Old English · noun

su

Normalised sū

Part of speech: noun, feminine
IPA: /suː/
Syllables: suː (1 syllable)
Modern English: sow

Meaning

sow (female pig)

Declension

Declension of su
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sū	sȳ
Accusative	sū	sȳ
Genitive	sȳ sūe sūwe	sūa sūwa
Dative	sȳ	sūm sūum sūwum

All forms (9)

sū
sȳ
sūe
sūwe
sūa
sūwa
sūm
sūum
sūwum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sū, from Proto-Germanic *sūz, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-. Germanic cognates include Old Saxon sū, Old High German sū (whence German Sau), Old Norse sýr (whence Swedish so). Other Indo-European cognates: Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Latin sus, Russian свинья́ (svinʹjá).

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