son
Pronunciation: /sun/
“son” is a Catalan word. Its 5 meanings in English:
determiner
- his, her, its
- their
- your (alluding to vostè or vostès)
noun
In Catalan
- Estat de somni, de suspensió de la consciència
- Ganes de dormir.
- Possessiu masculí singular àton, equivalent a la forma tònica el seu.
Etymology
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.
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