sy

See also: Sy, SY, Sỹ, .sy, s'y, and sy.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /səi/

Etymology 1

From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.

Pronoun

sy (object haar, possessive haar)

  1. she (subject)
See also
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
singular 1st ek my
2nd jy jou
2nd, formal u
3rd, masc hy hom sy
3rd, fem sy haar
3rd, neut dit sy
plural 1st ons
2nd julle julle / jul1
3rd hulle hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

Etymology 2

From Dutch zijn.

Alternative forms

Determiner

sy

  1. his
  2. its
See also
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
singular 1st ek my
2nd jy jou
2nd, formal u
3rd, masc hy hom sy
3rd, fem sy haar
3rd, neut dit sy
plural 1st ons
2nd julle julle / jul1
3rd hulle hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

Etymology 3

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Noun

sy (plural sye)

  1. side

Etymology 4

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Latin sēda.

Noun

sy (uncountable)

  1. silk

Etymology 5

Verb

sy

  1. present subjunctive of wees

Albanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *asī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁ (dual), from singular *h₃okʷ- (compare Irish súil, Lithuanian akìs, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse, “eyes”), English eye).

Noun

sy m (indefinite plural sy, definite singular syri, definite plural sytë)

  1. (anatomy) eye

Declension
declension of sy
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)		 singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore)		 sy sy syri sytë
accusative
(kallëzore)		 sy sy syrin sytë
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së)		 syri syve syrit syve
dative
(dhanore)		 syri syve syrit syve
ablative
(rrjedhore)		 syri sysh syrit syve
Derived terms

References
  1. “Dil te kroni cuco” (“Go out to the fountain my young lady”), 00m45s, by Sinan Vllasaliu (Kosovar known singer, from Prishtina).

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /syː/, [syːˀ]

Verb

sy (imperative sy, present syr or syer, past syede, past participle syet)

  1. sew
  2. stitch

Egyptian

Romanization

sy

  1. Alternative transliteration of zy.

Guaraní

Noun

sy

  1. mother

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sɨ]

Verb

sy

  1. second-person singular present of byś

Middle English

Noun

sy

  1. Alternative form of siȝe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja

Verb

sy (imperative sy, present tense syr, simple past sydde, past participle sydd)

  1. to sew
  2. to stitch

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja

Verb

sy (present tense syr, past tense sydde, past participle sydd or sytt, passive infinitive syast, present participle syande, imperative sy)

  1. to sew
  2. to stitch

Derived terms

References

Old Tupi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨ/

Noun

sy

  1. mother

References

Portuguese

Pronoun

sy (reflexive)

  1. Obsolete spelling of si

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýja.

Pronunciation
  • audio(file)

Verb

sy

  1. to sew

Conjugation
Conjugation of sy (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive sy sys
Present tense syr sys
Past tense sydde syddes
Supine sytt sytts
Imperative sy —
Present participle syende
Past participle sydd

Tupinambá

Noun

sy

  1. mother (one's female parent)

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /sɨː/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /siː/

Verb

sy

  1. Alternative form of sydd

West Frisian

Pronunciation
  • (Clay) IPA(key): /sɛi̯/
  • (Wood) IPA(key): /si/
  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /sə/

Etymology 1

Pronoun

sy

  1. she (third-person singular feminine pronoun)
    Synonym: hja
    Sy die.
    She did.
Inflection
West Frisian personal pronouns
Number Person Nominative Objective Possessive
Normal Reflexive Determiner Pronoun
Singular First ik my mysels myn mines
Second Informal do/dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
Formal jo jo josels jo jowes
Third Masculine hy him himsels syn sines
Feminine sy/hja1 har harsels har harres
Neuter it it himsels syn sines
Plural First wy ús ússels ús uzes
Second jim(me) jim(me) jimmes jimsels/jinsels jim(me)
Third sy/hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres
1. Now mostly archaic and unused
Further reading
  • “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

Pronoun

sy

  1. they (third-person plural pronoun)
    Synonym: hja
    Sy dienen.
    They did.
Inflection
West Frisian personal pronouns
Number Person Nominative Objective Possessive
Normal Reflexive Determiner Pronoun
Singular First ik my mysels myn mines
Second Informal do/dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
Formal jo jo josels jo jowes
Third Masculine hy him himsels syn sines
Feminine sy/hja1 har harsels har harres
Neuter it it himsels syn sines
Plural First wy ús ússels ús uzes
Second jim(me) jim(me) jimmes jimsels/jinsels jim(me)
Third sy/hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres
1. Now mostly archaic and unused
Further reading
  • “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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