"sy" meaning in Danish

See sy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /syː/, [syːˀ]
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. Etymology templates: {{der|da|non|sýja}} Old Norse sýja, {{der|da|gem-pro|*siwjaną}} Proto-Germanic *siwjaną, {{cog|sv|sy}} Swedish sy, {{cog|en|sew}} English sew, {{der|da|ine-pro|*syuh₁-||to sew}} Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”), {{cog|la|suō}} Latin suō, {{cog|sa|सीव्यति|tr=sī́vyati}} Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), {{cog|lt|siū́ti}} Lithuanian siū́ti Head templates: {{head|da|verb|present tense|syr|or|syer|past|syede|past participle|syet}} sy (present tense syr or syer, past syede, past participle syet) Forms: syr [present], syer [present], syede [past], syet [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], syr [active, present], syer [active, present], sys [passive, present], syes [passive, present], syede [active, past], syedes [passive, past], sy [active, infinitive], sys [infinitive, passive], syes [infinitive, passive], sy [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], syende [participle, present], syet [participle, past], auxiliary verb have [participle, past], syen [gerund, participle]
  1. sew
    Sense id: en-sy-da-verb-KY5Wwc-9 Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
  2. stitch
    Sense id: en-sy-da-verb-hkpCxL-B
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: syer, syerske, syning

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "syer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "syerske"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "syning"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "sýja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse sýja",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*siwjaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *siwjaną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "sy"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish sy",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sew"
      },
      "expansion": "English sew",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*syuh₁-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to sew"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "suō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin suō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "सीव्यति",
        "tr": "sī́vyati"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "siū́ti"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian siū́ti",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "syr",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syer",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syede",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syr",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sys",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syedes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sys",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "syet",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "present tense",
        "4": "syr",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "syer",
        "7": "past",
        "8": "syede",
        "9": "past participle"
      },
      "expansion": "sy (present tense syr or syer, past syede, past participle syet)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sew"
      ],
      "id": "en-sy-da-verb-KY5Wwc-9",
      "links": [
        [
          "sew",
          "sew"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stitch"
      ],
      "id": "en-sy-da-verb-hkpCxL-B",
      "links": [
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/syː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[syːˀ]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "syg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sy"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Danish terms with homophones",
    "Danish verbs",
    "Pages with 18 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian personal pronouns",
    "West Frisian pronouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "syer"
    },
    {
      "word": "syerske"
    },
    {
      "word": "syning"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "sýja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse sýja",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*siwjaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *siwjaną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "sy"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish sy",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sew"
      },
      "expansion": "English sew",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*syuh₁-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to sew"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "suō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin suō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "सीव्यति",
        "tr": "sī́vyati"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "siū́ti"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian siū́ti",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "syr",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syer",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syede",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syr",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sys",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syedes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sys",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "syet",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "present tense",
        "4": "syr",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "syer",
        "7": "past",
        "8": "syede",
        "9": "past participle"
      },
      "expansion": "sy (present tense syr or syer, past syede, past participle syet)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sew"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sew",
          "sew"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stitch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/syː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[syːˀ]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "syg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sy"
}

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