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Translingual

Etymology

From u- (“micro-”) +‎ s (“second”).

Symbol

us

2. (metrology, informal, proscribed) Alternative form of μs.

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé

Proto-Germanic *uns

Old English ūs

Middle English us

English us

From Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥swé, alteration of *n̥smé (“us”). The compensatory lengthening was lost in Middle English due to the word being unstressed when used. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uus (“us”), West Frisian us, ús (“us”), Low German uns, us (“us”), Dutch ons (“us”), German uns (“us”), Danish os (“us”), Latin nōs (“we, us”).

Pronunciation

• (General American)
  • (weak form) IPA^(key): /əs/
  • (strong form) IPA^(key): /ʌs/, enPR: ŭs
• (Received Pronunciation)
  • (weak form) IPA^(key): /əs/, /əz/
  • (strong form) IPA^(key): /ʌs/, enPR: ŭs
• (Northern England,Local Dublin)
  • (strong form) IPA^(key): /ʊz/, enPR: ŭs
• (Northumbria) IPA^(key): /ɪz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌs

Pronoun

us (personal pronoun; the objective case of we)

1. Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)

   Don't treat us like idiots.

2. Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.)

   Let's ask him if he'll give us a lift.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:1:

     Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

3. We, used in the same circumstances where "me" would be used instead of "I", e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula:

   Who's there? — Us. (or) — It's us.

   Who's going to go? — Us. We'll go.

4. Any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.

   It's not true that the rest of Europe hates us.

   I went to watch my favourite team play Real Madrid, but they thrashed us 5-0.

5. People in general.

   Grief ages us.

6. (colloquial) The person(s) being addressed.

   Come on! Wakey wakey! Let's get us up and out of bed, please.

7. (colloquial) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.

   Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. First let's get us a few ingredients that we'll need ...

8. (Commonwealth, colloquial, chiefly with certain verbs such as give, get, fetch, etc.) Me.

   Give us a look at your paper.

   Fetch us a cold beer from the fridge, would you.

   She's turned the weans against us!

   (talking to oneself) Now then ... let me see ... I hope I'm doing this right ... if we just connect these two wires together ... if it gives us a shock then ... Ow!

9. (Northumbria) Me (in all contexts).

   Look at us while ye’re speakin tiv us.

   Could ye dee that for us?

Alternative forms

• -'s (contracted form, as in let's)
• uz, is, iz (Northumbria)

Derived terms

• after us the deluge
• all your base are belong to us
• and so say all of us
• bless us
• can you tell us
• come down to us
• God preserve us
• it happens to the best of us
• let us
• let us count the ways
• let us go
• my very educated mother just served us nachos
• my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas
• my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins
• my very educated mother just served us noodles
• my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas
• no longer with us
• nothing about us without us
• one of us
• still with us
• tell us another
• tell us another one
• them-and-us
• the poor we will always have with us
• they hate us 'cause they ain't us
• till death do us part
• till death us do part
• us-and-them
• us-and-them-ism
• us selves
• usses
• us versus them
• with us

Translations

objective case of "we"

