suci

See also: súci, sucî, suĉi, sūci, Suci, and SUCI

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese śuci (“pure”), from Sanskrit शुचि (śuci, “clean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sut͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -ut͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: su‧ci

Adjective

suci (Balinese script ᬰᬸᬘᬶ)

1. holy, sacred.

Noun

suci (Balinese script ᬰᬸᬘᬶ)

1. food whose side dishes are made from duck meat
2. offerings used in small ceremonies consisting of white and yellow cakes

Further reading

• “suci”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• soetji (1901–1947)
• sutji (1947–1972)

Etymology

From Malay suci, from Pali suci, from Sanskrit शुचि (śuci). Doublet of cuci (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsut͡ʃi/ [ˈsu.t͡ʃi]
• Rhymes: -ut͡ʃi
• Syllabification: su‧ci

Adjective

suci (comparative lebih suci, superlative paling suci or tersuci, equative sesuci)

1. holy

   Synonym: kudus

2. sacred

   Synonyms: keramat, sakral

3. innocent

   Synonym: maksum

4. (figuratively) pure (spiritual)

   Synonyms: murni, putih

5. clean, pure (in religious context)

   Synonyms: bersih, nirmala

   Antonym: kotor

Derived terms

• bersuci
• kesucian
• menyucikan
• penyuci
• penyucian
• persucian
• tersuci

Related terms

• cuci (“to wash”)

Further reading

• “suci”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

suci

1. romanization of ꦱꦸꦕꦶ

Latin

Noun

sūcī

1. inflection of sūcus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit शुचि (śuci).

Adjective

suci (Jawi spelling سوچي, comparative lebih suci, superlative paling suci)

1. pure, clean
2. holy

Synonyms

• bersih
• begawan (classical)
• kudus
• nirmala (classical)
• pawitera (classical)
• soleh

Further reading

• "suci" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀼𑀘𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• सुचि (Devanagari script)
• সুচি (Bengali script)
• සුචි (Sinhalese script)
• သုစိ or သုၸိ (Burmese script)
• สุจิ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩩᨧᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ສຸຈິ (Lao script)
• សុចិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄪𑄌𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शुचि (śuci).

Adjective

suci

1. pure, clean, white

Related terms

• asuci

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “suci”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.t͡ɕi/
• Rhymes: -ut͡ɕi
• Syllabification: su‧ci

Adjective

suci

1. virile nominative/vocative plural of suty

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic соукати (sukati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈt͡ʃi/

• Audio:

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Verb

a suci (third-person singular present sucește, past participle sucit) 4th conjugation

1. to wring
2. to wrench
3. to sprain
4. to twist, bend, turn, crook

Conjugation

    conjugation of suci (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a suci
gerund			sucind
past participle			sucit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	sucesc	sucești	sucește	sucim	suciți	sucesc
	imperfect	suceam	suceai	sucea	suceam	suceați	suceau
	simple perfect	sucii	suciși	suci	sucirăm	sucirăți	suciră
	pluperfect	sucisem	suciseși	sucise	suciserăm	suciserăți	suciseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să sucesc	să sucești	să sucească	să sucim	să suciți	să sucească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		sucește			suciți
	negative		nu suci			nu suciți

Derived terms

• răsuci

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian szűcs.

Noun

suci m (plural suci)

1. (Transylvania, Banat) furrier

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	suci	suciul		suci	sucii
genitive-dative	suci	suciului		suci	sucilor
vocative	suciule			sucilor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

suci (Cyrillic spelling суци)

1. nominative/vocative plural of sudac