sys

See also: SYs, SYS, Sys., sy's, syś, šys, and šyś

Translingual

Symbol

sys

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sinyar.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sinyar terms

English

Noun

sys (uncountable)

1. (computing, attributive) Abbreviation of system.

Derived terms

• sysroot

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sice, sis, sise, syis, syse, sysse

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French or Anglo-Norman sis (“six”), from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic *seks, from Proto-Indo-European *swéks. Doublet of six (“six”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːs/, /sis/

Noun

sys (plural syses)

1. Cinque; the number six on dice.

   Coordinate terms: as, dews, trey, quatre, cynk

2. (figuratively) Good luck; a fortuitous event.
3. (rare) A particular size of candle (i.e. "size 6")

Descendants

• English: sice, sise, size
  • → Japanese: サイス (saisu)
• Middle Scots: syce, syis, sys

References

• “sī̆s, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sys

1. passive infinitive of sy

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -yːs

Verb

sys

1. passive infinitive of sy
2. present passive of sy