sed

See also: SED, šed, șed, and séð

English

Etymology 1

From stream editor.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /sɛd/

Proper noun

sed

1. (computing) A noninteractive text editor (originally developed in Unix), intended for making systematic edits in an automatic or batch-oriented way.

Verb

sed (third-person singular simple present seds, present participle sedding, simple past and past participle sedded)

1. (neologism, slang) To edit a file or stream of text using sed.

   Can you sed out those trailing spaces, please?

Etymology 2

Noun

sed (plural seds)

1. (fishing) A line fastening a fish-hook.

   Synonym: snood

Etymology 3

Verb

sed

1. Eye dialect spelling of said.

Anagrams

• DES, DEs, DSE, Des, EDS, EDs, ESD, Esd., SDE, dEs, des, des-, eds, eds.

Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from sedět, sedat, sednout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛt]
• Hyphenation: sed

Noun

sed m inan

1. sitting position

Declension

Declension of sed

	singular	plural
nominative	sed	sedy
genitive	sedu	sedů
dative	sedu	sedům
accusative	sed	sedy
vocative	sede	sedy
locative	sedu	sedech
instrumental	sedem	sedy

Further reading

• sed in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sed in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• sed in Internetová jazyková příručka

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin sed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sed]
• Hyphenation: sed

• Audio

  (file)

Conjunction

sed

1. but

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto sed, from Latin sed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sed/

Conjunction

sed

1. (archaic) but

Synonyms

• ma

Italian

Etymology

From se, by analogy with e → ed and che → ched.

Conjunction

sed

1. (literary, rare, archaic) Alternative form of se for euphony before a vowel, especially /e/ or /ɛ/; if

Latin

Alternative forms

• set

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swét / *swéd, ablative case of *swé (whence se, suus); and originally the same as the inseparable preposition sē- (properly, “by itself”, “apart”, hence, “but”, “only”, etc.). Compare with the semantics of English "only (that)..." (= "but...").

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sed/, [s̠ɛd̪]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sed/, [sɛd̪]

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Conjunction

sed

1. but
   • c. ad 65, Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucilius, CVI.

     non vitæ sed scholæ discimvs

     We learn our lessons, not for life, but for the lecture-room.

   • 1522, Martin Luther, Invocavit Sermons

     Non vi, sed verbo

     Not by force but by the word [i.e., of God]

   • 1804 Jun 12, Oberdeutsche Allgemeine Litteraturzeitung, No. 70, p. 1119

     Non scholæ sed vitæ discendum est!

     We must learn not for school but for life!

Synonyms

• (but): at, ast, tamen, autem

References

• “sed”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sed”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sed in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • but to return from the digression we have been making: sed redeat, unde aberravit oratio
    
  • but to return from the digression we have been making: sed ad id, unde digressi sumus, revertamur
    
  • in short; to be brief: ne multa, quid plura? sed quid opus est plura?
    
  • more of this another time: sed de hoc alias pluribus
    
  • so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: atque or sed haec (quidem) hactenus
    
  • so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: ac (sed) de ... satis dixi, dictum est
    
  • but that takes us too far: sed lābor longius
    
  • but this is not to the point: sed hoc nihil (sane) ad rem
    
  • but enough: sed manum de tabula!
    

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

sed

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of sad

Etymology 2

Noun

sed

1. Alternative form of seed (“seed”)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *catám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćatám, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Compare Persian صد‎ (sad), Pashto سل‎ (səl), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬀‎ (sata), Sanskrit शत (śatá), Hindi सौ (sau).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛd

Numeral

sed

1. hundred, 100, C

Derived terms

• du sed (“two hundred”)
• sedem
• sedemîn

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːd/

Noun

sēd n

1. Alternative form of sǣd

Declension

Declension of sed (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sēd	sēd
accusative	sēd	sēd
genitive	sēdes	sēda
dative	sēde	sēdum

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): sijȇd

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *śědъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêːd/

