sever
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separāre (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + parāre (“provide, arrange”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛv.ɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)
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sever (third-person singular simple present severs, present participle severing, simple past and past participle severed)
- (transitive) To cut free.
- After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.
- to sever the head from the body
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 13:49:
- The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.
- 1999, Eminem, Role Model:
- That I just severed the main vein with a chainsaw and I'm in pain?
- (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
- No more can I be seuered from your side
- 1918, Rudyard Kipling, “A Retired Gentleman”, in The Eyes of Asia, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 4:
- How great then was my anguish at being severed from my Regiment after thirty-three years!
- (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 9:4:
- The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 17, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- They claimed the right of severing in their challenges.
- (law) To disconnect; to disunite; to terminate.
- 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
- sever an estate in joint tenancy
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- “sever”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sever”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “sever”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Adjective edit
sever (feminine severa, masculine plural severs, feminine plural severes)
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- “sever” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sever”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “sever” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sever” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ. See also German Schauer, English shower (originally, "cold rain").
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sever m inan
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Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *sēfar, from Proto-West Germanic *saifr.
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sêver n
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- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sever”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Old Frisian edit
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sēver m
- Alternative form of sāver
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- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sévère, from Latin severus.
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sever m or n (feminine singular severă, masculine plural severi, feminine and neuter plural severe)
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- sever in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.
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sȅver m (Cyrillic spelling се̏вер)
- (uncountable) north
- Antonym: jȕg
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Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.
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sever m inan (genitive singular severu, nominative plural severy, declension pattern of dub)
- North
- na sever ― to the north
- na severe ― in the north
- na sever od Ontaria ― (moving) north of Ontario
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- (compass points)
severozápad | sever | severovýchod |
západ | východ | |
juhozápad | juh | juhovýchod |
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- “sever”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.
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sẹ́ver m inan
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Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | séver | ||
gen. sing. | sévera | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
séver | sévera | séveri |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
sévera | séverov | séverov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
séveru | séveroma | séverom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
sévera | sévera | sévere |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
séveru | séverih | séverih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
séverom | séveroma | séveri |
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- “sever”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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sever