sy

See also: Sy, SY, Sỹ, .sy, s'y, and sy.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səi/

Etymology 1

From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.

Pronoun

sy (object haar, possessive haar)

  1. she (subject)
See also

Etymology 2

From Dutch zijn.

Alternative forms

  • syn (obsolete)

Determiner

sy

  1. his
  2. its
See also

Etymology 3

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Noun

sy (plural sye)

  1. side

Etymology 4

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Latin sēda.

Noun

sy (uncountable)

  1. silk

Etymology 5

Verb

sy

  1. present subjunctive of wees

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sy]

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *asī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁ (dual), from singular *h₃okʷ- (compare Lithuanian akìs, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse, “eyes”), English eye).

Noun

sy m (indefinite plural sy, definite singular syri, definite plural sytë)

  1. (anatomy) eye

Declension

Derived terms

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syː/, [syːˀ]

Verb

sy (imperative sy, present syr or syer, past syede, past participle syet)

  1. sew
  2. stitch

Egyptian

Romanization

sy

  1. Alternative transliteration of zy.

Guaraní

Noun

sy

  1. mother

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɨ]

Verb

sy

  1. second-person singular present of byś

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja

Verb

sy (imperative sy, present tense syr, simple past sydde, past participle sydd)

  1. to sew
  2. to stitch

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja

Verb

sy (present tense syr, past tense sydde, past participle sydd or sytt, passive infinitive syast, present participle syande, imperative sy)

  1. to sew
  2. to stitch

Derived terms

References

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨ/

Noun

sy

  1. mother

References

Portuguese

Pronoun

sy (reflexive)

  1. Obsolete spelling of si

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja.

Pronunciation

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Verb

sy

  1. to sew

Conjugation

Tupinambá

Noun

sy

  1. mother (one's female parent)

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /sɨː/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /siː/

Verb

sy

  1. Alternative form of sydd

West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛɪ/

Pronoun

sy

  1. she
    Sy die -- She did
  2. they
    Sy dienen -- They did

Synonyms

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