sé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"

Contents

BassaEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [sé]

NounEdit

sé

1. arrow

ReferencesEdit

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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CatalanEdit

VerbEdit

sé

1. first-person singular present indicative form of saber

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GalicianEdit

VerbEdit

sé

1. second-person singular imperative of ser

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IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʃeː/

• Audio (GA)

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• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʃə/, /ʃɛ/ (pronoun only, not numeral)

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Irish sé, from Old Irish é.

PronounEdit

sé (emphatic form seisean, conjunctive)

1. he; (referring to a masculine noun) it

See alsoEdit

Irish personal pronouns

Number	Person (and gender)	Conjunctive (emphatic)	Disjunctive (emphatic)	Possessive determiner
Singular	First	mé (mise)		mo L m' before vowel sounds
	Second	tú (tusa)	thú (thusa)	do L d' before vowel sounds
	Third masculine	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	a L
	Third feminine	sí (sise)	í (ise)	a H
Plural	First	muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne)		ár E
	Second	sibh (sibhse)		bhur E
	Third	siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	a E

^L Triggers lenition ^E Triggers eclipsis ^H Triggers h-prothesis

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Etymology 2Edit

Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sé     Ordinal : séú     Personal : seisear

From Old Irish sé, from Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Scottish Gaelic sia, Manx shey.

NumeralEdit

sé

1. six

Usage notesEdit

• May be used with nouns in both the singular and plural; triggers lenition of nouns in the singular and h-prothesis of nouns in the plural:

• sé chat ― six cats
• sé troithe ― six feet
• sé huaire ― six times

• When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with nouns modified by adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular but only lenites after nouns in the plural when they end in slender consonants:

• sé chapall bhána ― six white horses
• na sé eaglais mhóra ― the six big churches

But:

• sé capaill bhána ― six white horses
• na sé heaglaisí móra ― the six big churches

• With personal nouns, the personal form seisear is used.

Derived termsEdit

• seisear (used to modify personal nouns)
• séú (ordinal)

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sé	shé after an, tsé	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

• "sé" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 sé” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 sé” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sē.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /seː/
• Rhymes: -e

PronounEdit

sé

1. oneself, himself, herself

Usage notesEdit

• Becomes se when in combination with verbs or other pronouns.
• Becomes si when part of a reflexive verb.

Derived termsEdit

• se stesso

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LadinEdit

VerbEdit

sé

1. first-person singular present indicative of savei

PronounEdit

sé

1. oneself, himself, herself

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NormanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old French sec, from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

AdjectiveEdit

sé m

1. (Jersey) dry

Alternative formsEdit

• saec (Guernsey)

Derived termsEdit

• couême sècque (“dried cow dung”)

Related termsEdit

• s'tchi

Etymology 2Edit

From Old French seir, soir, from Latin sērō (“at a late hour, late”), from sērus (“late”).

NounEdit

sé m (plural sés)

1. (Jersey) evening

Alternative formsEdit

• saer (Guernsey)

Etymology 3Edit

From Old French sel, from Latin sāl, salem.

NounEdit

sé m (plural sés)

1. (Jersey) salt

Alternative formsEdit

• saïl (Guernsey)

Related termsEdit

• saler

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Old IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sʲeː/

NumeralEdit

Old Irish cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : sé     Ordinal : seissed

sé

1. six

DescendantsEdit

• Irish: sé
• Manx: shey
• Scottish Gaelic: sia

Further readingEdit

• “sé” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese see, from Latin sēdēs (“seat”), from sedeō (“I sit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ/
• Hyphenation: sé
• Homophone: Sé

NounEdit

sé f (plural sés)

1. (Roman Catholicism) see (the cathedral and region under the jurisdiction of a bishop)

Derived termsEdit

• Santa Sé
• Sé

See alsoEdit

• cátedra
• bispo
• diocese

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈse/
• Homophones: se, ce (non-Castilian)
• Rhymes: -e

Etymology 1Edit

See saber

VerbEdit

sé

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of saber.

   No sé.

   I do not know.

Etymology 2Edit

See ser

VerbEdit

sé

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ser.

   ¡Sé un voluntario!

   Be a volunteer!

Etymology 3Edit

See sí

InterjectionEdit

sé

1. (colloquial, Chile, Mexico) yes

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Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch zee.

NounEdit

sé

1. sea

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WalloonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French sel, from Latin sāl, salem.

NounEdit

sé ?

1. salt