segan

See also: sègan

Galician

Verb

segan

1. third-person plural present indicative of segar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay segan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈɡan]
• Hyphenation: sê‧gan

Adjective

sêgan

1. averse, unwilling, reluctant

   Yang segan bertanya akan sesat di jalan.

   Those who are unwilling to ask will go astray.

2. shy, ashamed

   Gadis itu segan untuk makan dengan orang-orang yang tidak dikenalnya.

   That girl is shy to eat with people she doesn’t know.

3. showing respect (towards), deferential

   Semua murid segan kepada guru itu.

   All the students respect that teacher.

References

• Alan M. Stevens, A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings (2010) A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary, second edition, Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 889

Further reading

• “segan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səɡan/

Adjective

segan (Jawi spelling سݢن)

1. averse, unwilling, reluctant

   Mereka segan hendak turun naik tangga mahkamah itu

   They are unwilling to go up and down the courthouse stairs

2. shy, ashamed

   Ada sesetengah ibu yang berasa segan kerana mengandung

   There are some mothers who feel ashamed from being pregnant

Further reading

• “segan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin signum.

Noun

segan m

1. sign (of the cross)
2. blessing
3. power

Declension

Declension of segan (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	segan	segana
accusative	segan	segana
genitive	seganes	segano
dative	segane	seganum
instrumental	seganu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: segen
  • Bavarian: Segn
  • German: Segen
  • Luxembourgish: Segen

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014