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

sy (not mutable)

  1. 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

  1. she (third-person singular feminine pronoun)
    Synonym: hja
    Sy die.
    She did.
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

  1. they (third-person plural pronoun)
    Synonym: hja
    Sy dienen.
    They did.
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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