sunna

See also: Sunna, sunnà, and Sunná

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ. Cognate with German Sonne, Dutch zon, English sun, Icelandic sunna.

Noun

sunna f

  1. (Formazza) sun, the Sun

References
  • “sunna” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Hausa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة‎ (sunna).

Noun

sunnā̀ f (plural sunnōnī, possessed form sunnàr̃)

  1. (Islam) sunnah

Etymology 2

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.

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 (ἥlios), Latin sol, Old Church Slavonic слъньцє (slŭnĭce), Russian солнце (solnce), Latvian saũle, Welsh haul.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ʏnːa

Noun

sunna f (genitive singular sunnu, nominative plural sunnur)

  1. (poetic) sun

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

sunna f

  1. (Islam) sunnah

Middle English

Noun

sunna

  1. (chiefly early) Alternative form of sonne

References

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥.

Noun

sunna f

  1. sun

Inflection
Declension of sunna
Singular Plural
nominative sunna ̈*sunnon
accusative sunna *sunnon
genitive *sunnun *sunneno
dative sunnun *sunnon

Descendants

Further reading
  • “sunna”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, whence also Old English sunne. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥. Compare Old Saxon sunna, Old Dutch sunna, Old English sunne, Old Norse sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō).

Noun

sunna f

  1. sun

Declension
Declension of sunna (feminine n-stem)
case singular plural
nominative sunna sunnun
accusative sunnūn sunnun
genitive sunnūn sunnōno
dative sunnūn sunnōm

Descendants

References
  1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sunjǭ

Noun

sunna f

  1. an excuse
  2. justification
  3. law

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

Old Irish

Adverb

sunna

  1. Alternative spelling of sund

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, whence also Old English sunne. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- < *sóh₂wl̥. Compare Old Dutch sunna, Old English sunne, Old Frisian sunne, Old High German sunna, Old Norse sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō).

Noun

sunna f

  1. sun

Declension
Declension of 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
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