soy
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
1670s, from Dutch soja, from Satsuma Japanese 醤油 (そい, soi) [soj] (a variant of standard Japanese 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu)). Doublet of shoyu.
Pronunciation
Noun
soy (usually uncountable, plural soys)
- A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
- Synonym: (US) soy sauce
- I like a little soy with my rice.
- 1902 — Annie R. Gregory, Woman's Favorite Cookbook, p.381
- Pour in four tablespoonfuls of sherry and four tablespoonfuls of soy, as much vinegar as the jar will hold, and cover closely until wanted.
- (uncountable, often attributive) Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.
- These candles are made from soy.
- The soy crop is looking good this year.
- This diet doesn't let me eat soy.
Derived terms
Translations
soy sauce — see soy sauce
soy beans — see also soybean
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Anagrams
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Common Turkic *sōy. Cognate with Uyghur سوي (soy).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
- stock (lineage, family, ancestry)
- extraction (origin or ancestry)
- Synonym: əsl
- family
- Synonym: ailə
- generation
- Synonym: nəsil
Declension
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nominative | soy |
soylar | ||||||
definite accusative | soyu |
soyları | ||||||
dative | soya |
soylara | ||||||
locative | soyda |
soylarda | ||||||
ablative | soydan |
soylardan | ||||||
definite genitive | soyun |
soyların |
Derived terms
Descendants
- →? Khalaj: soy
Further reading
- “soy” in Obastan.com.
Middle French
Pronoun
soy
Descendants
- French: soi
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish so, from Latin sum (“I am”). For the addition of /-j/, compare doy, voy.
Pronunciation
Verb
soy
- first-person singular present indicative of ser
- Yo no soy marinero, soy capitán.
- I am not a sailor, I am a captain.
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *suHyús. Cognate with Tocharian A se, Old Armenian ուստր (ustr) and Ancient Greek υἱύς (huiús). Confer also the diminituve form soṃśke reflecting the alternative Proto-Indo-European root for "son".
Noun
soy m
Related terms
See also
Turkish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish صوى (soy), from Common Turkic *soy, compare Old Turkic [script needed] (soy).
Noun
soy (definite accusative soyu, plural soylar)
Declension
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Nominative | soy | soylar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dative | soya | soylara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | soyda | soylarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | soydan | soylardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | soyun | soyların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
soy
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “soy”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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