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son.

his, her, its

3 characters1 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

det/sun/Balearic, Central/son/Valencia
  1. his, her, its

    masculine
  2. their

    masculine
  3. your (alluding to vostè or vostès)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan son, from Vulgar Latin sum, reduced form of Latin suum, accusative of suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos. Compare Occitan and French son. In unstressed position in Vulgar Latin suum, suam etc. were monosyllabic and regularly became son, sa etc. in Catalan. When stressed they were disyllabic and became seu, sua > seua etc.

noun[ˈso̞n]Northern[ˈsɔn]Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia
  1. sleepiness

    feminine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan son, from Latin somnus, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos. Feminine noun by analogy with fam (“hunger”) and set (“thirst”).

noun[ˈso̞n]Northern[ˈsɔn]Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia
  1. sleep

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan son, from Latin somnus, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos. Feminine noun by analogy with fam (“hunger”) and set (“thirst”).

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