sú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "su"

Bassa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sú]

Verb

sú

  1. to grind with a mortar and pestle

References

Dakota

Noun

sú

  1. seed (of a plant)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sá, a descendant from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só. Related to Old Norse sjá.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

sú f (masculine sá, neuter tað)

  1. (obsolete, demonstrative) that, that one, she (referring to something or someone which is about to be specified further or has just been mentioned)

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) tann (sá)† tann (sú)† tað
Accusative (hvønnfall) tann ta (tí)
Dative (hvørjumfall) tí (tann) tí / teirri tí
Genitive (hvørsfall) tess teirrar tess
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) teir tær tey
Accusative (hvønnfall) teir (tá)†
Dative (hvørjumfall) teimum
Genitive (hvørsfall) teirra

Icelandic

Noun

sú

  1. indefinite accusative singular of sýr
  2. indefinite dative singular of sýr

Determiner

  1. feminine nominative singular of sá

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠuː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish súg (compare Scottish Gaelic sùgh), from Proto-Celtic *sūgos, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk- (compare Latin sūcus).

Alternative forms

Noun

sú m (genitive singular sú, nominative plural súnna)

  1. juice, sap, sauce, moisture
    sú oráiste ― orange juice
  2. sap; vigor, energy, momentum, pep
  3. soup
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

sú f (genitive singular sú, nominative plural sútha)

  1. (red) berry
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Noun

sú m (genitive singular sú, nominative plural súite)

  1. verbal noun of súigh
  2. absorption, suction
  3. (chemistry) occlusion
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sú shú
after an, tsú		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "sú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “súg” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Mandarin

Romanization

sú (Zhuyin ㄙㄨˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 俗
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