sunt

See also: sûnt, sünt, and šunt

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /sunt/, [sʊnt]

Verb

sunt

third-person plural present active indicative of sum

Marcus et Lucius sunt nautae.
Marcus and Lucius are sailors.

Sunt iuvenēs.
They are young.

Sunt silvae in prōvinciā.
There are forests in the province.

Manx

Etymology

From Middle English sounden, from Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line”) of Germanic origin.

Verb

sunt (verbal noun suntal or sunteil, past participle suntit)

(nautical) to sound, fathom, chart by sounding

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sunt	hunt after "yn", tunt	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

sunt

neuter singular of sunn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

sunt

neuter singular of sunn

Old French

Alternative forms

sont

Verb

sunt

(Anglo-Norman) third-person plural present indicative of estre

Old Irish

Adverb

sunt

Alternative spelling of sund

Romanian

Alternative forms

sînt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin sum (“I am”) and sunt (“they are”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sunt], [sɨnt]

Verb

sunt

first-person singular present indicative of fi.

Sunt un bărbat.
I'm a man.

Sunt un băiat de șapte ani.
I'm a seven-year-old boy. (literally, I'm a boy of seven years.)
third-person plural present indicative of fi.

Ei sunt bărbați.
They are men.

Usage notes

This word was spelled sînt until the 1993 spelling reform (which also changed sîntem to suntem and sînteți to sunteți). Indeed, the sînt spelling is still used by some in Romania (especially among the older generation), and remains common in the Republic of Moldova.

Synonyms

îs

Saterland Frisian

Verb

sunt

Form of weese

Swedish

Adjective

sunt

absolute indefinite neuter form of sund.

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