English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English -sen (verbal ending), from Old English -sian (verbal ending), from Proto-Germanic *-isōną.

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-se

  1. Creates denominatives from adjective or nouns.
  2. When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, bless, in which case the verb means roughly, to make bloody/sanctify.

Usage notes edit

  • No longer productive.

Derived terms edit

verbal suffix

Anagrams edit

Chuukese edit

Suffix edit

-se

  1. (auxiliary) Negative simple present and past tense aspect marker.

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Suffix edit

-se f (plural -sen)

  1. Suffix denoting a female inhabitant of a place.

Antonyms edit

Estonian edit

Suffix edit

-se

  1. accusative/genitive singular of -ne

German edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

-se

  1. (colloquial, regional) Contraction of sie or Sie after a verb.
    will siewillse

Guaraní edit

Suffix edit

-se

  1. Used to form the desiderative of verbs: want (to do); hope (to do)
    Ndakei.
    I don't want to sleep.

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

  • -sa (broad form)

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-se

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

Derived terms edit

Latin edit

Suffix edit

-se

  1. vocative masculine singular of -sus

Ligurian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin .

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-se

  1. Appended to present infinitive verb forms to derive reflexive forms
    ciamâ (to call) + ‎-se → ‎ciamâse (to call oneself; to be called)

Derived terms edit

Ojibwe edit

Final edit

-se

  1. fly
  2. fall
  3. having something happen quickly or spontaneously

Derived terms edit

See also edit

  • -bide (drive, speed, fly, fall in, inanimate subject)
  • -bizo (drive, speed, fly, fall in, animate subject)

References edit

Old Irish edit

Suffix edit

-se

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

See also edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Suffix edit

-se

  1. -self, -selves (emphatic)

Usage notes edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Sidamo edit

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

-se

  1. her

See also edit

References edit

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 383

Turkish edit

preceding vowel
A / I / O / U E / İ / Ö / Ü
-sa -se

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Ottoman Turkish ـسا (-sa), ـس (-se), evolved from the verb Proto-Turkic *sā- or *sā(j)- (to count, to consider, to desire something, to count something among one's wishes).[1][2][3] Cognates with Azerbaijani -sa, -sə, Karakhanid ـسا, ـسه.

Suffix edit

-se

  1. Form of -sa after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.


preceding vowel
A / I / O / U E / İ / Ö / Ü
-sa -se

Etymology 2 edit

From Ottoman Turkish ـسه (-sa, -se), from Old Turkic *-sar, from Proto-Turkic *-sar or *-sa, where the "r" was gradually omitted over time.[3][4] Cognate with Old Uyghur *-sar.

Suffix edit

-se

  1. Form of -sa after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.

References edit

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), "+sA" - in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*sā(j)-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bulak, Şahap. "TÜRKÇEDE +sA- İSİMDEN FİİL YAPMA EKİ." Electronic Turkish Studies 7.3 (2012).
  4. ^ Benzer, Ahmet. "-sA Ekinin İşlevleri ve Dilek-Şart Ayrımı." Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi 28 (2010): 131-140.