sunt
See also: sûnt, sünt, and šunt
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sunt/, [s̠ʊn̪t̪]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sunt/, [sun̪t̪]
Verb
sunt
- third-person plural present active indicative of sum
- Marcus et Lucius sunt nautae.
- Marcus and Lucius are sailors.
- Sunt iuvenēs.
- They are young.
- Sunt silvae in prōvinciā.
- There are forests in the province.
Manx
Etymology
From Middle English sounden, from Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line”) of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sundą.
Verb
sunt (verbal noun suntal or sunteil, past participle suntit)
- (nautical) to sound, fathom, chart by sounding
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sunt | hunt after "yn", tunt | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
sunt
- neuter singular of sunn
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
sunt
- neuter singular of sunn
Old French
Alternative forms
- sont
Verb
sunt
- (Anglo-Norman) third-person plural present indicative of estre
Old Irish
Adverb
sunt
- Alternative spelling of sund
Romanian
Alternative forms
- sînt, sânt
Etymology
From Latin sum (“I am”) and sunt (“they are”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sunt], [sɨnt]
Verb
sunt
- first-person singular present indicative of fi
- Sunt un bărbat.
- I'm a man.
- Sunt un băiat de șapte ani.
- I'm a seven-year-old boy. (literally, I'm a boy of seven years.)
- third-person plural present indicative of fi
- Ei sunt bărbați.
- They are men.
Usage notes
- This word was spelled sînt until the 1993 spelling reform (which also changed sîntem to suntem and sînteți to sunteți). Indeed, the sînt spelling remains common in Moldova and is still used by some in Romania (especially among the older generation). It was also spelled sânt before the 1953 spelling reform.
Synonyms
- îs
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian send, from Proto-West Germanic *sindi, from Proto-Germanic *sindi. Cognates include North Frisian san and German sind.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʊnt/
- Hyphenation: sunt
Verb
sunt
- plural indicative present of weze
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015), “weze”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Swedish
Adjective
sunt
- absolute indefinite neuter singular of sund.
Anagrams
- snut