American Sign Language: 1^o-f@IpsiChest-FingerBack RoundHoriz 1^o-f@ContraChest-FingerBack Arabic: ـنَا (-nā), إِيَّانَا (ʔiyyānā) Egyptian Arabic: ـنا (-nā) Armenian: մեզ (hy) (mez) Old Armenian: մեզ (mez) Bengali: আমাদের (bn) (amader) Bislama: yumi, yumitupela (dual inclusive); yumitripela (trial inclusive); yumipela (plural inclusive); mitupela (dual exclusive); mitripela (trial exclusive); mipela (plural exclusive) Burmese: ကျုပ်တို့ (kyuptui.), တို့ (my) (tui.) Catalan: (classical) nos (ca), (colloquial) mos (ca), (contracted) ens (ca) Chamicuro: a'ti Chinese: Cantonese: 我哋 (yue) (ngo5 dei6) Hokkien: 阮 (zh-min-nan) (góan, gún), 咱 (zh-min-nan) (lán), 咱人 (zh-min-nan) (lán-lâng) Mandarin: 我們 / 我们 (zh) (wǒmen) Comorian: Ngazidja Comorian: sisi Czech: nás (cs), nám (cs) Dalmatian: noi Dutch: ons (nl) Eshtehardi: چَما (ĉamā) Esperanto: nin (eo) Ewe: míawo Finnish: meidät (fi), meitä (fi) French: nous (fr), à nous Frisian: West Frisian: ús (fy) Georgian: ჩვენს (čvens) German: uns (de) Greek: μας (el) (mas) Hopi: itamuy Hungarian: minket (hu), bennünket (hu) Ido: ni (io) Interlingua: nos (ia) Irish: sinn pl Old Irish: n-, don-, -unn Italian: noi (it), a noi, ci (it) Japanese: 私達 (ja) (watashitachi) Kabuverdianu: nu Kazakh: бізді (bızdı) Kituba: beto Korean: 우리 (ko) (uri) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ئێمە (ême) Latin: (accusative) nos (la), (dative) nobis (la), (ablative) nobis (la) Lingala: bísó Low German: uns, üsch, üsseck Macedonian: ни (ni), нас (nas), нам (nam) Malay: kami (ms) pl (exclusive), kita (ms) pl (inclusive) Māori: māua (exclusive referring to two people), tāua (inclusive referring to two people), mātau/mātou (exclusive referring to three or more people), tātau/tātou (inclusive referring to three or more people) Ngarrindjeri: ngatjagha Norn: vus Norwegian: Bokmål: oss (no) Nynorsk: oss Old English: ūs (ang) Persian: ما (fa) (mâ) Pipil: tech- Polish: nas (pl), nam (pl), nami Portuguese: nos (pt) Romanian: ne (ro) (unstressed dative and accusative), nouă (ro) (stressed dative), (pe) noi (stressed accusative) Russian: нас (ru) pl (nas), нам (ru) pl (nam), на́ми (ru) pl (námi) Scottish Gaelic: sinn pl Serbo-Croatian: nas (sh) Slovene: midva (sl) (‘us two’), midve (‘us two women’), mi (sl) (three or more), me (sl) (three or more women) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: naju du, nas pl Spanish: nos (es), nosotros (es), nosotras (es) Svan: please add this translation if you can Swedish: oss (sv) Telugu: మమ్మల్ని (mammalni) Ukrainian: нас (uk) (nas), нам (uk) (nam) Volapük: obis Welsh: ni (cy) Wolof: nu Zulu: thina

colloquial: me

German: (accusative) mich (de), (dative) mir (de)

See also

• we
• our
• ours

English personal pronouns

Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics. personal pronoun possessive pronoun possessive determiner subjective objective reflexive first person singular I me (colloquial) me myself me mysen mine my mine (before vowels, archaic) me plural we us ourselves ourself oursen ours ourn (obsolete outside dialects) our second person singular standard (historically formal) you you yourself yoursen yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) your archaic (historically informal) thou thee thyself theeself thysen thine thy thine (before vowels) plural standard you ye (archaic) you yourselves yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) your colloquial you all y'all you guys yous you all y'all you guys yous y'allselves all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys' your guys' informal / dialectal (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) third person singular masculine he him himself hisself (archaic) hissen his hisn (obsolete outside dialects) his feminine she her herself hersen hers hern (obsolete outside dialects) her neuter it hit it hit itself hitself its his (archaic) its his (archaic) hits genderless1 they them themself, themselves theirs their nonspecific (formal) one one oneself – one's plural they them hem, 'em themselves theirsen theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects) their 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronouns.

Determiner

us

1. Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (objective case).

   It's not good enough for us teachers.

2. (proscribed) Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (subjective case).
   • 1988 February 7, Mike Riegle, quoting John Royal, “Why Does GCN Have A Prisoner Project?”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 10:

     Us gays and lesbians in here got a reason to be bitching about the conditions.

3. (Northern England, Nottinghamshire) Our.

   We'll have to throw us food out.

See also

• we

Noun

us

1. (informal) The relationship between the speaker and some other unspecified person.

   There is no us.

   Us is the best thing that's ever happened to me.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

us

1. (rare) Alternative form of u's.

Anagrams

• SU, Su

Awa-Cuaiquer

Pronoun

us

1. he/she/it (third-person singular nominative pronoun)

See also

Awa-Cuaiquer personal pronouns

Person	Number	Nominative	Accusative
First	Singular	na	nawa
Plural	au	au -mɨza
Second	Singular	nu	nuwa
Plural	u	u -mɨza
Third	Singular	us	usa
Plural	uspa	uspa -tuza
Interrogative/Negative "Who"/"No-one"	mɨn	mɨna
Indefinite "Someone"	mɨnwaza	mɨnawaza
Interrogative/Negative "What"/"Nothing"	shi
Indefinite "Something"	shiwaza

References

• Curnow, T. J. (1997). A grammar of Awa Pit (Cuaiquer): An indigenous language of south-western Colombia. The Australian National University.

