suci

See also: sucî, suĉi, sūci, Suci, and SUCI

Balinese

Romanization

suci

1. Romanization of ᬰᬸᬘᬶ

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• soetji (pre-1947)
• sutji (1947-1972)

Etymology

From Malay suci, from Pali suci, from Sanskrit शुचि (śuci). Doublet of cuci.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsut͡ʃi/ [ˈsu.t͡ʃi]
• Rhymes: -ut͡ʃi
• Syllabification: su‧ci

Adjective

suci

1. holy

   Synonym: kudus

2. sacred

   Synonyms: keramat, sakral

3. innocent

   Synonym: maksum

4. (figuratively) pure (spiritual)

   Synonyms: murni, putih

5. clean (in religious context)

   Synonyms: bersih, nirmala

   Antonym: kotor

Conjugation

Conjugation of suci (meng-, transitive)
Root	suci
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	menyuci	tersuci	disuci	suci	sucilah
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	menyucikan	tersucikan	disucikan	sucikan	sucikanlah
	Causative
Active	–	–	–	–	–
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	mempersucikan	terpersucikan	dipersucikan	persucikan	persucikanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• bersuci
• kesucian
• menyucikan
• penyuci
• penyucian
• persucian
• tersuci

 

Related terms

• cuci

 

Further reading

• “suci” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

suci

1. Romanization of ꦱꦸꦕꦶ

Latin

Noun

sūcī

1. inflection of sūcus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit शुचि (śuci).

Adjective

suci (Jawi spelling سوچي)

1. pure, clean
2. holy

Synonyms

• bersih
• begawan (classical)
• kudus
• nirmala
• soleh

Further reading

• “suci” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀼𑀘𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• सुचि (Devanagari script)
• সুচি (Bengali script)
• සුචි (Sinhalese script)
• သုစိ or သုၸိ (Burmese script)
• สุจิ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩩᨧᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ສຸຈິ (Lao script)
• សុចិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄪𑄌𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शुचि (śuci).

Adjective

suci

1. pure, clean, white

Related terms

• asuci

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “suci”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.t͡ɕi/
• Rhymes: -ut͡ɕi
• Syllabification: su‧ci

Adjective

suci

1. virile nominative/vocative plural of suty

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic соукати (sukati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈt͡ʃi/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

a suci (third-person singular present sucește, past participle sucit) 4th conj.

1. to wring
2. to wrench
3. to sprain
4. to twist, bend, turn, crook

Conjugation

    conjugation of suci (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a suci
gerund			sucind
past participle			sucit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	sucesc	sucești	sucește	sucim	suciți	sucesc
	imperfect	suceam	suceai	sucea	suceam	suceați	suceau
	simple perfect	sucii	suciși	suci	sucirăm	sucirăți	suciră
	pluperfect	sucisem	suciseși	sucise	suciserăm	suciserăți	suciseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să sucesc	să sucești	să sucească	să sucim	să suciți	să sucească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		sucește			suciți
	negative		nu suci			nu suciți

Derived terms

• răsuci

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian szűcs.

Noun

suci m (plural suci)

1. (Transylvania, Banat) furrier

Declension

Declension of suci

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) suci	suciul	(niște) suci	sucii
genitive/dative	(unui) suci	suciului	(unor) suci	sucilor
vocative	suciule		sucilor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

suci

1. nominative/vocative plural of sudac