sustem

== Portuguese == === Verb === sustem inflection of sustar: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsɨ̞sdɛm/, [ˈsɨ̞stɛm] (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsɪsdɛm/, [ˈsɪstɛm] ==== Usage notes ==== Being a word borrowed from English derived from Greek, the y in system is pronounced /ɨ̞, ɪ/ rather than expected /ə/. To preserve consistency between pronunciation and spelling, some prefer to spell this word sustem. Nevertheless, system is the more common spelling of the two. See pyramid/puramid, symbol/sumbol, synthesis/sunthesis for similar examples. === Noun === sustem f (plural sustemau, not mutable) alternative spelling of system ==== Derived terms ==== sustematig (“systematic”) === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “sustem”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies