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suas

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See also: súas

French

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Verb

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suas

  1. second-person singular past historic of suer

Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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suas

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of suar

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish súas.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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suas

  1. up, upwards (from a level or high to a higher or even higher position)
    1. to higher place or station
    2. at, towards, a higher level
    3. to erect position
    4. towards maturity
    5. to the south
    6. to major centre
    7. to position regarded as forward
    8. to point abreast of
    9. in confrontation with
    10. (time) onwards
    11. (genealogy, of ancestral line) backwards
    12. on high, risen
    13. astir, amiss
    14. offered for sale
    15. in existence
    16. with vigour
    17. fully, completely

Usage notes

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Suas implies upward movement away from the speaker (or some contextually relevant reference point); it contrasts with aníos, which implies upward movement toward the speaker (or reference point).

Derived terms

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See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs formed with "suas"

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Further reading

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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suās

  1. accusative feminine plural of suus

Verb

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suās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of suō

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: su‧as

Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

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suas

  1. feminine plural of seu: your, his/her, their
Usage notes
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  • See seu for a discussion of when this form is used and what its meaning is.

Pronoun

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suas

  1. feminine plural of seu: yours, his/hers, theirs

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:suas.

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Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person meu minha meus minhas
Second person teu tua teus tuas
Third person seu sua seus suas
Plural First person nosso nossa nossos nossas
Second person vosso vossa vossos vossas
Third person seu sua seus suas
See also: Appendix:Possessive#Portuguese


Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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suas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of suar

Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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suas

  1. up (implies motion)
  2. up south, up southwards
  3. (Eastern Highlands) west, westwards)
    Antonym: sìos

Usage notes

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  • The meaning of sìos as "down north" and suas as "up south", as opposed to the usual English down south and up north, is notably followed in the Highland English spoken in Uist.

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Preposition

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suas

  1. up
    Antonym: sìos