sufre

Basque

Etymology

From Old Spanish sufre, from Latin sulphur.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /s̺ufre/, [s̺uf.re̞]

Noun

sufre inan

1. sulfur

Declension

Declension of sufre (inanimate, singular only, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular
absolutive	sufre	sufrea
ergative	—	sufreak
dative	—	sufreari
genitive	—	sufrearen
comitative	—	sufrearekin
causative	—	sufrearengatik
benefactive	—	sufrearentzat
instrumental	sufrez	sufreaz
inessive	—	sufrean
locative	—	—
allative	—	—
terminative	—	—
directive	—	—
destinative	—	—
ablative	—	—
partitive	sufrerik	—
prolative	sufretzat	—

Further reading

• “sufre”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “sufre”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galician

Verb

sufre

1. second-person singular imperative of sufrir

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sulfur, sulphur, sulphure, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”). Compare Catalan sofre and French soufre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsufɾe/

Noun

sufre m (usually uncountable)

1. sulfur, brimstone
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2r:

     […] ⁊ puſieren cabo della un poco de ſufre. ⁊ ruciaren la piedra con agua ſaldra della fuego tan fuerte […]

     […] and should they put atop it some sulfur and spray it with water, then the stone would spit fire so strong […]

   • Idem, f. 13r.

     & es fallada en tierra de affrica en las mineras del ſufre. Liuiana es. ⁊ fuerte de q̃brantar.

     And it is found in the land of Africa, in the sulfur mines. It is light, but also hard to break.

Descendants

• Spanish: azufre

Spanish

Verb

sufre

1. inflection of sufrir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative