Wiktionary

seg

See also: SEG and -ség

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /sɛɡ/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“follower, retainer, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, accompany”). Cognate with Norwegian segg, Icelandic seggur (“bully”).

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

seg (plural segs)

  1. (archaic) A man; warrior; hero.
  2. (UK dialectal) A man; fellow.

Etymology 2Edit

Probably from the root of Latin secāre (“to cut”).

NounEdit

seg (plural segs)

  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A castrated farm animal.

Etymology 3Edit

Clipping of segregation

NounEdit

seg (uncountable)

  1. (US prison slang) Segregation
    • 1988, July 15, “Albert Williams”, in Prison Drama‎[1]:
      […] when a prisoner is transferred or paroled or sent to "seg" (segregation) or hauled back into court, they don't ask if he's busy with a lead role in a play.

AdjectiveEdit

seg (not comparable)

  1. Designated for people of color
    Black members of the order were relegated to seg lodges.

Related termsEdit

Etymology 4Edit

NounEdit

seg (plural segs)

  1. A metal stud or plate fixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear.
    Synonym: blakey
  2. (dialect) A callus, an area of hardened skin.
Coordinate termsEdit

Etymology 5Edit

See sedge.

NounEdit

seg

  1. Sedge
  2. Gladen, or other species of Iris
    • 1805 January, “Observations made in a Tour through parts of Orkney and Shetland in 1894”, in The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, volume 67, number 1, page 26:
      In one district of Stronsa, I observed several acres covered with the common yellow flag, or seg (iris pseudacorus,) of which a very coarse kind of hay is here made.
    • 2019, Roy Vickery, Vickery's Folk Flora, page lxxiii:
      It's also believed that anyone who bites a seg will develop an impediment of speech, such as a stammer.
    • 2020, Ernest Marwick, The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland:
      Boats were made of wood, paper or segs (the leaves of the yellow flag). For some reason, children in Stenness (O) were warned that if they chewed seg leaves they would become dumb.

Etymology 6Edit

NounEdit

seg (plural segs)

  1. (broadcasting) Clipping of segment.
    • 1951, December 15, Billboard (page 6)
      The usual partisanship for bankrollers of radio segs is shown on TV stations.

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

seg (present seg, present participle seggende, past participle geseg)

  1. Obsolete form of sê.

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *swé.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

seg (accusative reflexive)

  1. oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves

DeclensionEdit

Reflexive pronouns - Afturbent fornavn
Singular (eintal), Plural (fleirtal) 3. m, f, n
Nominative (hvørfall) —
Accusative (hvønnfall) seg
Dative (hvørjumfall) sær
Genitive (hvørsfall) sín

ReferencesEdit

  • Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. ., 325 ff.)

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English seċġ (“sedge”).

NounEdit

seg

  1. Alternative form of segge (“sedge”)

Etymology 2Edit

From Old English seċġ (“man”).

NounEdit

seg

  1. Alternative form of segge (“man”)

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronounEdit

seg - reflexive pronoun

  1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
  2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
  3. (with verb) themselves
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
feminine masculine neuter plural
Singular First – jeg meg mi min mitt mine
Second – du deg di din ditt dine
Third feminine (person) hun henne hennes
masculine (person) han ham / han hans
feminine (noun) den dens
masculine (noun)
neuter (noun) det dets
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine
Plural First – vi oss vår vårt våre
Second – dere deres
Third general de dem deres
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine

Etymology 2Edit

Alternative formsEdit

VerbEdit

seg

  1. simple past of sige

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek (accusative of *se-). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swe- (“self”).

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

seg - reflexive pronoun

  1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
  2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
  3. (with verb) themselves
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
person first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative eg, je1 du han ho det, dat2
accusative meg deg seg han, honom2 ho, henne2 det, dat2
dative2 meg deg seg honom henne di2
genitive min din sin hans hennar, hennes1 dess3
case plural
nominative me, vi de, dokker dei
accusative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg dei, deim2
dative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg deim2
genitive vår, okkar dykkar, dokkar sin deira, deires1
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.


Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

sèg

  1. (non-standard since 1938) imperative of segja

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

seg

  1. imperative of sega

ReferencesEdit

Old NorseEdit

VerbEdit

seg

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of segja

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

seg (comparative segare, superlative segast)

  1. tough, leathery, rubbery
    en seg biff
    a tough steak
    Antonym: mör (“tender”)
  2. chewy
    seg kola
    chewy toffee
  3. slow-witted
    Jag är lite seg i skallen idag
    I'm a bit slow (in the head) today
  4. slow, boring
    Vilken seg film
    What a slow movie
  5. tardy
    De skulle varit här för en timme sen. Varför måste de alltid vara så sega?
    They were supposed to have been here an hour ago. Why do they always have to be so tardy?
  6. tough (of a person)
    en seg gammal gubbe
    a tough old man

Usage notesEdit

Having a viscous or tough consistency, permitting a lot of stretching force without breaking. Basically a simultaneous antonym of runny and tender. Figuratively slowness, tardiness, toughness, and the like.

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of seg
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular seg segare segast
Neuter singular segt segare segast
Plural sega segare segast
Masculine plural3 sege segare segast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sege segare segaste
All sega segare segaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

WestrobothnianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *se.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

seg - reflexive pronoun

  1. (reflexive) accusative and dative third person reflexive pronoun meaning oneself (and also depending on context himself, herself, itself and themselves)
    tvill bórt sä i skogjen
    to get oneself lost in the forest
  2. (referring to the subject of the main clause) him, her, it, them
    haimfålke fik en til fåli ve si
    the home folks got him to accompany them
Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Singular of saaij (“say”).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

seg

  1. I, thou, he, she, it says
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