suas
See also: súas
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˠuəsˠ/
Adverb
suas
- up, upwards (from a level or high to a higher or even higher position)
- to higher place or station
- at, towards, a higher level
- to erect position
- towards maturity
- to the south
- to major centre
- to position regarded as forward
- to point abreast of
- in confrontation with
- (time) onwards
- (genealogy, of ancestral line) backwards
- on high, risen
- astir, amiss
- offered for sale
- in existence
- with vigour
- fully, completely
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”, verb)
- caith suas (“throw up”, transitive verb)
- cuir suas (“put up”, verb)
- cuir suas le (“put up with”, verb)
- déan suas (“make, do, up”, verb)
- déan suas le (“make up to, curry favour with”, verb)
- éirigh suas (“rise up; grow up”, intransitive verb)
- gléasta suas (“dressed up”)
- leag suas (“lay up”, transitive verb)
- suasaigí (“up you go!”)
- suasán m (“shock of hair, tousled hair”)
- suas le (“up to, nearly”)
- tabhair suas (“give up”, transitive verb)
- tarraing suas (“pull, draw, up; halt”, verb)
- tar suas ar (“live, exist, on”, intransitive verb)
- tar suas le (“come up with, overtake”, intransitive verb)
- tóg suas (“lift, raise, up; take up”, verb)
See also
Irish adverbs of direction and position
| Motion toward | Stationary position at | Motion from | |
|---|---|---|---|
| up | suas | thuas | anuas |
| down | síos | thíos | aníos |
| east | soir | thoir | anoir |
| west/back | siar | thiar | aniar |
| north | ó thuaidh | thuaidh | aduaidh |
| south | ó dheas | theas | 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 | anonn, sall | thall | anall |
| inside | isteach | istigh | — |
| outside | amach | amuigh | — |
Further reading
- "suas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “súas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “suas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “suas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.aːs/, [ˈsʊ.aːs]
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsu.ɐʃ/
- Hyphenation: su‧as
Pronoun
suas f pl
- Feminine plural form of possessive seu.
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 141:
- Naturalmente, cada um teve seu método e suas prioridades.
- Naturally, each one had his method and his priorities.
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Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:suas.
See also
| Possessee | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||||
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |||
| Possessor | Singular | First person | meu | minha | meus | minhas |
| Second person | teu | tua | teus | tuas | ||
| Third person | seu | sua | seus | suas | ||
| Plural | First person | nosso | nossa | nossos | nossas | |
| Second person | vosso | vossa | vossos | vossas | ||
| Third person | seu | sua | seus | suas | ||
| See also: Appendix:Possessive#Portuguese | ||||||
Scottish Gaelic
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