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, 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

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
• caith suas
• cuir suas
• cuir suas le
• déan suas
• déan suas le
• éirigh suas
• gléasta suas
• leag suas
• suas le
• suasaigí
• suasán
• tabhair suas
• tar suas
• tarraing suas
• tóg suas

 

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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “suas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “suas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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: your, his/her, their
   • 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.

Usage notes

• See seu for a discussion of when this form is used and what its meaning is.

Pronoun

suas

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:suas.

See also

			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

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. (Eastern Highlands) west(wards)

   Antonym: sìos

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