# sy
## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /səi/

### Etymology 1

From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.

#### Pronoun

sy (object haar, possessive haar)
* she (subject)

##### Alternative forms

* sij (obsolete)

##### See also
### Etymology 2

From Dutch zijn.

#### Determiner

sy
* his
* its

##### Alternative forms

* sij (obsolete)
* sijn (obsolete)
* syn (obsolete)

##### See also
### Etymology 3

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

#### Noun

sy (plural sye)
* side

### Etymology 4

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Latin sēda.

#### Noun

sy (uncountable)
* silk

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

sy
* present subjunctive of wees

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* sŷ (Gheg)
* saj [saj] (Northeastern Gheg)

### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *asī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁ (dual), from singular *h₃okʷ- (compare Lithuanian akìs, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse, “eyes”), English eye).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sy/

### Noun

sy m (plural sy, definite syri, definite plural sytë)
* (anatomy) eye

#### Derived terms

* syze
* syth

### References

* ↑ Mann, S. E. (1948) “sŷ”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 170a
* ↑ “Dil te kroni cuco” (“Go out to the fountain my young lady”), 00m45s, by Sinan Vllasaliu (Kosovo-Albanian known singer, from Prishtina).

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną, cognate with Swedish sy, English sew. The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”), which is also the source of Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), Lithuanian siū́ti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /syː/, [syːˀ]
* Homophone: syg

### Verb

sy (present tense syr or syer, past syede, past participle syet)
* sew
* stitch

#### Conjugation

activepassive
present
syr or syer
sys or syes
past
syede
syedes
infinitive
sy
sys or syes
imperative
sy
participle
present
syende
past
syet (auxiliary verb have)
gerund
syen :

#### Derived terms

* syer
* syerske
* syning

#### References

* “sy” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Egyptian
### Romanization

sy
* Alternative transliteration of zy.

## Guaraní
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *tɨ.
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní xy and Old Tupi sy

### Pronunciation

IPA: /sɨ/
* (Paraguayan Guarani, Eastern Guarani, Southwestern Guarani) IPA: [sɨˠ], [sɯ].
* Rhymes: -ɨ

### Noun

sy (plural sykuéra)
* mother, mom
    Che sy sa'y ohayhuvéva ha'e hovy.My mother's favorite colour is blue.

## Indonesian
### Pronoun

sy
* (text messaging) Abbreviation of saya.
    Synonyms: gw, w

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *esi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɨ]

### Verb

sy
* second-person singular present of byś

## Malay
### Pronoun

sy
* (informal, text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of saya (“I”).

## Middle English
### Noun

sy
* Alternative form of siȝe

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse sýja.

### Verb

sy (imperative sy, present tense syr, simple past sydde, past participle sydd)
* to sew
* to stitch

#### Derived terms

* sying
* symaskin
* synål

### References

* “sy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną.

#### Verb

sy (present tense syr, past tense sydde, past participle sytt/sydd, passive infinitive syast, present participle syande, imperative sy)
* (transitive) to sew
* (transitive, ergative) to stitch

##### Derived terms

* bordsy
* durksy
* randsy
* skreddarsy
* sy puter under armane på
* syar
* sydame
* syerske
* sying
* syklubb
* symaskin
* synål

##### Related terms

* saum m

### Etymology 2

Short form of syde.

#### Verb

sy (present tense syd, past tense saud, supine sodi)
* (pre-1959) alternative form of syde

### References

* “sy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /syː/

### Verb

sȳ
* Alternative form of sīe

## Old Tupi
### Alternative forms

* xy

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *tɨ.
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní xy and Guaraní sy

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɨ/
* Rhymes: -ɨ
* Hyphenation: sy

### Noun

sy (possessable)
* mother (one's female parent)
    Synonym: a'i
    Hyponym: a'ysy
* (figurative) origin; beginning

#### Synonyms

* mãîa

#### Derived terms

* kûarasy
* mendy
* sy'yra
* sye'yma
* syge'oka
* symena

### Adjective

sy (noun form sy)
* motherful (having a mother)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 569
* Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts]‎ (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sy”, 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 450, column 1

## Portuguese
### Pronoun

sy
* Obsolete spelling of si.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse sýja.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

sy (present syr, preterite sydde, supine sytt, imperative sy)
* to sew

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Derived terms

* sy in
* syförening
* syjunta
* symaskin
* synål

#### Related terms

* söm
* sömmare
* sömmerska
* sömnad

### Further reading

* sy in Svensk ordbok.

## Upper Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɨ/
* Rhymes: -ɨ
* Syllabification: sy

### Verb

sy
* second-person singular present of być
    Ty sy rjany.You are beautiful.

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /sɨː/
* (South Wales) IPA: /siː/
* Rhymes: -ɨː

### Verb

sy (not mutable)
* Alternative form of sydd

## West Frisian
### Pronunciation

* (Clay) IPA: /sɛi̯/
* (Wood) IPA: /si/
* (unstressed) IPA: /sə/

### Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *iz and *hiz. For the sibilant onset, compare other West Germanic cognates (Dutch zij, German Sie, and possibly English she).

#### Pronoun

sy
* she (third-person singular feminine pronoun)
    Synonym: hja
    Sy die.She did.

##### Inflection

$^1$ Now mostly archaic and unused.

#### References

* ↑ https://gtb.ivdnt.org/iWDB/search?wdb=WFT&actie=article&id=86241

#### Further reading

* “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronoun

sy
* they (third-person plural pronoun)
    Synonym: hja
    Sy dienen.They did.

##### Inflection

$^1$ Now mostly archaic and unused.

##### Further reading

* “sy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011