Sus

See also: sus, SUS, suš, sús, süs, šus, -sus, sus-, sus', Sus., šūs, and Suś

Translingual

A wild boar, Sus scrofa

Etymology

From Latin sūs (“pig”).

Proper noun

Sus m f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Suidae – pigs.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Suidae – family; Suinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sus scrofa (wild boar) - type species; Sus domesticus (syn. of Sus scrofa domestica, domestic pig)

References

• Sus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سوس (sus), alternative form of شوش (šuš), from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 (sūš), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (çūšā), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen). Doublet of Susa and Shush.

Proper noun

Sus

1. (obsolete) Synonym of Shush (“city in Khuzestan, Iran”)

Anagrams

• U.S.S., us's, USs, USS

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsus]

Proper noun

Sus m anim (female equivalent Susová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Sus (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Sus	Susové
genitive	Susa	Susů
dative	Susovi	Susům
accusative	Susa	Susy
vocative	Suse	Susové
locative	Susovi	Susech
instrumental	Susem	Susy

Further reading

• “Sus”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)