sy

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sy"

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səi/

Etymology 1

From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.

Pronoun

sy (object haar, possessive haar)

  1. she (subject)
Alternative forms
See also
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
determiner 		possessive
pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd masc hy hom sy syne
fem sy haar hare
neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
1 The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Etymology 2

From Dutch zijn.

Determiner

sy

  1. his
  2. its
Alternative forms
See also
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
determiner 		possessive
pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd masc hy hom sy syne
fem sy haar hare
neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
1 The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tosk) IPA(key): /sy/
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): [sy], [sɑ̃j]

Noun

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

  1. (anatomy) eye

Declension

Declension of sy
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sy syri sy sytë
accusative syrin
dative syri syrit syve syve
ablative sysh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Mann, S. E. (1948) “sŷ”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 170a
  2. ^ “Dil te kroni cuco” (“Go out to the fountain my young lady”), 00m45s, by Sinan Vllasaliu (Kosovo-Albanian known singer, from Prishtina).

Cornish

Etymology

From jy.

Pronoun

sy

  1. alternative form of jy

See also

Cornish personal pronouns
number person independent
(subject) 		suffixed infixed possessive
(dependent)
enclitic emphatic reduced
singular first my vy evy ma, a 'm owA
second ty jy, sy1 tejy ta, a 'thM dhaS
third2 m ev ev eev va, a 'n yS
f hi hi hyhi N/A 's hyA
plural first ni ni nyni 'gan, 'n agan, 'gan
second3 hwi hwi hwyhwi 'gas, 's agas, 'gas
third i i ynsi 's agaA, 'gaA

1 Uncommon.
2 hun and ins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
3 Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.

S Triggers soft mutation A Triggers aspirate mutation M Triggers mixed mutation

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną, cognate with Swedish sy, English sew. The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”), which is also the source of Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), Lithuanian siū́ti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syː/, [syːˀ]
  • Homophone: syg

Verb

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

  1. sew
  2. stitch

Conjugation

Conjugation of sy
active passive
present syr or syer sys or syes
past syede syedes
infinitive sy sys or syes
imperative sy —
participle
present syende
past syet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund syen

Derived terms

References

Egyptian

Romanization

sy

  1. Alternative transliteration of zy.

Guaraní

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *tɨ.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní xy and Old Tupi sy

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɨ/
  • (Paraguayan Guarani, Eastern Guarani, Southwestern Guarani) IPA(key): [sɨˠ], [sɯ]
  • Rhymes: -ɨ

Noun

sy (plural sykuéra)

  1. mother, mom
    Che sy sa'y ohayhuvéva ha'e hovy.
    My mother's favorite colour is blue.

Indonesian

Pronoun

sy

  1. (text messaging) abbreviation of saya
    Synonyms: gw, w

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *esi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɨ]

Verb

sy

  1. second-person singular present of byś

Malay

Pronoun

sy

  1. (informal, text messaging, Internet slang) abbreviation of saya (“I”)

Middle English

Noun

sy

  1. alternative form of siȝe

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 1

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to sew
  2. (transitive, ergative) to stitch
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Short form of syde.

Verb

sy (present tense syd, past tense saud, supine sodi)

  1. (pre-1959) alternative form of syde

References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syː/

Verb

sȳ

  1. alternative form of sīe

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *tɨ.[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní xy and Guaraní sy

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: sy

Noun

sy (possessable)

  1. mother (one's female parent)
    Synonym: a'i
    Hyponym: a'ysy
  2. (figurative) origin; beginning

Synonyms

Derived terms

Adjective

sy (noun form sy)

  1. motherful (having a mother)

Declension

    Declension of sy (S-starting, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Causative mondy
Deadjectivals
-ba'e i xyba'e
-sab(a) sŷaba / sysaba
Singular Singular & Plural Plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative xe sy nde sy i xy oré sy îandé sy pe sy
Imperative
Permissive ta xe sy ta nde sy t'i xy t'oré sy t'îandé sy ta pe sy
Negative indicative na xe syî na nde syî n'i xyî n'oré syî n'îandé syî na pe syî
Negative imperative nde sy umẽ pe sy umẽ
Negative permissive ta xe sy umẽ ta nde sy umẽ t'i xy umẽ t'oré sy umẽ t'îandé sy umẽ ta pe sy umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative xe syramo nde syramo o syramo oré syramo îandé syramo pe syramo
Negative xe sye'ymamo nde sye'ymamo o sye'ymamo oré sye'ymamo îandé sye'ymamo pe sye'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative sy
Negative sye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative same as gerund1
xe syû2 i xyû2 oré syû2 îandé syû2
Negative same as gerund1
xe sye'ymi2 i xye'ymi2 oré sye'ymi2 îandé sye'ymi2
1South Tupi
2North Tupi

References

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 569

Portuguese

Pronoun

sy

  1. obsolete spelling of si

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja.

Pronunciation

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Verb

sy (present syr, preterite sydde, supine sytt, imperative sy)

  1. to sew

Conjugation

Conjugation of sy (weak)
active passive
infinitive sy sys
supine sytt sytts
imperative sy —
imper. plural1 syn —
present past present past
indicative syr sydde sys syddes
ind. plural1 sy sydde sys syddes
subjunctive2 sy sydde sys syddes
present participle syende
past participle sydd

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Syllabification: sy

Verb

sy

  1. second-person singular present of być
    Ty sy rjany.
    You are beautiful.

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

sy (not mutable)

  1. alternative form of sydd

West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • (Clay) IPA(key): /sɛi̯/
  • (Wood) IPA(key): /si/
  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /sə/

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz. For the sibilant onset, compare other West Germanic cognates (Dutch zij, German Sie, and possibly English she).[1]

Pronoun

sy

  1. she (third-person singular feminine pronoun)
    Synonym: hja
    Sy die.
    She did.
Inflection
West Frisian personal pronouns and possessives
personal possessive
subject case object case determiner pronoun
normal reflexive
singular 1st ik my mysels myn mines
2nd informal do, dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
formal jo jo josels jo jowes
3rd m hy him himsels syn sines
f sy, hja1 har harsels har harres
n it it himsels syn sines
plural 1st wy ús ússels ús uzes
2nd jim(me) jim(me) jimsels, jinsels jim(me) jimmes
3rd sy, hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres

1 Now mostly archaic and unused.

References

  1. ^ https://gtb.ivdnt.org/iWDB/search?wdb=WFT&actie=article&id=86241

Further reading

  • “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

sy

  1. they (third-person plural pronoun)
    Synonym: hja
    Sy dienen.
    They did.
Inflection
West Frisian personal pronouns and possessives
personal possessive
subject case object case determiner pronoun
normal reflexive
singular 1st ik my mysels myn mines
2nd informal do, dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
formal jo jo josels jo jowes
3rd m hy him himsels syn sines
f sy, hja1 har harsels har harres
n it it himsels syn sines
plural 1st wy ús ússels ús uzes
2nd jim(me) jim(me) jimsels, jinsels jim(me) jimmes
3rd sy, hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres

1 Now mostly archaic and unused.

Further reading
  • “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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