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic	ус
Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *us

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [us]

Noun

us (definite accusative usu, plural uslar) (archaic)

1. mind

   Synonym: ağıl

2. upbringing, manners

Declension

Declension of us

	singular	plural
nominative	us	uslar
definite accusative	usu	usları
dative	usa	uslara
locative	usda	uslarda
ablative	usdan	uslardan
definite genitive	usun	usların

Possessive forms of us

	nominative
singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	usum	uslarım
sənin (“your”)	usun	usların
onun (“his/her/its”)	usu	usları
bizim (“our”)	usumuz	uslarımız
sizin (“your”)	usunuz	uslarınız
onların (“their”)	usu or usları	usları
	accusative
singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	usumu	uslarımı
sənin (“your”)	usunu	uslarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	usunu	uslarını
bizim (“our”)	usumuzu	uslarımızı
sizin (“your”)	usunuzu	uslarınızı
onların (“their”)	usunu or uslarını	uslarını
	dative
singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	usuma	uslarıma
sənin (“your”)	usuna	uslarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	usuna	uslarına
bizim (“our”)	usumuza	uslarımıza
sizin (“your”)	usunuza	uslarınıza
onların (“their”)	usuna or uslarına	uslarına
	locative
singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	usumda	uslarımda
sənin (“your”)	usunda	uslarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	usunda	uslarında
bizim (“our”)	usumuzda	uslarımızda
sizin (“your”)	usunuzda	uslarınızda
onların (“their”)	usunda or uslarında	uslarında
	ablative
singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	usumdan	uslarımdan
sənin (“your”)	usundan	uslarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	usundan	uslarından
bizim (“our”)	usumuzdan	uslarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	usunuzdan	uslarınızdan
onların (“their”)	usundan or uslarından	uslarından
	genitive
singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	usumun	uslarımın
sənin (“your”)	usunun	uslarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	usunun	uslarının
bizim (“our”)	usumuzun	uslarımızın
sizin (“your”)	usunuzun	uslarınızın
onların (“their”)	usunun or uslarının	uslarının

Derived terms

• uslu

Further reading

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “us”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 4, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 406
• Altun Kitab (2013–), “us”, in Azleks

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [us]
• Homophone: ús

Pronoun

us (proclitic and contracted enclitic, enclitic vos)

1. you (plural, direct or indirect object)
2. contraction of vos

Usage notes

• us is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs.

  Si us plau. ― Please.

  Si no us importa. ― If you don't mind.

• -us is the reduced (reduïda) form of the pronoun. It is used after verbs ending with a vowel.

  Volia veure-us. ― I wanted to see you.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

		strong/subject	weak (direct object)	weak (indirect object)	possessive
proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
singular	1st person	standard	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	standard	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person	m	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
f	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
n		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	standard	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person	m	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
f	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial	ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi

¹ Behaves grammatically as plural.   ² Behaves grammatically as third person.
³ Only as object of a preposition.   ⁴ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “us”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “us”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “us”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Central Franconian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /us/, (stressed optionally) /uːs/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German ūz, from Proto-Germanic *ūt.

Preposition

us (+ dative)

1. (Ripuarian, parts of Moselle Franconian) out of, from
   • 1936, Inscription on the Schwarze Katz well in Zell:

     He steiht ferm wie en Zeller us dem Hamm.

     He stands firm as a Zell man from the Hamm [i.e. the Moselle bow around Zell with its steeply sloped vineyards].

Usage notes

• Where it occurs in Moselle Franconian, it generally does so only in unstressed position while the stressed form is aus, ous.

Alternative forms

• uus, uss
• aus, ous (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology 2

From Middle High German uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz. Loss of the nasal is due to a sporadic development (analogous to the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant-law, but later and not systematic); compare Luxembourgish eis, Limburgish ós.

Pronoun

us

1. (most of Ripuarian, parts of Moselle Franconian) Dative/accusative first-person plural personal pronoun: us

Alternative forms

• uus, uss
• oos, os, oss (common variant)
• uns, ons (Kölsch, also younger byform in many other dialects)

Cornish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English use, from Old French us, from Latin ūsus, from past participle of ūtor.

Noun

us m (plural usyow or usadow)

1. use

   Synonyms: devnydh, usyans

2. custom

   Synonym: maner

3. habit

   Synonym: usadow

Derived terms

• es y us (“user-friendly”)
• usadow (“habitual, routine, usual; habit, routine, usage”)
• usya (“use, utilise, wear out”, verb)
• usyans (“use; erosion”, noun)
• usyer (“user”)
• usys (“accustomed, used, usual, worn”)

Verb

us

1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of usya
2. second-person singular imperative of usya

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Breton yud.

