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sú
sú
See also: Appendix:Variations of "su"
Faroese
Pronoun
sú f (masculine sá, neuter tað)
- (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) | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | tí (tann) | tí / teirri | tí |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | tess | teirrar | tess |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m | f | n |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | teir | tær | tey |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | teir (tá)† | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | teimum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | teirra | ||
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).
Noun
sú m (genitive singular sú, nominative plural súnna)
Declension
Declension of sú
Fourth declension
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Terms derived from sú
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Etymology 2
Noun
sú f (genitive singular sú, nominative plural sútha)
- (red)berry
Declension
Declension of sú
Fourth declension
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Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
sú m (genitive singular sú, nominative plural súite)
- verbal noun of súigh
- absorption, suction
- (chemistry) occlusion
Declension
Declension of sú
Irregular
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sú | shú after an, tsú |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "sú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “súg” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.