syt

Finnish

Initialism

syt

  1. suurin yhteinen tekijä (greatest common divisor)

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sýta; compare Jamtish sytte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²syːt/, [sì͡ʷːt], [sìːt], [sʊ̀ɪ̯ːt], [sø̀͡ʷy̯͡ʷːt]
    Rhymes: -ỳːt
    (í-ý merger) Rhymes: -ỳːt, -ìːt
    (øy-ý merger) Rhymes: -ỳːt, -ø̀ʏ̯ːt

Verb

syt

  1. to care for, to nurse
    syt bånom/båna
    to take care of children
  2. (reflexive) proceed, behave
    Jig syt mäg no sjelvvän
    I take care of myself
Derived terms
  • bånsytar m (“male caretaker of children”)
  • bånsytersk f (“female caretaker of children”)
  • ómsyt (“cater to, carefully manage”)
  • sytäsgeru, sytningsgeru (“requiring much maintenance, careful care; of people, plants etc”)
  • sytäsgrann (“difficult to manage, fussy”)

Etymology 2

Through diminutive speech from Old Norse sœtr, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus. Doublet of søt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syːt/, [sí͡ʷːt] (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -ýːt
    (í-ý merger) Rhymes: -ýːt, -íːt
    (øy-ý merger) Rhymes: -ýːt, -ǿʏ̯ːt

Interjection

syt (feminine definite singular syta)

  1. used to call cows
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