sy

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sy"

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səi/

Etymology 1

From Dutch zij, from Middle Dutch si.

Pronoun

sy (object haar, possessive haar)

1. she (subject)

Alternative forms

• sij (obsolete)

See also

Afrikaans personal pronouns

			subjective	objective	possessive determiner	possessive pronoun
singular	1st		ek	my		myne
	2nd		jy	jou		joune
	2nd, formal		u			u s’n
	3rd	masc	hy	hom	sy	syne
		fem	sy	haar		hare
		neut	dit		sy	syne
plural	1st		ons			ons s’n
	2nd		julle / jul1			julle s’n
	3rd		hulle / hul1			hulle s’n

¹ The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Etymology 2

From Dutch zijn.

Determiner

sy

1. his
2. its

Alternative forms

• sij (obsolete)
• sijn (obsolete)
• syn (obsolete)

See also

Afrikaans personal pronouns

			subjective	objective	possessive determiner	possessive pronoun
singular	1st		ek	my		myne
	2nd		jy	jou		joune
	2nd, formal		u			u s’n
	3rd	masc	hy	hom	sy	syne
		fem	sy	haar		hare
		neut	dit		sy	syne
plural	1st		ons			ons s’n
	2nd		julle / jul1			julle s’n
	3rd		hulle / hul1			hulle s’n

¹ The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Etymology 3

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Noun

sy (plural sye)

1. side

Etymology 4

From Dutch zijde, zij, from Middle Dutch side, from Old Dutch *sīda, from Latin sēda.

Noun

sy (uncountable)

1. silk

Etymology 5

Verb

sy

1. present subjunctive of wees