-se

See also Appendix:Variations of "se"

Dutch

Etymology

From the inflected form of the suffix -s, denoting characteristic.

Suffix

-se f (plural -sen)

1. Suffix denoting a female inhabitant of a place.

Antonyms

• -er, -aar

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Irish

Alternative forms

• -sa (broad form)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɕə]

Suffix

-se

1. -self (emphatic)

Usage notes

• Added to nouns in the presence of the possessive adjective to emphasize the possessor rather than the thing possessed:

  mo chónaíse -- my home

  do mhuintirse -- your (sg) parents

  a mhadraíse -- his dogs

  a madraíse -- her dogs

  bhur gcónaíse -- your (pl) home

• Added to certain prepositional pronouns (ending in a broad consonant) to add emphasis (not to create a reflexive pronoun):
  • Used with third-person singular feminine and second-person plural (which is always slender: e.g., aicise; agaibhse, etc.);
  • Used with first-person singular and second-person singular in slender-final forms (e.g., uaimse, duitse, etc.).
• Added to verbs to indicate "myself/yourself":

  (Standard forms):

  cloisimse -- I (myself) hear

  chloisfinnse -- I (myself) would hear

  (Munster/Non-standard forms)

  cloisirse -- you (yourself) hear

  chualais-se -- you (yourself) heard

Related terms

• -ne
• -sean

See also

• féin
• ise, sise
• mise
• sibhse

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Old Irish

Suffix

-se

1. Alternative form of -sa (used after slender consonants and front vowels)

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Scottish Gaelic

Suffix

-se

1. -self, -selves (emphatic)

Usage notes

• Added to prepositional pronouns to add emphasis (not to create a reflexive pronoun).
• Used in third-person singular feminine (eg aicese).
• Used in second-person plural (eg oirbhse).

See also

• -e
• -sa
• -san