Alternative forms

• uj (Revived Late Cornish)

Noun

us m (plural usow)

1. scream, yell

   Synonyms: garm, kri, skrij

Derived terms

• usa (“scream, yell”, verb)

Verb

us

1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of usa
2. second-person singular imperative of usa

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Welsh us and Breton uzien.

Noun

us (collective, singulative usen f)

1. chaffs

Fala

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese os, from Latin illōs.

Alternative forms

• os (Mañegu)

Article

us m pl (singular u, feminine a, feminine plural as)

1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) Masculine plural definite article; the

Pronoun

us

1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) Third person plural masculine accusative pronoun; them

See also

Fala personal pronouns

		nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
singular	first person	ei	me, -mi	mi
second person	tú	te, -ti	ti
third person	m	el	le, -li	uLV, oM	el
f	ela	a	ela
plural	first person	common	nos	musL nusLV nos, -nusM	nos
m	noshotrusM	noshotrusM
f	noshotrasM	noshotrasM
second person	common	vos	vusLV vos, -vusM	vos
m	voshotrusM	voshotrusM
f	voshotrasM	voshotrasM
third person	m	elis	le, -li	usLV, osM	elis
f	elas	as	elas
third person reflexive	—	se, -si	sí

Dialects:  ^L Lagarteiru   ^M Mañegu   ^V Valverdeñu

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• unhos (Mañegu)
• unhus (Valverdeñu)

Article

us m pl (singular un, feminine unha, feminine plural unhas)

1. (Lagarteiru) Masculine singular indefinite article; some

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 276

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French us, from Latin ūsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ys/, (less often) /y/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Rhymes: -ys, -y
• Homophones: eusse, eussent, eusses (with /s/), eu, eue, eues, eus, eut, eût, u (without /s/), hue, huent, hues (without /s/, aspirated)

Noun

us m pl (plural only)

1. (plural only) mores; traditional practices or manners

Usage notes

• Now almost exclusively used in us et coutumes (“mores and customs”).

Related terms

• abus
• user, usage, usuel

Further reading

• “us”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• su

Gothic

Romanization

us

1. romanization of 𐌿𐍃

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ous, os, hus, usse, hous

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé

Proto-Germanic *uns

Old English ūs

Middle English us

From Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *n̥swé, alteration of *n̥smé (“us”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːs/, /us/ (originally unstressed, but adopted as the usual form by Modern English)

Pronoun

us (nominative we)

1. First-person plural accusative pronoun: us.
2. (reflexive) ourselves.
3. (reciprocal) each other.

Synonyms

• we

Descendants

• English: us
• Scots: us, hus
• Yola: ouse, ous, ouz, uz

See also

Middle English personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st person	I, ich, ik	me	min mi1	min
2nd person	þou	þe	þin þi1	þin
3rd person	m	he	him hine2	him	his	his hisen
f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire	hire hires, hiren
n	hit	hit him2	his, hit	—
dual3	1st person	wit	unk	unker
2nd person	ȝit	inc	inker
plural	1st person	we	us, ous	oure	oure oures, ouren
2nd person4	ye	yow	your	your youres, youren
3rd person	inh.	he	hem he2	hem	here	here heres, heren
bor.	þei	þem, þeim	þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren

¹ Used preconsonantally or before h.
² Early or dialectal.
³ Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
⁴ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.

References

• “ū̆s, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊs/, /uːs/

Pronoun

ûs or us

1. (personal pronoun, dative, accusative) alternative form of uns
2. (possessive) alternative form of uns

Declension

Possessive pronoun:

Declension of us

	singular	plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
	Strong declension
nominative	ûs	ûse
accusative	ûsen	ûs	ûse
dative	ûsem(e) (ûsennote)	ûser(e)	ûsen
genitive	ûses	ûser(e)
	Weak declension
nominative	ûse	ûsen
accusative	ûsen	ûse	ûsen
dative	ûsen
genitive

The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French uis, from Latin ostium.

Noun

us m (plural us)

1. door

Old English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé

Proto-Germanic *uns

Old English us

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *n̥swé, alteration of *n̥smé (“us”). Cognates include Old Frisian ūs (West Frisian ús), Old Saxon ūs (Low German os, ons), Dutch ons, Old High German uns (German uns), Old Norse oss (Swedish oss), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍃 (uns). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin nos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːs/

Pronoun

ūs

1. accusative/dative of wē: (to) us

Descendants

• Middle English: us, ous, os, hus, usse, hous
  • English: us
  • Scots: us, hus
  • Yola: ouse, ous, ouz, uz

Old French

Etymology

From Latin ūsus.

