See also: Appendix:Variations of "su"

Apatani

Noun

  1. spring

Derived terms

  • sukùng

Bassa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sú]

Noun

  1. pestle

Verb

  1. to grind with a mortar and pestle

References

Dakota

Noun

  1. seed (of a plant)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse , a descendant from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só. Related to Old Norse sjá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʉuː/
  • Homophone: súð

Pronoun

 f (masculine , neuter tað)

  1. (obsolete, demonstrative) that, that one, she (referring to something or someone which is about to be specified further or has just been mentioned)

Declension

singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tann
()†
tann
()†
tað
accusative tann ta ()
()†
dative (tann)
(teim)†
teirri /
genitive tess teirrar tess
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative teir tær tey
accusative teir
()†
dative teimum
(teim)†
genitive teirra

† obsolete

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Noun

  1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of sýr

Etymology 2

Pronoun

  1. nominative feminine singular of (that)

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish súg[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic sùgh), from Proto-Celtic *sūgos, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk- (compare Latin sūcus).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

 m (genitive singular , nominative plural súnna)

  1. juice, sap, sauce, moisture
    oráisteorange juice
  2. sap; vigor, energy, momentum, pep
  3. soup
Declension
Declension of (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative súnna
vocative a shú a shúnna
genitive súnna
dative súnna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an na súnna
genitive an tsú na súnna
dative leis an
don
leis na súnna
Derived terms
  • sú caoireola (mutton broth)
  • sú circe (chicken soup)
  • sú croí (heart’s blood)
  • sú líomóidí (lemon juice)
  • sú na cíche (breast-milk)
  • sú na fíniúna (wine)
  • sú na heorna (whiskey, literally juice of barley)
  • sú oráistí (orange juice)
  • sú tobac (tobacco water)
  • sú uchta (heart’s blood)

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “súġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1142; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Old Irish sub (strawberry, raspberry)[4] from Proto-Celtic *subi. Cognate to Welsh syfi. Doublet of subh.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠuː/
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠuvˠ/[5] (corresponding to the form subh)

Noun

 f (genitive singular , nominative plural sútha)

  1. (red) berry
Declension
Declension of (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sútha
vocative a shú a shútha
genitive sútha
dative sútha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsú na sútha
genitive na na sútha
dative leis an tsú
don tsú
leis na sútha
Derived terms

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “suḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1141; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠuː/[6][7]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /sˠuə/[8] (corresponding to the form súghadh)

Noun

 m (genitive singular , nominative plural súite)

  1. verbal noun of súigh
  2. absorption, suction
  3. (chemistry) occlusion
Declension
Declension of (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative
vocative a shú
genitive súite
dative
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an
genitive an tsúite
dative leis an
don

Further reading

Mutation

Mutated forms of
radical lenition eclipsis
shú
after an, tsú
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Mandarin

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Romanization

(su2, Zhuyin ㄙㄨˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Noun

  1. accusative/dative singular indefinite of sýr

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sō (feminine of *sa (that)), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ (feminine of *só (that)). Cognate with Old English sēo and þēo, German die.

Pronoun

(masculine , neuter þat)

  1. that, this (nominative and accusative singular feminine demonstrative pronoun)
  2. she (third-person nominative and accusative singular feminine personal pronoun)
    Synonym: hón
Declension


Slovak

Verb

  1. third-person plural present of byť

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [su˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂʊw˨˩˦] ~ [sʊw˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂʊw˦˥] ~ [sʊw˦˥]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

(classifier cây) • (, , , )

  1. black mangrove (Aegiceras corniculatum)

Etymology 2

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

Verb

• (, 𢹧)

  1. to knead (bread or cake dough) with water