suas

See also: súas

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɥa/

Verb

suas

  1. second-person singular past historic of suer

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

suas

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of suar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish súas.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠuəsˠ/[2]

Adverb

suas

  1. up, upward (from a level or high to a higher or even higher position)
  2. abreast [with le ‘of’]

Usage notes

Suas implies upward movement away from the speaker (or some contextually relevant reference point); it contrasts with aníos, which implies upward movement toward the speaker (or reference point).

Derived terms

  • buail suas (strike up)
  • caith suas (throw up)
  • cuir suas (put up)
  • cuir suas le (put up with)
  • déan suas (make, do, up)
  • déan suas le (make up to, curry favour with)
  • éirigh suas (rise up; grow up)
  • gléasta suas (dressed up)
  • leag suas (lay up)
  • suas le (up to, nearly)
  • suasaigí (up you got:)
  • suasán (shock of hair, tousled hair)
  • tabhair suas (give up)
  • tar suas
  • tarraing suas (pull, draw, up; halt)
  • tóg suas (lift, raise, up; take up)

See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs formed with "suas"

See also

Irish adverbs of direction and position
point of reference motion toward stationary
position at
stationary position
on the indicated side
motion from
above, up suas thuas lastuas anuas
below, down síos thíos laistíos aníos
east soir thoir lastoir anoir
west/back siar thiar laistiar aniar
north ó thuaidh thuaidh lastuaidh aduaidh
south ó dheas theas laisteas aneas
northeast soir ó thuaidh thoir thuaidh anoir aduaidh
northwest siar ó thuaidh thiar thuaidh aniar aduaidh
southeast soir ó dheas thoir theas anoir aneas
southwest siar ó dheas thiar theas aniar aneas
over there sall thall lastall anall
over here anonn
inside isteach istigh laistigh
outside amach amuigh lasmuigh

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 451, page 145

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Pronoun

suās

  1. accusative feminine plural of suus

Verb

suās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of suō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsu.ɐs/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈsu.ɐʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsu.as/

  • Hyphenation: su‧as

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

suas

  1. feminine plural of seu

Pronoun

suas

  1. feminine plural of seu

Noun

suas

  1. feminine plural of seu

See also

Portuguese possessives
singular possessum plural possessum
masculine feminine masculine feminine
singular
possessor
first person meu minha meus minhas
second person teu tua teus tuas
third person any seu sua seus suas
m dele
f dela
plural
possessor
first person nosso nossa nossos nossas
second person vosso vossa vossos vossas
third person any seu sua seus suas
m deles
f delas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

suas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of suar

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̪uəs̪/

Adverb

suas

  1. up (implies motion)
  2. up south, up southwards
  3. (Eastern Highlands) west, westwards)
    Antonym: sìos

Usage notes

  • The meaning of sìos as "down north" and suas as "up south", as opposed to the usual English down south and up north, is notably followed in the Highland English spoken in Uist.

Derived terms

See also

Scottish Gaelic adverbs of direction and position
point of reference motion toward stationary
position at
motion from
above, up suas shuas a-nuas
below, down sìos shìos a-nìos
east an ear, sear
west an iar, siar
north a tuath
south a deas
over there a-null, a-nunn thall a-nall, a-bhos
over here a-nall, a-bhos a-bhos a-null, a-nunn
abroad a-null thairis thall thairis a-nall thairis
inside a-steach a-staigh
outside a-mach a-muigh

Preposition

suas

  1. up
    Antonym: sìos