su
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Symbol
su
Etymology
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Noun
su (plural su)
- Alternative form of xu (“former Vietnamese currency”)
- 1970, Bernard John Hurren, Airports of the World, page 105:
- 100 su = 1 Vietnam dong
- 2015, Kim Huynh, Vietnam as if...: Tales of youth, love and destiny, page 4:
- Old people pine for the days when a serving of rice cost a 100 su coin.
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German sun, from Old High German sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz. Cognate with German Sohn, Dutch zoon, English son, Icelandic sonur.
Noun
su m
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Preposition
su
- Alternative form of sum
Noun
su
References
| Cyrillic | су | |
|---|---|---|
| Abjad | صو | |
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *sub.
Pronunciation
Noun
su (definite accusative suyu, plural sular) (countable, uncountable)
- water
- stəkana su tökmək ― to pour water into a glass
- Bəzi ölkərdə əhalinin təmiz içməli suyu yoxdur.
- In some countries, the population doesn't have clean drinking water.
- juice
- armud suyu ― pear juice.
- Pomidorun suyu buxarlanıb yalnız “əti” qalmalıdır. ― The juice of the tomato should vaporize and only the "meat" remain.
Declension
The words nə and su (and sometimes mövqe) are the only ones in Azerbaijani to take a y in the singular accusative, genitive, and dative cases, and in the singular possessive forms.
| Possessive forms of su | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ||||||||
| singular | plural | |||||||
| mənim (“my”) | suyum | sularım | ||||||
| sənin (“your”) | suyun | suların | ||||||
| onun (“his/her/its”) | suyu | suları | ||||||
| bizim (“our”) | suyumuz | sularımız | ||||||
| sizin (“your”) | suyunuz | sularınız | ||||||
| onların (“their”) | suyu or suları | suları | ||||||
| accusative | ||||||||
| singular | plural | |||||||
| mənim (“my”) | suyumu | sularımı | ||||||
| sənin (“your”) | suyunu | sularını | ||||||
| onun (“his/her/its”) | suyunu | sularını | ||||||
| bizim (“our”) | suyumuzu | sularımızı | ||||||
| sizin (“your”) | suyunuzu | sularınızı | ||||||
| onların (“their”) | suyunu or sularını | sularını | ||||||
| dative | ||||||||
| singular | plural | |||||||
| mənim (“my”) | suyuma | sularıma | ||||||
| sənin (“your”) | suyuna | sularına | ||||||
| onun (“his/her/its”) | suyuna | sularına | ||||||
| bizim (“our”) | suyumuza | sularımıza | ||||||
| sizin (“your”) | suyunuza | sularınıza | ||||||
| onların (“their”) | suyuna or sularına | sularına | ||||||
| locative | ||||||||
| singular | plural | |||||||
| mənim (“my”) | suyumda | sularımda | ||||||
| sənin (“your”) | suyunda | sularında | ||||||
| onun (“his/her/its”) | suyunda | sularında | ||||||
| bizim (“our”) | suyumuzda | sularımızda | ||||||
| sizin (“your”) | suyunuzda | sularınızda | ||||||
| onların (“their”) | suyunda or sularında | sularında | ||||||
| ablative | ||||||||
| singular | plural | |||||||
| mənim (“my”) | suyumdan | sularımdan | ||||||
| sənin (“your”) | suyundan | sularından | ||||||
| onun (“his/her/its”) | suyundan | sularından | ||||||
| bizim (“our”) | suyumuzdan | sularımızdan | ||||||
| sizin (“your”) | suyunuzdan | sularınızdan | ||||||
| onların (“their”) | suyundan or sularından | sularından | ||||||
| genitive | ||||||||
| singular | plural | |||||||
| mənim (“my”) | suyumun | sularımın | ||||||
| sənin (“your”) | suyunun | sularının | ||||||
| onun (“his/her/its”) | suyunun | sularının | ||||||
| bizim (“our”) | suyumuzun | sularımızın | ||||||
| sizin (“your”) | suyunuzun | sularınızın | ||||||
| onların (“their”) | suyunun or sularının | sularının | ||||||
Derived terms
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *su.
Pronunciation
Noun
su inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | su | sua | suak |
| ergative | suk | suak | suek |
| dative | suri | suari | suei |
| genitive | suren | suaren | suen |
| comitative | surekin | suarekin | suekin |
| causative | surengatik | suarengatik | suengatik |
| benefactive | surentzat | suarentzat | suentzat |
| instrumental | suz | suaz | suez |
| inessive | sutan | suan | suetan |
| locative | sutako | suko | suetako |
| allative | sutara | sura | suetara |
| terminative | sutaraino | suraino | suetaraino |
| directive | sutarantz | surantz | suetarantz |
| destinative | sutarako | surako | suetarako |
| ablative | sutatik | sutik | suetatik |
| partitive | surik | — | — |
| prolative | sutzat | — | — |
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “su”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “su”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Pronunciation
Article
su
- (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) direct marker placed before common nouns
- Synonym: si
- Kinua ko na su pakete.
- I already got the package
See also
Verb
su
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
su
Usage notes
- Only used in grammatical contexts where být (“to be”) is used as a main verb; where it is an auxiliary verb the standard form jsem is used. The same speaker would, for example, say "su doma" (= I'm at home) but "dorazil jsem" (= I (have) arrived).
Synonyms
Pronoun
su
Usage notes
Pronunciation
Determiner
su f sg
- (Lagarteiru) Apocopic form of súa (“his, her, its, their”)
Usage notes
- Used in Lagarteiru before a feminine singular noun as part of a noun phrase.
See also
Fala possessive determiners and pronouns
- Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Noun
su
- Abbreviation of sunnuntai (“Sunday”).
Anagrams
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French sceu, from Old French seu, from Late Latin *sapūtum.
Pronunciation
Participle
su (feminine sue, masculine plural sus, feminine plural sues)
- past participle of savoir: known
- J’avais su qu’elle mentait.
- I had known that she was lying.
Related terms
- insu m
Further reading
- “su”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
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