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sunt

sunt

See also: sûnt, sünt, and šunt

Latin

Verb

sunt

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of sum
    Marcus et Lucius sunt nautae. — "Marcus and Lucius are sailors."
    Sunt iuvenēs. — "They are young."
    Sunt silvae in prōvinciā. — "There are forests in the province."

Manx

Etymology

From Middle English sounden, from Old French sonder, from sonde (sounding line) of Germanic origin.

Verb

sunt (verbal noun suntal or sunteil, past participle suntit)

  1. (nautical) to sound, fathom, chart by sounding

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sunt hunt
after "yn", tunt
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

sunt

  1. neuter singular of sunn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

sunt

  1. neuter singular of sunn

Old French

Alternative forms

Verb

sunt

  1. (Anglo-Norman) third-person plural present indicative of estre

Old Irish

Adverb

sunt

  1. Alternative spelling of sund

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin sum (I am) and sunt (they are)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sunt], [sɨnt]

Verb

sunt

  1. first-person singular present tense form of fi.
    Sunt un bărbat.
    I'm a man.
    Sunt un băiat de șapte ani.
    I'm a seven-year-old boy. (literally, I'm a boy of seven years.)
  2. third-person plural present tense form of fi.
    Ei sunt bărbați.
    They are men.

Usage notes

  • This word was spelled sînt until the 1993 spelling reform (which also changed sîntem to suntem and sînteți to sunteți). Indeed, the sînt spelling is still used by some in Romania (especially among the older generation), and remains common in the Republic of Moldova.

Synonyms


Saterland Frisian

Verb

sunt

  1. Form of weese

Swedish

Adjective

sunt

  1. absolute indefinite neuter form of sund.