syt

syt

1. Initialism of suurin yhteinen tekijä (greatest common divisor)

From Old Norse sýta; compare Jamtish sytte.

• IPA^(key): /²syːt/, [sì͡ʷːt], [sìːt], [sʊ̀ɪ̯ːt], [sø̀͡ʷy̯͡ʷːt]

  Rhymes: -ỳːt

  (í-ý merger) Rhymes: -ỳːt, -ìːt

  (øy-ý merger) Rhymes: -ỳːt, -ø̀ʏ̯ːt

syt

1. to care for, to nurse

   syt bånom/båna

   to take care of children

2. (reflexive) proceed, behave

   Jig syt mäg no sjelvvän

   I take care of myself

• bånsytar m (“male caretaker of children”)
• bånsytersk f (“female caretaker of children”)
• ómsyt (“cater to, carefully manage”)
• sytäsgeru, sytningsgeru (“requiring much maintenance, careful care; of people, plants etc”)
• sytäsgrann (“difficult to manage, fussy”)

Through diminutive speech from Old Norse sœtr, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus. Doublet of søt.

• IPA^(key): /syːt/, [sí͡ʷːt] (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -ýːt

  (í-ý merger) Rhymes: -ýːt, -íːt

  (øy-ý merger) Rhymes: -ýːt, -ǿʏ̯ːt

syt (feminine definite singular syta)

1. used to call cows