uss

See also: USS, us's, US$, and U.S.S.

Estonian

Etymology

Onomatopoetic. A similar root is seen in Livonian ūška (“worm”). Possibly from Old East Slavic ужь (užĭ).

Noun

uss (genitive ussi, partitive ussi)

  1. snake
  2. worm

Declension
Declension of uss (type riik)
singular plural
nominative uss ussid
genitive ussi usside
partitive ussi usse / ussisid
illative ussi / ussisse ussidesse
inessive ussis ussides
elative ussist ussidest
allative ussile ussidele
adessive ussil ussidel
ablative ussilt ussidelt
translative ussiks ussideks
terminative ussini ussideni
essive ussina ussidena
abessive ussita ussideta
comitative ussiga ussidega

Derived terms

Manx

Etymology

From a Middle Irish [Term?] lenited form of Old Irish tussu.

Pronoun

uss

  1. Second person singular informal emphatic personal pronoun; you
  • oo (non-emphatic)

References
  • “tú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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