sú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "su"

Apatani

Noun

sú

1. spring

Derived terms

• sukùng

 

Bassa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sú]

Noun

sú

1. pestle

Verb

sú

1. to grind with a mortar and pestle

References

• Bassa-English Dictionary
• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Dakota

Noun

sú

1. seed (of a plant)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sá, a descendant from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só. Related to Old Norse sjá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʉuː/
• Homophone: súð

Pronoun

sú f (masculine sá, neuter tað)

1. (obsolete, demonstrative) that, that one, she (referring to something or someone which is about to be specified further or has just been mentioned)

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	tann (sá)†	tann (sú)†	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	tann	ta (tí) (tá)†
Dative (hvørjumfall)	tí (tann) (teim)†	teirri / tí	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	tess	teirrar	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	teir (tá)†
Dative (hvørjumfall)	teimum (teim)†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	teirra

Icelandic

Noun

sú

1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of sýr

Determiner

sú

1. feminine nominative singular of sá

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠuː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish súg (compare Scottish Gaelic sùgh), from Proto-Celtic *sūgos, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk- (compare Latin sūcus).

Alternative forms

• súbh, súgh (superseded)

Noun

sú m (genitive singular sú, nominative plural súnna)

1. juice, sap, sauce, moisture

   sú oráiste ― orange juice

2. sap; vigor, energy, momentum, pep
3. soup

Declension

Declension of sú (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sú súnna vocative a shú a shúnna genitive sú súnna dative sú súnna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sú na súnna genitive an tsú na súnna dative leis an sú don sú leis na súnna

Derived terms

• sú caoireola (“mutton broth”)
• sú circe (“chicken soup”)
• sú croí (“heart’s blood”)
• sú líomóidí (“lemon juice”)
• sú na cíche (“breast-milk”)
• sú na fíniúna (“wine”)
• sú na heorna (“whiskey”, literally “juice of barley”)
• sú oráistí (“orange juice”)
• sú tobac (“tobacco water”)
• sú uchta (“heart’s blood”)

 

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “súgh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From Old Irish sub (“strawberry, raspberry”) from Proto-Celtic *subī. Cognate to Welsh syfi.

Alternative forms

• subh, súgh (superseded)

Noun

sú f (genitive singular sú, nominative plural sútha)

2. (red) berry

Declension

Declension of sú (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sú sútha vocative a shú a shútha genitive sú sútha dative sú sútha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tsú na sútha genitive na sú na sútha dative leis an tsú don tsú leis na sútha

Derived terms

• sú craobh (“raspberry”)
• sú talún (“strawberry”)

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “subh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• súghadh (superseded)

Noun

sú m (genitive singular sú, nominative plural súite)

1. verbal noun of súigh
2. absorption, suction
3. (chemistry) occlusion

Declension

Declension of sú (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative sú vocative a shú genitive súite dative sú forms with the definite article case singular nominative an sú genitive an tsúite dative leis an sú don sú

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súgad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “súghadh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mutation

Mutated forms of sú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sú	shú after an, tsú	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Romanization

sú (su², Zhuyin ㄙㄨˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俗

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Noun

sú

1. accusative/dative singular indefinite of sýr

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sō (feminine of *sa (“that”)), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ (feminine of *só (“that”)). Cognate with Old English sēo and þēo, German die.

Pronoun

sú (masculine sá, neuter þat)

1. that, this (nominative and accusative singular feminine demonstrative pronoun)
2. she (third-person nominative and accusative singular feminine personal pronoun)

   Synonym: hón

Declension

Old Norse demonstrative pronouns

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sá	sú	þat
accusative	þann	þá	þat
dative	þeim	þeirri	því, þí
genitive	þess	þeirrar	þess
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	þá	þær	þau
dative	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra

Slovak

Verb

sú

1. third-person plural present of byť

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [su˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂʊw˨˩˦] ~ [sʊw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂʊw˦˥] ~ [sʊw˦˥]

Etymology 1

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Noun

(classifier cây) sú • (藪, 醜, 薮, 櫢)

1. black mangrove (Aegiceras corniculatum)

Etymology 2

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Verb

sú • (擻, 𢹧)

1. to knead (bread or cake dough) with water