Translingual

Prefix

S-

1. (chemistry) one of two mirror-image forms of a stereocentre, part of a diastereomer

Antonyms

• R-

Coordinate terms

• RS-

See also

• D-
• L-
• DL-

English

Prefix

s-

1. (physics) subatomic particles predicted by supersymmetry; the boson equivalent of known fermions

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of sec-. (secondary)

Prefix

s-

1. (organic chemistry) secondary form

Synonyms

• sec-

Coordinate terms

• n- (normal form)
• t- (tertiary form)

Derived terms

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Latin sē- ‎(“without”).

Prefix

s-

1. separately, astray
2. without

Derived terms

• s‑kä (Gheg)
• s‑kimi (Gheg)
• s‑kana (Gheg)

Czech

Prefix

s-

1. A prefix, usually indicating either movement together or movement downwards.

Antonyms

• roz-

Derived terms

Related terms

• s

Italian

Etymology

In most cases, this prefix stems from Latin ex- (see ex). In some cases, it stems from Latin dis-.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s/, [s̪] (before voiceless consonants)
• IPA^(key): /s/, [z̪] (before voiced consonants)

Prefix

s-

1. Used to form words that have an opposing sense: un-, in-.

   s- + ‎fatto ‎(“done”, “made”) → ‎sfatto ‎(“(of a bed) unmade”)

2. Used to form verbs that have a sense of undoing an action: de-, dis-, un-.

   s- + ‎gancio ‎(“hook”) → ‎sganciare ‎(“to unhook”)

   s- + ‎borsa ‎(“bag”) → ‎sborsare ‎(“to disburse”)

3. Used to express a pejorative sense.

   s- + ‎bocca ‎(“mouth”) → ‎sboccato ‎(“foul-mouthed”)

4. Used to form verbs with a sense of exit, separation: dis-, ex-, trans-.

   s- + ‎buco ‎(“hole”) → ‎sbucare ‎(“to pop out”)

   s- + ‎confine ‎(“boundary”) → ‎sconfinare ‎(“to stray away from”)

5. Used to derive verbs from a noun, adjective or verb.

   s- + ‎bianco ‎(“white”) → ‎sbiancare ‎(“to whiten or bleach”).

   s- + ‎gocciola ‎(“droplet”) → ‎sgocciolare ‎(“to drip”).

6. Used as an intensifier.

   s- + ‎cacciare ‎(“to hunt”, “to drive away”) → ‎scacciare ‎(“to expel”, “to drive away”).

7. Reduced form of dis-.

   discendere ‎(“to descend”) → ‎scendere.

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ Migliorini, Bruno; Aldo Duro (1950), “s-”, in Prontuario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Paravia

Old Irish

Prefix

s- ‎(class A infixed pronoun) (triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others)

1. her (object pronoun)
2. them

See also

Derived terms

Polish

Alternative forms

• z-
• ś- (before "ci")

Prefix

s-

1. Used before voiceless consonants to form a verb in a perfective aspect from a verb in an imperfective aspect.

   całkować → scałkować

   chłodzić → schłodzić

   chodzić → schodzić

   chować → schować

   chudnąć → schudnąć

   fałszować → sfałszować

   filmować → sfilmować

   formułować → sformułować

   kasować → skasować

   kleić → skleić

   konstruować → skonstruować

   padać → spadać

   pisać → spisać

   pływać → spływać

   topić → stopić

Usage notes

• Some perfective verbs have a different meaning than their imperfective equivalents. For example: chodzić (to walk) / schodzić (to get off), pływać (to swim) / spływać (to drain).

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (before affricates, fricatives and certain consonant clusters): sa-

Prefix

s- ‎(Cyrillic spelling с-)

1. Prepended to verbs, usually forming a perfective from an imperfective verb.

   pùstiti → spùstiti

   znȁti → sàznati

   lòmiti → slòmiti

   glȅdati → sàgledati

   kȕpiti → skȕpiti

   klòniti → sklòniti

   náći → snȃći

References

• “s-” in Hrvatski jezični portal