suen

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See also: Suen, sün, and -sün

Catalan

Verb

suen

third-person plural present indicative of suar

Maonan

Verb

suen

to teach

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman suer, from Old French sivre, from Vulgar Latin *sequere, from Latin sequī.

Verb

suen (third-person singular simple present sueth, present participle suende, suynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sued)

to follow
to sue

Conjugation

Conjugation of suen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) suen, sue
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	sue	sued
2nd-person singular	suest	suedest
3rd-person singular	sueth	sued
subjunctive singular	sue	sued
imperative singular	sue	—

plural¹	suen, sue	sueden, suede
imperative plural	sueth, sue	—

participles	suynge, suende	sued, ysued

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

English: sue

Sumerian

Romanization

suen

Romanization of 𒂗𒍪 (suen)

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *swɯːnᴬ (“garden”), possibly related to Middle Chinese 園 (MC hjwon, “garden”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /θuːn˨˦/
Tone numbers: suen¹
Hyphenation: suen

Noun

suen (Sawndip forms 𭍵 or 宣 or 塇 or 梡 or 孫 or 楦 or 𭍫, 1957–1982 spelling suen)

garden; orchard