suus

Meaning

  1. (declension-1, declension-2, determiner, possessive, reflexive, with-locative) his, her, hers, its (own)
  2. (declension-1, declension-2, determiner, possessive, reflexive, with-locative) their, theirs

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈsu.ʊs]
Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”). See also Ancient Greek ἑός (heós), Russian свой (svoj), Old Irish féin (“self, himself”), German sein, Old Norse sik (“oneself”), Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃 (swēs, “one’s own”), Old Church Slavonic свои (svoi, “his, her, its”) and своꙗкъ (svojakŭ, “kinsman, relative”), Latin suescere (“to accustom, get accustomed”) and sodalis (“companion”), Sanskrit स्व (sva, “one's own”).

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