sot

From Proto-Albanian *tˢjādīti, from a Pre-Albanian (post-Proto-Indo-European) *ḱyeh₂ dh₂itéy (dative-locative compound, literally “this day”). Same type of construction as sonte, sivjet. See also ditë, which is related to the second component.


sot

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia root *(t)sott-.


sot

From Latin exsūctus (compare Italian asciutto, Venetan suto, Friulian sut, Spanish enjuto, Portuguese enxuto) or Latin suctus (compare Romanian supt).


sot

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sot c (singular definite soten, plural indefinite soter)

soten (definite singular)
soter (indefinite plural)

From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz, cognate with Norwegian sott, Swedish sot (archaic), German Sucht. Derived from the verb *seukaną.


sot

Remember
 First to possess his books; for without them
 He's but a sot, as I am […]

1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

c. 1670-1680, John Oldham, The Eighth Satire of Monsieur Boileau, imitated
In Egypt oft has seen the Sot bow down,
And reverence some deified Baboon.

Every sign
 That calls the staring sots to nasty wine.

1684, Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon, Essay on Translated Verse:

Take a picture by Teniers, of sots quarrelling over their dice; it is an entirely clever picture; so clever that nothing in its kind has ever been done equal to it; but it is also an entirely base and evil picture.

April 21, 1864, John Ruskin, "Traffic", Unto This Last and Other Writings, New York: Penguin (1997), p. 235

From Middle English sot, from Old English sot, sott (“foolish, stupid”), from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of obscure origin and relation. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to French zut! (“damn it!”).
Compare Middle Low German sot (“insane, foolish, stupid”), Middle Dutch sot ("foolish, absurd, stupid"; > modern Dutch zot), French sot (“stupid, foolish, goofy”).

unk

obscure

onomatopoeic

expressive

gloss

"foolish, absurd, stupid"; > modern Dutch <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">zot</i>


sot

I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted.

1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

en-verb

sot (third-person singular simple present sots, present participle sotting, simple past and past participle sotted)

sots (present singular third-person)
sotting (participle present)
sotted (participle past)
sotted (past)

From Middle English sotten, from the adjective (see above).


sot

Ngl still damn sot about PV barging into Pasir Ris-Punggol and forcing a vote-split. The disrespect towards SDA was NOT ACCEPTABLE

(Singapore, colloquial, vulgar) Upset, unhappy or bitter about something.

en-adj

sot (comparative more sot, superlative most sot)

more sot (comparative)
most sot (superlative)


sot

all swe [software engineers] recently sot sot one. spent the last 3 years chasing too much headline salaries but now tech winter so all scared and frustrated . frustrations boiling over

2024 April 3, Unregistered, “Shopee fresh grad pay”, in Salary.sg Forums:

(Singlish, Manglish) Insane, crazy, screwed up.

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sot (comparative more sot, superlative most sot, reduplicated sot sot)

more sot (comparative)
most sot (superlative)
sot sot (reduplication)

From Cantonese short (sot¹, “crazy”), itself a clipping of English short circuit.


sot

my stock horn sot sot liao

2009 May 29, anric79, “[Group] YAMAHA Fazer”, in singaporebikes.com:

(Singlish, Manglish, intransitive) To short circuit, to go haywire or malfunction.

All these delusional ACN graduates. Must be OT so much until brain sot liao

2021 July 13, Unregistered, “Roles in accenture singapore”, in Salary.sg Forums:

(Singlish, Manglish, intransitive) To go crazy.


sot

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2009, Gabriël Bakkum, The Latin dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 years of scholarship (in English), Vossiuspers UvA, page 529:

third-person plural present active indicative of 𐌄𐌔𐌞 (esú)


sot

fr-adj

sot (feminine sotte, masculine plural sots, feminine plural sottes)

sotte (feminine)
sots (masculine plural)
sottes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French sot, from Old French soz, from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to modern zut! (“damn it!”). This Latin word was borrowed into Germanic languages such as Dutch zot, Old English sott (modern English sot).

onomatopoeic

expressive


sot

expressive


sot

From Latin subtus, which is derived from Latin sub. Cognate to Ladin sot, Romansch sut, suot, Venetan sóto, Italian sotto, French sous, Romanian sub, supt.


sot

second-person plural present/preterite indicative

first/third-person singular preterite indicative

inflection of soen:
second-person plural imperative


sot

One who lacks wisdom, knowledge, or intelligence; a stupid person.

