# suí
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [suˈi]

### Verb

suí
* first-person singular preterite indicative of suar

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sˠiː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish suide (compare Welsh sedd), from Proto-Celtic *sodyom, from Proto-Indo-European *sodyom (compare Latin solium (“seat, chair”), from *sed-.

#### Alternative forms

* suidhe (superseded)

#### Noun

suí m (genitive singular as substantive suí, genitive as verbal noun suite, nominative plural suíonna)
* verbal noun of suigh
    Tá mé i mo shuí. ― I am sitting; I am up (i.e. out of bed).
* sitting position
* state of being arisen
* state of being roused
* session
* seat, location
* situation, position
* squatting; encampment
* siege
* setting, letting
* (literary) seat, buttocks

##### Declension
###### As substantive

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
suí
suíonna
vocative
a shuí
a shuíonna
genitive
suí
suíonna
dative
suí
suíonna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an suí
na suíonna
genitive
an tsuí
na suíonna
dative
leis an suí don suí
leis na suíonna :

###### As verbal noun

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
suí
vocative
a shuí
genitive
suite
dative
suí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an suí
genitive
an tsuite
dative
leis an suí don suí :

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

suí
* present subjunctive analytic of suigh

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “suiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 702
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “suí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “suí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
* Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44

## Mandarin
### Romanization

suí (sui$^2$, Zhuyin ㄙㄨㄟˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 綏 / 绥
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 绝
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遀
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遂
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隋
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 随
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隨 / 随
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 绥

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *suwits, from *su- (“good”) +‎ *wid- (“knowing”), the root ultimately being Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsui̯/

### Noun

suí m (genitive süad, nominative plural suïd)
* sage, scholar

#### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: suí
** Irish: saoi
** Scottish Gaelic: saoidh (“worthy, righteous person”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Stifter, David (2011) “Lack of Syncope and other nichtlautgesetzlich Vowel Developments in OIr. Consonant-Stem Nouns. Animacy Rearing its Head in Morphology?”, in Thomas Krisch, Thomas Lindner, Michael Crombach, Stefan Niederreiter, editors, Indogermanistik und Linguistikim Dialog Akten der XIII. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaftvom 21. bis 27. September 2008 in Salzburg, Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 556–565

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “suí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Tupi
### Alternative forms

* xuí
Historical spellings :
| Anchieta (1555) | çuî |
| Araújo (1618) | çuî |
| VLB (1624) | çuŷ |
| Bettendorff (1687) | çüí |

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani [Term?]. Semantic loan from Portuguese de in senses marked with Late Tupi.
Cognate with Guaraní gui.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [suˈi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: su‧í

### Postposition

suí
* from, indicating source or provenance
** 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Outra” (chapter XXVIII), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 28v, column 2, lines 9–12; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 66:Ibaca çuy ereiur […][Ybaka suí ereîur […] ]You came from the sky.
* from, indicating removal or separation
** 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Outra” (chapter LXXV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 173v, column 2, lines 13–16; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 325:Jeſu ereme mochi / ciquigeu onhanaupa / Tupã ci rera rẽdupa / obebe yandeçui[Jesu 'ereme moxy / sykyîéû onhana'upa / Tupã sy rera rendupa / obebé îandé suí]When he says “Jesus”, the evil ones run away in fear. Hearing the Mother of God's name, they fly away from us.
** 1645 October 21, Diogo Pinheiro Camarão, Letter to Baltazar Araberana, Gaspar Cararu, Jandaia and Pedro Valadin (Camarão Indians' letters; 6), page 1:Maranamope pejeguacem ore cuj Na oreanama rua tepia pee[Marãnamope peîegûasem oré suí? Na oré anama ruãtepiã peẽ?]Why do you run away from us? But aren't you our family?
* from, indicating a starting point in time
* among
    Synonym: pupé
** 1686 [1618], Antônio de Araújo, “Ave Maria”, in Bartolomeu de Leão, editor, Cateciſmo Braſilico da Doutrina Chriſtãa [Brazilian Catechism of the Christian Doctrine], 2 edition, Livro 1 […] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Miguel Deslandes, page 139:[…] imombëú catúpyramo ereicó cunhã çüí; imombëú catúpyrabé ndemembyra JESUS.[ […] i mombe'ukatupyramo ereîkó kunhã suí; i mombe'ukatupyra bé nde membyra Jesus.]Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
* so as not to
    Synonym: na
** 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Outra” (chapter XXVIII), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 28v, column 2, lines 27–28; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 66:Jori Anhãga mõdija / ore moauge çuj.[Îori, anhanga mondyîa / oré moaûîé suí.]Come, driving away the devil so he doesn't defeat us.
* because of; due to
    Synonyms: esé, ri, -reme
** c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L$^{ço}$ [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 140, lines 268–269; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 266:Cabeipora çuibe / oyoapixa pixapa[Sabeypora suí bé / oîoapixapixapa]Because of the drunkenness, too, they keep hitting each other.
* instead of; rather than; other than
    Synonym: aroane'ym
** 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter 1, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Quinto do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 81:Deicatuipe amo aè abâ / oporomongaraipa Abarêçuî[Nd'e'ikatuîpe amõaé abá oporomongaraípa abaré suí?]Can't other person baptize instead of the priest?
* besides
** 1687, João Filipe Bettendorff, Compendio da Doutrina Christãa Na lingua Portugueza, e Brasilica [Compendium of the Christian Doctrine in the Portuguese and Brasílica Language] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), page 74, column 2; republished as José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, editor, Lisbon: Offic. de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1800:[…] aipo ndereaiimombëuagoêra çüí?[ […] aîpó nde remimombe'uagûera suí?]Besides the ones you mentioned?
* -er; more, forms the comparative
** 1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter X, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 43:[…] xecatûetê ndè çuî […] Aicuâb etê ndê çuî […][ […] xe katueté nde suí […] Aîkuabeté nde suí […] ]I'm better than you. I know more than you.
* without
** 1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter X, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 43:[…] Ambaêû ndè çuî […][ […] Amba'e'u nde suí […] ]I eat without you.
* indicates that a verb or adjective applies to only a part of a whole entity
** 1618, Antônio de Araújo, Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language]‎, 1 edition (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 101v:(please add the primary text of this quotation)[Erepûarype kunhã muru'abora resé, pitanga îukábo i xuí?]Have you hit a pregnant woman, killing her baby?the gerund îukábo ("killing") applies to the baby, but not to their mother.
** 1622, anonymous author, “Doer-me como a ferida etc.”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 105; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:Çacig xeacanga xeçuŷ.[Sasy xe akanga xe suí.]It's painful, my headOnly the head hurts, not the rest of the body.
* (Late Tupi) of, expressing composition, substance
** 1686 [1618], Antônio de Araújo, edited by Bartolomeu de Leão, Cateciſmo Braſilico da Doutrina Chriſtãa [Brazilian Catechism of the Christian Doctrine], 2 edition, Cateciſmo […] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Miguel Deslandes, page 15:Marã, itánhépe, coipó ybyrá, nhäûma çüí imonhanghimbyra nhé pe acé oimoeté?[Marã, itanhẽpe, koîpó ybyrá, nha'uma suí i monhangymbyra nhẽpe asé oîmoeté?]What about stone or wood? Do people essentially worship what is made of clay?

#### Descendants

* Nheengatu: suí

### References

* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “suí”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 447, columns 1–2