Noun

us oblique singular, m (oblique plural us, nominative singular us, nominative plural us)

1. tradition or custom

Descendants

• French: us

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz. Cognates include Old English ūs, Old Saxon ūs and Old Dutch uns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːs/

Pronoun

ūs

1. accusative/dative of wī

Declension

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions

		nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person	ik	mī	mī	mīn
2nd person	thū	thī	thī	thīn
3rd person	m	hī	hine	him	sīn
f	hiū, hiō	hiā	hire, hiāre	hire, hiāre
n	hit	hit	him	sīn
plural	1st person	wī	ūs	ūs	ūser
2nd person	jī	jū, jō	jū, jō	jūwer
3rd person	hiā	hiā	him, hirem, hiārem	hira, hiāra

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Most dialects: üs

  Sylt: üüs

• Saterland Frisian: uus
• West Frisian: ús

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -us

Noun

us

1. plural of u

Scots

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *n̥swé, alteration of *n̥smé (“us”).

Pronoun

us

1. us

See also

Scots personal pronouns

personal pronoun possessive pronoun possessive determiner subjective objective reflexive first person singular A, I, Ik me mysel mine, mines mine, my plural we us, we oorsel, oorsels oors our second person singular standard (formal) ye you, yow ye you, yow yersel yoursel yers yours yer your Insular (informal) thoo thee thysel, theesel thines thy, thee, thees plural ye, yese you, youse ye, yese you, youse theer yesels yoursels yers yours yer your third person singular masculine he, e him, im himsel, hissel his, is his, is feminine scho, she, shu her, er hersel hers her, er neuter it hit it hit itsel hitsel its hits its hits genderless, nonspecific (formal) ane ane – – ane's plural thay thaim thaimsel, thaimsels thairs thair

References

• “us, pers. pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “us, pers. pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ.

Noun

ȕs f (Cyrillic spelling у̏с)

1. fishbone

References

• “us”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اوص (us), from Proto-Turkic *us (“mind, reason”).

Noun

us (definite accusative usu, plural uslar)

1. mind
2. reason, intelligence, intellect

   Synonyms: akıl, torik (figuratively), zekâ

Declension

Declension of us

singular plural nominative us uslar definite accusative usu usları dative usa uslara locative usta uslarda ablative ustan uslardan genitive usun usların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular usum uslarım 2nd singular usun usların 3rd singular usu usları 1st plural usumuz uslarımız 2nd plural usunuz uslarınız 3rd plural usları usları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular usumu uslarımı 2nd singular usunu uslarını 3rd singular usunu uslarını 1st plural usumuzu uslarımızı 2nd plural usunuzu uslarınızı 3rd plural uslarını uslarını dative singular plural 1st singular usuma uslarıma 2nd singular usuna uslarına 3rd singular usuna uslarına 1st plural usumuza uslarımıza 2nd plural usunuza uslarınıza 3rd plural uslarına uslarına locative singular plural 1st singular usumda uslarımda 2nd singular usunda uslarında 3rd singular usunda uslarında 1st plural usumuzda uslarımızda 2nd plural usunuzda uslarınızda 3rd plural uslarında uslarında ablative singular plural 1st singular usumdan uslarımdan 2nd singular usundan uslarından 3rd singular usundan uslarından 1st plural usumuzdan uslarımızdan 2nd plural usunuzdan uslarınızdan 3rd plural uslarından uslarından genitive singular plural 1st singular usumun uslarımın 2nd singular usunun uslarının 3rd singular usunun uslarının 1st plural usumuzun uslarımızın 2nd plural usunuzun uslarınızın 3rd plural uslarının uslarının

Synonyms

• akıl
• zihin

Derived terms

• us dışı
• us pahası
• usa vurmak
• uslamlamak
• uslu
• usuna getirmek

Tz'utujil

Noun

us

1. fly (insect)

Volapük

Adverb

us

1. there
   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 19:

     Cils äbinons-li i pö zäl et? Si! elogob us tumis.

     Were there children at that party as well? Yes, I've seen hundreds of them there.

Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɨ̞s/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɪs/

Noun

us (plural, singular usyn m)

1. husks, chaff

   Synonyms: eisin, peiswyn, siaff, cibau, manus, torion

2. debris, remnants

   Synonyms: sbwriel, malurion

Derived terms

• uswydd (“fragments”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of us

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
us	unchanged	unchanged	hus

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “us”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Pronoun

us

1. object of wy