A villainous or dishonest individual; a rogue or scoundrel.

(derogatory) Used as a general-purpose insult.

enm-noun

sot (plural sottes or (Early ME) sotten)

sottes (plural)
sotten (Early-Middle-English plural)
sotte (alternative)
sote (alternative)
sott (alternative)
soth (alternative)

English: sot

Scots: sot

From Old English sot, sott, from Medieval Latin sottus, reinforced by Old French sot (“idiotic”), of obscure origin. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to modern French zut! (“damn it!”).

onomatopoeic

expressive


sot

sotte (plural)
sotte (singular weak)
sotte (alternative)
sote (alternative)
sott (alternative)
soth (alternative)

expressive


sot

sota (definite singular)
soten (definite singular)
sotet (definite singular)

From Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.


sot

sota (definite singular)
sotet (definite singular)


sot

sōt (canonical neuter)
sōt (nominative singular)
sōt (nominative plural)
sōt (accusative singular)
sōt (accusative plural)
sōtes (genitive singular)
sōta (genitive plural)
sōte (dative singular)
sōtum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: soot, soeth, sood, soote, sot, sote, soth, soyte, suotte, sude, sute (Northern)
English: soot
Scots: suit, sute
Yola: zoot

From Proto-Germanic *sōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).


sot

sōt (canonical feminine)
sōt (indefinite nominative singular)
sōttin (definite nominative singular)
sōtti (indefinite nominative plural)
sōttir (indefinite nominative plural)
-e (indefinite nominative plural)
-er (indefinite nominative plural)
sōttina (definite nominative plural)
sōttinar (definite nominative plural)
sōttena (definite nominative plural)
sōttenar (definite nominative plural)
sōt (accusative indefinite singular)
sōttina (accusative definite singular)
-ena (accusative definite singular)
sōtti (accusative indefinite plural)
sōttir (accusative indefinite plural)
-e (accusative indefinite plural)
-er (accusative indefinite plural)
sōttina (accusative definite plural)
sōttinar (accusative definite plural)
sōttena (accusative definite plural)
sōttenar (accusative definite plural)
sōt (dative indefinite singular)
sōttinni (dative definite singular)
-inne (dative definite singular)
sōttum (dative indefinite plural)
-om (dative indefinite plural)
sōttumin (dative definite plural)
-omen (dative definite plural)
sōtta (genitive indefinite singular)
sōttar (genitive indefinite singular)
sōttinna (definite genitive singular)
sōttinnar (definite genitive singular)
sōtta (genitive indefinite plural)
sōttanna (definite genitive plural)

Swedish: sot

From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.


sot

“I wisna a grain feart.” “Ye wis sot. Ye ran like the rest o's.”

“I wasn't scared at all.” “You was so. You ran like the rest of us.”


sot

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

Pronunciation spelling of sortu (“what kind of”).


sot

sot (indefinite nominative singular)
sots (genitive indefinite singular)
sotet (definite nominative singular)
sotets (definite genitive singular)

From Old Swedish sōt, from Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.


sot

sot (indefinite nominative singular)
sots (genitive indefinite singular)
soten (definite nominative singular)
sotens (definite genitive singular)
soter (indefinite nominative plural)
soters (genitive indefinite plural)
soterna (definite nominative plural)
soternas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish sōt, from Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.


sot

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Sotho.


sot

sots (nominative plural)
sot (nominative singular)
sots (nominative plural)
sota (genitive singular)
sotas (genitive plural)
sote (dative singular)
sotes (dative plural)
soti (accusative singular)
sotis (accusative plural)
o sot! (singular vocative)
o sots! (plural vocative)
sotu (predicative singular)
sotus (plural predicative)


sot

From Proto-Nuristani *satta, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saptá, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.


sot

Borrowed from Spanish azote, from Arabic السَوْط (as-sawṭ, “the whip”).