sunna

See also: Sunna, sunnà, and Sunná

English

Noun

sunna (countable and uncountable, plural sunnas)

  1. Alternative form of sunnah.

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā (sun).

Noun

sunna f

  1. (Formazza) sun, the Sun

References

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsuna]

Noun

sunna f

  1. sunnah

Declension

Further reading

Hausa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sún.nàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sɪ́n.nàː]

Noun

sunnā̀ f (plural sunnōnī, possessed form sunnàr̃)

  1. (Islam) sunnah

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sún.nàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sɪ́n.nàː]

Verb

sunnā̀ (grade 1)

  1. (with an indirect object) To give something secretly to someone.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sunna, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥ (sun).

Germanic cognates: Faroese sunna, English sun, West Frisian sinne, Low German Sünn, Zunne, Dutch zon, German Sonne, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō).

Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit स्वर् (svar), Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios), Latin sol, Old Church Slavonic слъньце (slŭnĭce), Russian солнце (solnce), Latvian saũle, Welsh haul.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʏnːa

Noun

sunna f (genitive singular sunnu, nominative plural sunnur)

  1. (poetic) sun
    Synonyms: sól, (poetic) röðull

Declension

Declension of sunna (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sunna sunnan sunnur sunnurnar
accusative sunnu sunnuna sunnur sunnurnar
dative sunnu sunnunni sunnum sunnunum
genitive sunnu sunnunnar sunna sunnanna

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna, habit, custom).

Noun

sunna f

  1. (Islam) sunnah

Middle English

Noun

sunna

  1. (chiefly Early Middle English) alternative form of sonne (sun)

Old Dutch

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā (sun).

Noun

sunna f

  1. sun
Inflection
Descendants
  • Middle Dutch: sonne f or m
    • Dutch: zon, zun (dialectal)
      • Afrikaans: son
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: sono
      • Jersey Dutch: zon
      • Negerhollands: son, zon
      • Sranan Tongo: son (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: zón
    • West Flemish: zunne
    • Zealandic: zunne
Further reading
  • sunna”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Etymology 2

Unclear.

Noun

sunna ?

  1. Son (a village in modern North Brabant, the Netherlands)
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “son”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnō. Masculine form of sunne.

Noun

sunna m

  1. sun

Declension

Weak:

Descendants

References

Old High German

Etymology 1

    From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā (sun).

    Noun

    sunna f

    1. sun
    Declension
    Declension of sunna (feminine n-stem)
    case singular plural
    nominative sunna sunnūn
    accusative sunnūn sunnūn
    genitive sunnūn sunnōno
    dative sunnūn sunnōm, sunnōn
    Descendants

    References

    • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō.

    Noun

    sunna f

    1. an excuse
    2. justification
    3. law

    References

    • Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
    • Grimm, Jacob, Teutonic Mythology, vol 1, 1882.

    Old Irish

    Adverb

    sunna

    1. alternative form of sund

    Old Norse

    Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ (sun).

    Noun

    sunna f (genitive sunnu)

    1. (poetic, heiti) sun
      Synonym: sól

    Declension

    Declension of sunna (weak ōn-stem)
    feminine singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative sunna sunnan sunnur sunnurnar
    accusative sunnu sunnuna sunnur sunnurnar
    dative sunnu sunnunni sunnum sunnunum
    genitive sunnu sunnunnar sunnna sunnnanna

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    • setr sunnu (the seat of the sun; heaven)

    Old Saxon

    Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā (sun).

    Noun

    sunna f

    1. sun

    Declension

    sunna (feminine n-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative sunna sunnun, sunnan, sunnon
    accusative sunnun, sunnan, sunnon sunnun, sunnan, sunnon
    genitive sunnun, sunnan, sunnon sunnono
    dative sunnun, sunnan, sunnon sunnun, sunnan, sunnon
    instrumental

    Descendants

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French sunna.

    Noun

    sunna f (uncountable)

    1. sunnah

    Declension

    Declension of sunna
    singular only indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative sunna sunnaua
    genitive-dative - -i
    vocative

    Tagalog

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna). Compare Javanese ꦱꦸꦤꦃ (sunah). Doublet of sunat (circumcision).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsuna/ [ˈsuː.n̪ɐ]
    • Rhymes: -una
    • Syllabification: su‧nna

    Noun

    sunna (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ) (Islam)

    1. sunnah

    Further reading

    • sunna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018