sy

• IPA^(key): /səi/

From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.

sy (object haar, possessive haar)

1. she (subject)

• sij (obsolete)

From Dutch zijn.

sy

1. his
2. its

• sij (obsolete)
• sijn (obsolete)
• syn (obsolete)

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

sy (plural sye)

1. side

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

sy (uncountable)

1. silk

sy

1. present subjunctive of wees

• saj [sɒj] (Central Gheg) ^[1]

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

• IPA^(key): /sy/

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

1. (anatomy) eye

• syze
• syth

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną, cognate with Swedish sy, English sew. The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”), which is also the source of Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), Lithuanian siū́ti.

• IPA^(key): /syː/, [syːˀ]
• Homophone: syg

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

1. sew
2. stitch

• syer
• syerske
• syning

• “sy” in Den Danske Ordbog

sy

1. Alternative transliteration of zy.

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *tɨ.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní xy and Old Tupi sy

IPA^(key): /sɨ/

• (Paraguayan Guarani, Eastern Guarani, Southwestern Guarani) IPA^(key): [sɨˠ], [sɯ].
• Rhymes: -ɨ

sy (plural sykuéra)

1. mother, mom

   Che sy sa'y ohayhuvéva ha'e hovy.

   My mother's favorite colour is blue.

sy

1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of saya.

   Synonyms: gw, w

From Proto-Slavic *esi.

• IPA^(key): [sɨ]

sy

1. second-person singular present of byś

sy

1. (informal, text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of saya (“I”).

sy

1. Alternative form of siȝe

From Old Norse sýja.

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

1. to sew
2. to stitch

• sying
• symaskin
• synål

• “sy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną.

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

1. (transitive) to sew
2. (transitive, ergative) to stitch

• saum m

Short form of syde.

sy (present tense syd, past tense saud, supine sodi)

1. (pre-1959) alternative form of syde

• “sy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /syː/

sȳ

1. Alternative form of sīe

• xy

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *tɨ.^[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní xy and Guaraní sy

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: sy

sy (possessable)

1. mother (one's female parent)

   Synonym: a'i

   Hyponym: a'ysy

2. (figurative) origin; beginning

• mãîa

sy (noun form sy)

1. motherful (having a mother)

• Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts]‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sy”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 450, column 1

sy

1. Obsolete spelling of si.

From Old Norse sýja.

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sy (present syr, preterite sydde, supine sytt, imperative sy)

1. to sew

• söm
• sömmare
• sömmerska
• sömnad

• sy in Svensk ordbok.
• sy in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Syllabification: sy

sy

1. second-person singular present of być

   Ty sy rjany.

   You are beautiful.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /sɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /siː/
• Rhymes: -ɨː

sy (not mutable)

1. Alternative form of sydd

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

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz. For the sibilant onset, compare other West Germanic cognates (Dutch zij, German Sie, and possibly English she).^[1]

sy

1. she (third-person singular feminine pronoun)

   Synonym: hja

   Sy die.

   She did.

• “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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sy

1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

   Synonym: hja

   Sy dienen.

   They did.

• “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011