English

Noun

Sunna ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative form of sunnah

Hausa

Noun

sunnā̀ f ‎(plural sunnoni)

1. (Islam) sunnah

Verb

sunnā̀ ‎(grade 1)

1. (with an indirect object) To give something secretly to someone.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sunna, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén < *sóh₂wl̥.

Germanic cognates: Faroese sunna, English sun, West Frisian sinne, Low German Sünn, Zunne, Dutch zon, German Sonne, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 ‎(sunnō).

Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit स्वर्, Greek ἥλιος, Latin sol, Old Church Slavonic слъньцє (Russian солнце), Latvian saũle, Welsh haul.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏnːa

Noun

sunna f ‎(genitive singular sunnu, nominative plural sunnur)

1. (poetic) sun

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (sun): sól f

Derived terms

• sunnudagur

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén < *sóh₂wl̥. Compare Old Saxon sunna, Old High German sunna, Old Frisian sunne, Old English sunne, Old Norse sunna.

Noun

sunna f

1. sun

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: sonne
  • Dutch: zon

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, whence also Old English sunne. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén < *sóh₂wl̥. Compare Old Saxon sunna, Old Dutch sunna, Old English sunne, Old Norse sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 ‎(sunnō).

Noun

sunna f

1. sun

Descendants

• Middle High German sunne
  • German: Sonne
  • Yiddish: זון ‎(zun)

Old Irish

Adverb

sunna

1. Alternative spelling of sund

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, whence also Old English sunne. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén < *sóh₂wl̥. Compare Old Dutch sunna, Old English sunne, Old Frisian sunne, Old High German sunna, Old Norse sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 ‎(sunnō).

Noun

sunna f

1. sun

Declension

Descendants

• German Low German: Sünn
• Dutch Low Saxon: Zunne
• Plautdietsch: Sonn