sær
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Danish sær, from Old Norse sér.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sær (neuter sært, plural and definite singular attributive sære, comparative særere, superlative (predicative) særest, superlative (attributive) særeste)
Inflection edit
Inflection of sær | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | sær | særere | særest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | sært | særere | særest2 |
Plural | sære | særere | særest2 |
Definite attributive1 | sære | særere | særeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Synonyms edit
See also edit
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
Compare Icelandic sér. From Proto-Germanic *se-.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
sær
- reflexive pronoun, 3rd person dative, himself, herself, itself, themselves
Declension edit
Reflexive pronouns - Afturbent fornavn | |
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Singular (eintal), Plural (fleirtal) | 3. m, f, n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | — |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | seg |
Dative (hvørjumfall) | sær |
Genitive (hvørsfall) | sín |
References edit
- Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. 119 f., 325 ff.)
Verb edit
sær
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of síggja (irregular) | ||
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infinitive | síggja | |
supine | sæð, sætt | |
participle (a18)1 | síggjandi | sæddur |
present | past | |
first singular | síggi | sá |
second singular | sært | sást |
third singular | sær | sá |
plural | síggja | sóu |
imperative | ||
singular | sí/síggj! | |
plural | síggið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Icelandic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sær m (genitive singular sævar, no plural)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- sæbjúga (“sea cucumber”)
Middle English edit
Adjective edit
sær
- Alternative form of sore
Noun edit
sær
- Alternative form of sore
Adverb edit
sær
- Alternative form of sore
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse sér, the third person reflexive pronoun in the dative, from Proto-Germanic *siz. Cognates include Icelandic sér and Faroese sær where it is still used as the dative reflexive pronoun, as well as Danish sær, which has taken on senses similar to those in modern Norwegian.
Adjective edit
sær (neuter sært, definite singular and plural sære, comparative særare, indefinite superlative særast, definite superlative særaste)
Usage notes edit
- Used as the first part in compounds, sær more often than not should be understood in the sense of "peculiar" or "special".
Derived terms edit
- især
- særavtale
- særbate
- særbragd
- særdeles
- særdomstol
- særdrag
- særdåm
- særeige
- særeigen
- særemne
- særfred
- særfrådrag
- særføremonn
- særgivnad
- særgruppe
- særhende
- særhøve
- særinteresse
- særkjenne
- særkjønna
- særklasse
- særkull
- særlag
- særleg
- særling
- særlov
- særmeining
- særmerke
- særnamn
- særnorsk
- særoppgåve
- særpakke
- særpreg
- særprent
- særrett
- særs
- særskild
- særskule
- særspråk
- særstandpunkt
- særstilling
- særstode
- særsvip
- særsyn
- særtrekk
- særtrykk
- særtyding
- særutval
- særvekt
- særvoren
- særvotum
References edit
Anagrams edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea, ocean”). Cognate with Old English sǣ, Old Frisian sē, Old Saxon sēo, Old High German sēo, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (saiws).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sær m (genitive sævar)
Declension edit
Irregular mix of wa- and i-stem endings.
Derived terms edit
- sæborg (“seaside town”)
- sæbrattr (“steep towards the sea”)
- sæbyggjar (“coast-dwellers”)
- sæbygð (“coast district”)
- sædauðr (“dead at sea”)
- sæfarar (“voyages”)
- sæfǫng (“stores from the sea”)
- sæfǿrr (“seaworthy”)
- sægarpr (“sea-champion”)
- sæhafa (“driven out of one's course”)
- sækarl (“raftsman”)
- sækona (“mermaid”)
- sækonungr (“sea-king”)
- sækvikendi (“sea-beast”)
- sækyrra (“sea-calm”)
- sælið (“help at sea”)
- sælægja (“mist on the sea”)
- sælægr (“lying on the sea”)
- sæsjúkr (“seasick”)
- sæskip (“sea-ship”)
- sæskrímsl (“sea-monster”)
- sætré (“ships”)
- sævarbakki (“sea-beach”)
- sævarborg (“castle on the sea”)
- sævardjúp (“the deep sea”)
- sævargangr (“swell of the sea”)
- sævarhamrar (“sea-crags”)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
sær
References edit
- sær in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- sær in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.