Adjective

sȇd (definite sȇdī, comparative sediji, Cyrillic spelling се̑д)

1. grey (usually of hair)
2. grey-haired

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		sed	seda	sedo
genitive		seda	sede	seda
dative		sedu	sedoj	sedu
accusative	inanimate animate	sed seda	sedu	sedo
vocative		sed	seda	sedo
locative		sedu	sedoj	sedu
instrumental		sedim	sedom	sedim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		sedi	sede	seda
genitive		sedih	sedih	sedih
dative		sedim(a)	sedim(a)	sedim(a)
accusative		sede	sede	seda
vocative		sedi	sede	seda
locative		sedim(a)	sedim(a)	sedim(a)
instrumental		sedim(a)	sedim(a)	sedim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		sedi	seda	sedo
genitive		sedog(a)	sede	sedog(a)
dative		sedom(u/e)	sedoj	sedom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	sedi sedog(a)	sedu	sedo
vocative		sedi	seda	sedo
locative		sedom(e/u)	sedoj	sedom(e/u)
instrumental		sedim	sedom	sedim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		sedi	sede	seda
genitive		sedih	sedih	sedih
dative		sedim(a)	sedim(a)	sedim(a)
accusative		sede	sede	seda
vocative		sedi	sede	seda
locative		sedim(a)	sedim(a)	sedim(a)
instrumental		sedim(a)	sedim(a)	sedim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		sediji	sedija	sedije
genitive		sedijeg(a)	sedije	sedijeg(a)
dative		sedijem(u)	sedijoj	sedijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	sediji sedijeg(a)	sediju	sedije
vocative		sediji	sedija	sedije
locative		sedijem(u)	sedijoj	sedijem(u)
instrumental		sedijim	sedijom	sedijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		sediji	sedije	sedija
genitive		sedijih	sedijih	sedijih
dative		sedijim(a)	sedijim(a)	sedijim(a)
accusative		sedije	sedije	sedija
vocative		sediji	sedije	sedija
locative		sedijim(a)	sedijim(a)	sedijim(a)
instrumental		sedijim(a)	sedijim(a)	sedijim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najsediji	najsedija	najsedije
genitive		najsedijeg(a)	najsedije	najsedijeg(a)
dative		najsedijem(u)	najsedijoj	najsedijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najsediji najsedijeg(a)	najsediju	najsedije
vocative		najsediji	najsedija	najsedije
locative		najsedijem(u)	najsedijoj	najsedijem(u)
instrumental		najsedijim	najsedijom	najsedijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najsediji	najsedije	najsedija
genitive		najsedijih	najsedijih	najsedijih
dative		najsedijim(a)	najsedijim(a)	najsedijim(a)
accusative		najsedije	najsedije	najsedija
vocative		najsediji	najsedije	najsedija
locative		najsedijim(a)	najsedijim(a)	najsedijim(a)
instrumental		najsedijim(a)	najsedijim(a)	najsedijim(a)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsed/ [ˈseð̞]
• Rhymes: -ed
• Syllabification: sed

Etymology 1

From Latin sitis (“thirst”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”). Cognate with Aragonese sete, Portuguese sede. Doublet of tisis.

Noun

sed f (plural sedes)

1. thirst
   • Tengo sed.

     I'm thirsty.

Derived terms

• sediento

See also

• hambre f

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sed

1. second-person plural imperative of ser

Further reading

• “sed”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• des

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish siþer, from Old Norse siðr, from Proto-Germanic *siduz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːd

Noun

sed c

1. a (society-wide) custom, a traditional habit

Declension

Declension of sed
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sed	seden	seder	sederna
Genitive	seds	sedens	seders	sedernas

Related terms

• plägsed
• sedefördärv
• sedeförfall
• sedesam
• sedeslös
• sedlighet
• sedvanlig
• sedvänja
• ta seden dit man kommer

 

Anagrams

• eds

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• se

Etymology

Related to Persian صد‎ (sad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɛd]

Numeral

sed

1. hundred