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

<  5	6	7  >
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

• 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.

• sé chapall ― six horses
• sé huaire ― six times

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.

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/
• 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