süü

See also: suu, Suu, sū, and Sửu

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *süü, from Proto-Uralic *süji or *süxi. Cognates include Finnish syy, Komi-Zyrian си (śi). The abstract meaning is specific to Baltic-Finnic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsyː/, [ˈsyː]
  • Rhymes: -yː
  • Hyphenation: süü

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. fault, error
  2. guilt
  3. blame

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “süü”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language]‎ (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
  • süü in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
  • süü in Sõnaveeb

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *süü.

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. fault
  2. guilt
  3. reason, cause

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *süü.

Pronunciation
  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsyː/, [ˈsʲyː]
  • Rhymes: -yː
  • Hyphenation: süü

Noun

süü

  1. fault, error
  2. guilt
  3. blame
  4. reason, cause

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
  • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2nd edition, Tallinn
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