FromDutch zij , fromMiddle Dutch si .
sy (object haar ,possessive haar )
she (subject)1 The forms
jul and
hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.
FromDutch zijn .
sy
his its 1 The forms
jul and
hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.
FromDutch zijde ,zij , fromMiddle Dutch side , fromOld Dutch *sīda , fromProto-Germanic *sīdǭ .
sy (plural sye )
side FromDutch zijde ,zij , fromMiddle Dutch side , fromOld Dutch *sīda , fromLatin sēda .
sy (uncountable )
silk sy
present subjunctive ofwees FromProto-Albanian *asī , fromProto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁ (dual), from singular*h₃okʷ- (compareLithuanian aki̇̀s ,Ancient Greek ὄσσε ( ósse ,“ eyes ” ) ,English eye ).
sy m (plural sy , definite syri , definite plural sytë )
( anatomy ) eye FromOld Norse sýja , fromProto-Germanic *siwjaną , cognate withSwedish sy ,English sew . The verb goes back toProto-Indo-European *syuh₁- ( “ to sew ” ) , which is also the source ofLatin suō ,Sanskrit सीव्यति ( sī́vyati ) ,Lithuanian siū́ti .
sy (present tense syr or syer ,past syede ,past participle syet )
sew stitch sy
Alternative transliteration ofzy .Inherited fromProto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ , fromProto-Tupian *tɨ .
Cognate withMbyá Guaraní xy andOld Tupi sy
IPA (key ) : /sɨ/
( Paraguayan Guarani, Eastern Guarani, Southwestern Guarani ) IPA (key ) : [sɨˠ] ,[sɯ] .Rhymes:-ɨ sy (plural sykuéra )
mother ,mom Chesy sa'y ohayhuvéva ha'e hovy. Mymother's favorite colour is blue. sy
( text messaging ) Abbreviation ofsaya .Synonyms: gw ,w FromProto-Slavic *esi .
sy
second-person singular present ofbyś sy
( informal , text messaging , Internet slang ) Abbreviation ofsaya ( “ I ” ) .sy
Alternative form ofsiȝe FromOld Norse sýja .
sy (imperative sy ,present tense syr ,simple past sydde ,past participle sydd )
tosew tostitch “sy” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse sýja , fromProto-Germanic *siwjaną .
sy (present tense syr ,past tense sydde ,past participle sytt /sydd ,passive infinitive syast ,present participle syande ,imperative sy )
( transitive ) tosew ( transitive , ergative ) tostitch Short form ofsyde .
sy (present tense syd ,past tense saud ,supine sodi )
( pre-1959 ) alternative form ofsyde “sy” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .sȳ
Alternative form ofsīe Inherited fromProto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ , fromProto-Tupian *tɨ .[ 1]
Cognate withMbyá Guaraní xy andGuaraní sy
sy (possessable )
mother (one's femaleparent )Synonym: a'i Hyponym: a'ysy ( figurative ) origin ;beginning sy (noun form sy )
motherful ( having a mother ) Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
^ Andrey Nikulin (2020 )Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB,page569 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 JoséEduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013 ) “sy ”, inDicionário 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 ,page450 , column 1sy
Obsolete spelling ofsi .FromOld Norse sýja .
sy (present syr ,preterite sydde ,supine sytt ,imperative sy )
tosew IPA (key ) : /ˈsɨ/ Rhymes:-ɨ Syllabification:sy sy
second-person singular present ofbyć Tysy rjany. Youare beautiful. sy (not mutable )
Alternative form ofsydd Ultimately fromProto-Germanic *iz and*hiz . For the sibilant onset, compare otherWest Germanic cognates (Dutch zij ,German Sie , and possiblyEnglish she ).[ 1]
sy
she ( third-person singular feminine pronoun ) Synonym: hja 1 Now mostly archaic and unused.
“sy (I) ”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011 (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
sy
they ( third-person plural pronoun ) Synonym: hja 1 Now mostly archaic and unused.
“sy (I) ”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011