uss

See also: USS, us's, US$, and U.S.S.

Estonian

Etymology

Onomatopoetic. A similar root is seen in Livonian ūška (“worm”). Possibly from Old East Slavic ужь (užĭ).

Noun

uss (genitive ussi, partitive ussi)

1. snake
2. worm

Declension

Declension of uss (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	uss	ussid
genitive	ussi	usside
partitive	ussi	usse / ussisid
illative	ussi / ussisse	ussidesse
inessive	ussis	ussides
elative	ussist	ussidest
allative	ussile	ussidele
adessive	ussil	ussidel
ablative	ussilt	ussidelt
translative	ussiks	ussideks
terminative	ussini	ussideni
essive	ussina	ussidena
abessive	ussita	ussideta
comitative	ussiga	ussidega

Derived terms

• jaaniuss

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Manx

Etymology

From a Middle Irish [Term?] lenited form of Old Irish tussu.

Pronoun

uss

1. Second person singular informal emphatic personal pronoun; you

Related terms

• oo (non-emphatic)

References

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “tú”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• üss

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ys/

Noun

uss m (plural uss)

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