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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sy"
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 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]
Determiner[edit]
sy
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)
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]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *asī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁ (dual), from singular *h₃okʷ- (compare Lithuanian akìs, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse, “eyes”), English eye).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sy m (plural sy, definite syri, definite plural sytë)
Declension[edit]
Declension of sy
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)
Conjugation[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.
Lower Sorbian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *esi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
sy
Malay[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
sy
- (informal, text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of saya (“I”).
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 sytt/sydd, 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 syd, past tense saud, supine sodi)
References[edit]
- “sy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
sȳ
- Alternative form of sīe
Old Tupi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *tɨ.[1]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní xy and Guaraní sy
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sy (possessable)
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sy
- motherful (having a mother)
References[edit]
- Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos[2] (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 (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 450, column 1
Portuguese[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
sy
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 | — | ||
| 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[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- sy in Svensk ordbok.
- sy in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
Upper Sorbian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
sy
- second-person singular present of być
- Ty sy rjany.
- You are beautiful.
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /sɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /siː/
- Rhymes: -ɨː
Verb[edit]
sy (not mutable)
- Alternative form of sydd
West Frisian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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[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 | |||||||
References[edit]
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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