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south

noun
/ˈsaʊ̯θ/US/ˈsɐʊ̯θ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sunþ Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ Proto-Indo-European *sh₂w-én-s Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros Proto-Germanic *sunþraz ▲ Proto-Germanic *sunþraz Proto-Germanic *sunþrą Proto-West Germanic *sunþr Old English sūþ Middle English south English south From Middle English south, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr (“southern”), from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą (“south”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Cognates Cognate with Scots sooth (“south”), Yola zouth (“south”), North Frisian sööd, Süđ, süüd (“south”), Saterland Frisian Sude, Suud (“south”), West Frisian súd (“south”), Dutch zuid (“south”), German Süd (“south”), Danish syd (“south”), Faroese, Icelandic suður (“south”), Norwegian Bokmål syd, sør (“south”), Norwegian Nynorsk sør (“south”), Swedish syd, söder (“south”); also with Irish súil (“eye”), Cornish howl (“sun”), Manx sooill (“eye”), Scottish Gaelic sùil (“eye”), Welsh haul (“sun”), Latin sōl (“sun”), Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun; east; day”), Czech slunce (“sun”), Polish słońce (“sun”), Russian солнце (solnce, “sun”), Serbo-Croatian сунце, sunce (“sun”), Slovene sonce (“sun”), Latgalian saule (“sun”), Latvian saũle (“sun”), Lithuanian sáulė (“sun”), Albanian diell (“sun”), Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (huuar^ə, “sun”), Persian خور (xwar, “sun”), Ossetian хор (xor), хур (xur, “sun”), Sanskrit सूर्य (sūrya, “sun”), Tocharian A swāñce (“beam, ray”), Tocharian B swāñco (“beam, ray”).

  1. inherited from *sóh₂wl̥✻ — “sun”
  2. inherited from *sunþrą✻ — “south”
  3. inherited from *sunþr✻ — “southern”
  4. inherited from sūþ
  5. inherited from south

Definitions

  1. The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east,…

    The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.

    • Germany is south of Denmark.

  2. The southern region or area

    The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.

    • Just before independence (in 1955) the military garrison in the south rebelled and that was the beginning of a civil war between the north and the south ...
    • What was said [prior to 2003] is that the south rebelled. Even then; rebelled? What rebelled? Who was supporting Saddam other than the people of the south?
    • When Nimeiri ended that autonomy in 1983, the south took up arms. This Second Sudanese Civil War ended only after four years of formal talks […]

  3. In a church

    In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.

    • It is to be situated in the chancel on the right (i.e., liturgical south) side of the church.
    • It was moved from its original location in 1507 hardly a decade after it was completed, to the bottom of the liturgical south aisle along with the free-standing chapel of the relic of the lance.
  4. ›+ 14 more definitions

    1. The negative or south pole of a magnet

    2. Toward the south

      Toward the south; southward.

    3. from the south.

    4. Of or pertaining to the south

      Of or pertaining to the south; southern.

    5. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.

      • south highway 1

    6. Designating, or situated in, the liturgical south.

    7. Downward.

    8. In an adverse direction or trend.

      • His fortunes have been going south ever since he was tricked into investing in that ostrich farm.

    9. Of wind, from the south.

    10. To turn or move toward the south

      To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

    11. To come to the meridian

      To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.

      • The moon souths at nine.

    12. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

      • Holonyms: United States, United States of America, U.S., US, USA < North America < Earth < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe
      • Meronyms: Upper South, Deep South, Old South, Southeast
      • Many sincere white people in the South privately oppose segregation and discrimination, but they are apprehensive lest they be publicly condemned.

    13. A surname.

    14. Ellipsis of South College, Durham.

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Derived

down south, east by south, global south, go down south, go south, head south, magnetic south, midsouth, move south, New South, north and south, SoHa, SoHo, Soufrica, South Acre, South Bloomfield, southbound, South Brabant, South Branch, southbridge, south by east, south by west, southcentral, South Central Aurora Hill, South Cockerington, South Cotabato, South Dildo, southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southed, Southend, souther, southerly, southern, southerner, South Estonian, South Frontenac, Southgate, South Harris · +32 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for south. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA