suns

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌnz/

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• Homophone: sons

Noun

suns

1. plural of sun

Verb

suns

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sun

Anagrams

• USNs, nuss, snus

Romanization

suns

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *šuo, *šunas (parallel form *šuns), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ś(w)ō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ, genitive *ḱunós, *ḱunés. An older Latvian form *so is now found only in one dialect (Nīgrande) as a word to call dogs. Cognates include Lithuanian šuõ (genitive šuñs, dialectal šunis), Old Prussian sunis, Proto-Germanic *hundaz (Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds), Old Norse hundr, Icelandic hundur, Swedish hund, Old High German hunt, Old English hund, German Hund, Dutch hond, English hound), Irish cú, Welsh ci, plural cŵn, Sanskrit श्वन् (śván), genitive शुनस् (śunas), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬁‎ (spā), genitive plural 𐬯𐬎𐬥𐬀𐬨‎ (sunam), Old Armenian շուն (šun), Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), Latin canis (Italian cane, Portuguese cão, French chien) ^[1]

Noun

suns m (2nd declension, irregular nominative)

1. domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

   mājas suns ― domestic dog

   medību suns ― hunting dog

   aitu, ganu suns ― shepherd dog

   nikns suns ― wild, angry dog

   suns rej gājēju ― the dog barks at the passer-by

   suņa dzīve, darbs ― a dog's life, work

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