sê
See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"
Afrikaans edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch zeggen, from Middle Dutch seggen, from Old Dutch *seggen, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sê (present sê, present participle seggende, past participle gesê)
- (transitive) to say
Derived terms edit
Galician edit
Verb edit
sê
- (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular imperative of ser
Louisiana Creole edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from French ses (“his, her, its”).
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
sê
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *θráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Compare Central Kurdish سێ (sê), Persian سه (se).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eː
Numeral edit
sê
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Homophones: cê, ser (Brazil), sei (Southern Portugal)
- Rhymes: -e
- Hyphenation: sê
Verb edit
sê
- second-person singular imperative of ser
- Apocopic form of ser; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
- Não és capaz e não precisas sê-lo.
- You are not capable and you do not need to be.
- Eye dialect spelling of ser, representing Brazil Portuguese.
Slovincian edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьz.
Preposition edit
sê
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n).
Preposition edit
sê
- denotes comitative or sociative relation; with, alongside [+instrumental]
- denotes instrumental relation; with, by means of [+instrumental]
Further reading edit
- Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “sìe̯”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 1017