seda

See also: ṣẹda, Seda, Šeda, SEDA, séda, sedá, sedã, šedá, and sédá

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin saeta.

Noun

seda f

1. silk

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “seda”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin saeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseda/ [ˈse.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -eda
• Syllabification: se‧da

Noun

seda f (plural sedes)

1. silk

Related terms

• sedosu

Further reading

• “seda” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.
• Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN.

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish seda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseda/ [ˈse.d̪a]
• Hyphenation: se‧da

Noun

séda (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜇ)

1. silk

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛ.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsə.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈse.ða]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan seda, from Latin sēta, variant of saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

Noun

seda f (plural sedes)

1. silk
2. silken thread

Derived terms

• com una seda
• cuc de seda
• sedenc
• seder
• sedós

References

• “seda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “seda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

seda

1. inflection of sedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish seda (“silk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseda/, [ˈse.d̪a]
• Hyphenation: se‧da

Noun

seda

1. silk

Estonian

Pronoun

seda

1. partitive singular of see

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese seda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin saeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseðɐ/
• Rhymes: -eðɐ
• Hyphenation: se‧da

Noun

seda f (plural sedas)

1. (uncountable) silk (material)
2. bristle

   Synonym: serda

3. crack, chink, crevice in an object
4. crack, chap in the skin

   Synonym: sedela

Derived terms

• sedela
• sedeño
• sedoso

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “seda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “seda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “seda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Hyphenation: sè‧da

Verb

seda

1. inflection of sedare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• da sé

Javanese

Romanization

seda

1. Romanization of ꦱꦼꦢ.
2. Alternative spelling of séda Romanization of ꦱꦺꦢ.

Latin

Verb

sēdā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sēdō

References

• "seda", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Maguindanao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sədaq.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /səˈdaʔ/ [ʂɨˈɽaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: se‧da

Noun

sëdâ

1. fish

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic صَدَى (ṣadā, “echo”).

Noun

seda ?

1. voice

Occitan

Noun

seda f (plural sedas)

1. silk

Derived terms

• sedariá

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 627.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑁂𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• सेद (Devanagari script)
• সেদ (Bengali script)
• සෙද (Sinhalese script)
• သေဒ or သေၻ (Burmese script)
• เสท or เสทะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ເສທ or ເສທະ (Lao script)
• សេទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄬𑄘 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्वेद (sveda, “sweat”).

Noun

seda m

1. sweat

Declension

Declension table of "seda" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sedo	sedā
Accusative (second)	sedaṃ	sede
Instrumental (third)	sedena	sedehi or sedebhi
Dative (fourth)	sedassa or sedāya or sedatthaṃ	sedānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sedasmā or sedamhā or sedā	sedehi or sedebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sedassa	sedānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sedasmiṃ or sedamhi or sede	sedesu
Vocative (calling)	seda	sedā

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “seda”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese seda, from Latin saeta (“animal hair”), from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

Alternative forms

• sêda (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.dɐ/ [ˈse.ðɐ]

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: -edɐ
• Homophone: ceda
• Hyphenation: se‧da

Noun

seda f (countable and uncountable, plural sedas)

1. (uncountable) silk (a type of fiber)
2. (countable) a piece of silken cloth or silken clothes
3. (uncountable, Brazil, slang) rolling paper for marijuana cigarettes

   Holonyms: see Thesaurus:cigarro de maconha

Derived terms

• bicho-da-seda
• sedoso

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: xeeda

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.dɐ/ [ˈsɛ.ðɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛdɐ
• Hyphenation: se‧da

Verb

seda

1. inflection of sedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sedare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈda/

Verb

a seda (third-person singular present sedează, past participle sedat) 1st conjugation

1. to sedate

Conjugation

    conjugation of seda (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a seda
gerund			sedând
past participle			sedat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	sedez	sedezi	sedează	sedăm	sedați	sedează
	imperfect	sedam	sedai	seda	sedam	sedați	sedau
	simple perfect	sedai	sedași	sedă	sedarăm	sedarăți	sedară
	pluperfect	sedasem	sedaseși	sedase	sedaserăm	sedaserăți	sedaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să sedez	să sedezi	să sedeze	să sedăm	să sedați	să sedeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		sedează			sedați
	negative		nu seda			nu sedați

Further reading

• “seda”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Romansch

Alternative forms

• saida (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• seida (Sursilvan, Surmiran)
• zeda (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin saeta, sēta (compare French soie).

Noun

seda f

1. (Sutsilvan) silk

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sèːda]

Verb

seda (preterite singular sad, supine sódeð)

1. to sit

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

seda

1. inflection of sed:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseda/ [ˈse.ð̞a]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eda
• Syllabification: se‧da
• Homophone: (Latin America) ceda

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish seda, from Latin sēta, monophthongized variant of saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

Noun

seda f (plural sedas)

1. silk (fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod)
2. silk (fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers)
3. thin string (long, very thin, and flexible structure made from threads twisted together)

Derived terms

• árbol de la seda
• aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda
• como la seda
• como una seda
• gusano de la seda
• gusano de seda
• mariposa de la seda
• mata de la seda
• papel de seda
• Ruta de la Seda
• seda dental
• sedal

Related terms

• sedoso

Descendants

• → Karao: sida

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

seda

1. inflection of sedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “seda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صدا (seda), from Arabic صَدَى (ṣadā, “echo”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [seˈdaː]
• Hyphenation: se‧da

Noun

seda

1. sound
2. voice

Declension

Declension of seda

singular plural nominative seda sedalar definite accusative sedayı sedaları dative sedaya sedalara locative sedada sedalarda ablative sedadan sedalardan genitive sedanın sedaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular sedam sedalarım 2nd singular sedan sedaların 3rd singular sedası sedaları 1st plural sedamız sedalarımız 2nd plural sedanız sedalarınız 3rd plural sedaları sedaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular sedamı sedalarımı 2nd singular sedanı sedalarını 3rd singular sedasını sedalarını 1st plural sedamızı sedalarımızı 2nd plural sedanızı sedalarınızı 3rd plural sedalarını sedalarını dative singular plural 1st singular sedama sedalarıma 2nd singular sedana sedalarına 3rd singular sedasına sedalarına 1st plural sedamıza sedalarımıza 2nd plural sedanıza sedalarınıza 3rd plural sedalarına sedalarına locative singular plural 1st singular sedamda sedalarımda 2nd singular sedanda sedalarında 3rd singular sedasında sedalarında 1st plural sedamızda sedalarımızda 2nd plural sedanızda sedalarınızda 3rd plural sedalarında sedalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular sedamdan sedalarımdan 2nd singular sedandan sedalarından 3rd singular sedasından sedalarından 1st plural sedamızdan sedalarımızdan 2nd plural sedanızdan sedalarınızdan 3rd plural sedalarından sedalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular sedamın sedalarımın 2nd singular sedanın sedalarının 3rd singular sedasının sedalarının 1st plural sedamızın sedalarımızın 2nd plural sedanızın sedalarınızın 3rd plural sedalarının sedalarının

Synonyms

• avaz
• avaze
• ses

Derived terms

• aksiseda
• sedalı
• sedalı ünsüz
• sedalılaşmak
• sedalılık
• sedasız
• sedasız ünsüz
• sedasızlaşmak
• ses seda
• ses seda çıkmamak
• ses seda kalmamak
• ses seda kesilmek
• ses seda yok
• sessiz sedasız

See also

• Seda

Further reading

• “seda”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu