suas

See also: súas

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɥa/

Verb

suas

1. second-person singular past historic of suer

Anagrams

• usas

Galician

Verb

suas

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

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish súas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠuəsˠ/

Adverb

suas

1. up, upward (from a level or high to a higher or even higher position)
2. abreast [with le ‘of’]

Usage notes

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

• buail suas (“strike up”)
• caith suas (“throw up”)
• cuir suas (“put up”)
• cuir suas le (“put up with”)
• déan suas (“make, do, up”)
• déan suas le (“make up to, curry favour with”)
• éirigh suas (“rise up; grow up”)
• gléasta suas (“dressed up”)
• leag suas (“lay up”)
• suas le (“up to, nearly”)
• suasaigí (“up you got:”)
• suasán (“shock of hair, tousled hair”)
• tabhair suas (“give up”)
• tar suas
• tarraing suas (“pull, draw, up; halt”)
• tóg suas (“lift, raise, up; take up”)

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

See also

Irish adverbs of direction and position

point of reference	motion toward	stationary position at	stationary position on the indicated side	motion from
above, up	suas	thuas	lastuas	anuas
below, down	síos	thíos	laistíos	aníos
east	soir	thoir	lastoir	anoir
west/back	siar	thiar	laistiar	aniar
north	ó thuaidh	thuaidh	lastuaidh	aduaidh
south	ó dheas	theas	laisteas	aneas
northeast	soir ó thuaidh	thoir thuaidh	—	anoir aduaidh
northwest	siar ó thuaidh	thiar thuaidh	—	aniar aduaidh
southeast	soir ó dheas	thoir theas	—	anoir aneas
southwest	siar ó dheas	thiar theas	—	aniar aneas
over there	sall	thall	lastall	anall
over here	—	—	—	anonn
inside	isteach	istigh	laistigh	—
outside	amach	amuigh	lasmuigh	—

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “suas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “suas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.aːs/, [ˈs̠uäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.as/, [ˈsuːäs]

Pronoun

suās

1. accusative feminine plural of suus

Verb

suās

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of suō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.as/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: su‧as

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

suas

1. feminine plural of seu
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 141:

     Naturalmente, cada um teve seu método e suas prioridades.

     Naturally, each one had his method and his priorities.

Pronoun

suas

1. feminine plural of seu

Noun

suas

1. feminine plural of seu

See also

Portuguese possessives

			singular possessum		plural possessum
			masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
singular possessor	first person		meu	minha	meus	minhas
	second person		teu	tua	teus	tuas
	third person	any	seu	sua	seus	suas
		m	dele
		f	dela
plural possessor	first person		nosso	nossa	nossos	nossas
	second person		vosso	vossa	vossos	vossas
	third person	any	seu	sua	seus	suas
		m	deles
		f	delas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

suas

1. second-person singular present indicative of suar

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪uəs̪/

Adverb

suas

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

   Antonym: sìos

Usage notes

• 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.

Derived terms

• cum suas ri
• thoir suas
• toirt suas

See also

Scottish Gaelic adverbs of direction and position

point of reference	motion toward	stationary position at	motion from
above, up	suas	shuas	a-nuas
below, down	sìos	shìos	a-nìos
east	an ear, sear
west	an iar, siar
north	a tuath
south	a deas
over there	a-null, a-nunn	thall	a-nall, a-bhos
over here	a-nall, a-bhos	a-bhos	a-null, a-nunn
abroad	a-null thairis	thall thairis	a-nall thairis
inside	a-steach	a-staigh	—
outside	a-mach	a-muigh	—

Preposition

suas

1. up

   Antonym: sìos