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sé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"

CatalanEdit

VerbEdit

sé

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of saber

GalicianEdit

VerbEdit

sé

  1. second-person singular imperative of ser

IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronounEdit

sé (3d sing. masc. conjunctive)

  1. he; (referring to a masculine noun) it
See alsoEdit
Irish personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Conjunctive
(emphatic)		 Disjunctive
(emphatic)		 Possessive determiner
Singular First — mé
(mise)		 mo L
m' before a vowel or fh-
Second — tú
(tusa)		 thú
(thusa)		 do L
d' before a vowel or fh-
Third Masculine sé
(seisean)		 é
(eisean)		 a L
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

Note: L indicates that the word triggers lenition. E indicates that the word triggers eclipsis. H indicates that the word triggers H-prothesis

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

Etymology 2Edit

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

NumeralEdit

sé

  1. six
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. Prefixes h- to a following vowel-initial plural noun.

Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
  • seisear (used to modify nouns referring to human beings)

MutationEdit

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

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sē.

PronounEdit

sé

  1. oneself, himself, herself

Derived termsEdit

Usage notesEdit

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

JèrriaisEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seik-.

AdjectiveEdit

sé m (feminine sècque, masculine plural sés, feminine plural sècques)

  1. dry

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

sé m (plural sés)

  1. evening

Etymology 3Edit

From Latin sāl.

NounEdit

sé m (plural sés)

  1. salt

LadinEdit

VerbEdit

sé

  1. first-person singular present indicative of savei

PronounEdit

sé

  1. oneself, himself, herself

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)

  1. (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

  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.

Etymology 3Edit

See sí

InterjectionEdit

sé

  1. (colloquial, Chile) yes

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch zee.

NounEdit

sé

  1. sea

WalloonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sāl, salem.

NounEdit

sé ?

  1. salt
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