sé
See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"
Contents
BassaEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sé
ReferencesEdit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
CatalanEdit
GalicianEdit
IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Irish sé, from Old Irish é.
PronounEdit
sé (emphatic form seisean, conjunctive)
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 |
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| 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
| < 5 | 6 | 7 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : sé Ordinal : séú Personal : seisear |
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From Old Irish sé, from Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Scottish Gaelic sia, Manx shey.
NumeralEdit
sé
Usage notesEdit
- Can be followed by either the singular or the plural form of the noun it modifies. Triggers lenition of a following singular noun. Triggers h-prothesis of a following plural noun.
Derived termsEdit
- séú (ordinal)
Related termsEdit
- seisear (used to modify nouns referring to human beings)
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. |
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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.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
sé
Usage notesEdit
- Becomes se when in combination with verbs or other pronouns.
- Becomes si when part of a reflexive verb.
Derived termsEdit
LadinEdit
NormanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French sec, from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.
AdjectiveEdit
sé m
Alternative formsEdit
- saec (Guernsey)
Derived termsEdit
- couême sècque (“dried cow dung”)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French seir, soir, from Latin sērō (“at a late hour, late”), from sērus (“late”).
NounEdit
sé m (plural sés)
Alternative formsEdit
- saer (Guernsey)
Etymology 3Edit
From Old French sel, from Latin sāl, salem.
NounEdit
sé m (plural sés)
Alternative formsEdit
- saïl (Guernsey)
Related termsEdit
Old IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
| < 5 | 6 | 7 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : sé Ordinal : seissed |
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sé
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “sé” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese see, from Latin sēdēs (“seat”), from sedeō (“I sit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sé f (plural sés)
- (Roman Catholicism) see (the cathedral and region under the jurisdiction of a bishop)
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
See saber
VerbEdit
sé
Etymology 2Edit
See ser
VerbEdit
sé
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ser.
-
¡Sé un voluntario!
- Be a volunteer!
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Etymology 3Edit
See sí
InterjectionEdit
sé
- (colloquial, Chile, Mexico) yes