sy
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.
Pronoun
sy (object haar, possessive haar)
- she (subject)
Alternative forms
- sij (obsolete)
See also
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
Determiner
sy
Alternative forms
See also
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
From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.
Noun
sy (plural sye)
Etymology 4
From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Latin sēda.
Noun
sy (uncountable)
Etymology 5
Verb
sy
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *asī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁ (dual), from singular *h₃okʷ- (compare Lithuanian akìs, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse, “eyes”), English eye).
Pronunciation
Noun
sy m (plural sy, definite syri, definite plural sytë)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ “Dil te kroni cuco” (“Go out to the fountain my young lady”), 00m45s, by Sinan Vllasaliu (Kosovar known singer, from Prishtina).
Danish
Etymology
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
Verb
sy (present tense syr or syer, past syede, past participle syet)
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “sy” in Den Danske Ordbog
Egyptian
Romanization
sy
Guaraní
Pronunciation
Noun
sy
Indonesian
Pronoun
sy
- (text messaging) Abbreviation of saya.
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *esi.
Pronunciation
Verb
sy
Malay
Pronoun
sy
- (informal, text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of saya (“I”).
Middle English
Noun
sy
- Alternative form of siȝe
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Verb
sy (imperative sy, present tense syr, simple past sydde, past participle sydd)
Derived terms
References
- “sy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną.
Verb
sy (present tense syr, past tense sydde, past participle sytt/sydd, passive infinitive syast, present participle syande, imperative sy)
- (transitive) to sew
- (transitive, ergative) to stitch
Derived terms
Related terms
- saum m
Etymology 2
Short form of syde.
Verb
sy (present tense syd, past tense saud, supine sodi)
References
- “sy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
sȳ
- Alternative form of sīe
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *tɨ.[1]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní xy and Guaraní sy
Pronunciation
Noun
sy (possessable)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Adjective
sy (noun form sy)
- motherful (having a mother)
Declension
Causative | mondy | |||||
Deadjectivals | ||||||
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-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 |
References
- Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts][1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sy”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 450, column 1
Portuguese
Pronoun
sy
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
sy (present syr, preterite sydde, supine sytt, imperative sy)
- to sew
Conjugation
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. |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- sy in Svensk ordbok.
- sy in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
Upper Sorbian
Pronunciation
Verb
sy
- second-person singular present of być
- Ty sy rjany.
- You are beautiful.
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /sɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /siː/
- Rhymes: -ɨː
Verb
sy (not mutable)
- Alternative form of sydd
West Frisian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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
sy
Inflection
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 |
References
Further reading
- “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun
sy
Inflection
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
- “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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