seu
AromanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin sēbum. Compare Romanian seu.
NounEdit
seu n (plural seuri)
CatalanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Catalan sou (feminine sua), from Latin suum, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”).. The original stem was modified by analogy with meu.
The weak form son is also from Latin suum in an unstressed (monosyllabic) position.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
seu (feminine seva or seua, masculine plural seus, feminine plural seves or seues)
Usage notesEdit
- When preceding a noun, seu is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.
- The third person possessive changes form for number and gender according to the number and gender of the item possessed, not the number and gender of the possessor.
DeclensionEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
seu f (plural seus)
SynonymsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
See seure.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
seu
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese seu, from an older sou (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria; it fell out of use during the 14th century), from Latin suus.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
seu m (masculine singular seu, masculine plural seus, feminine singular súa, feminine plural súas)
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “sou” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “seu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “seu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “seu” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “seu” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese céu. Cognate with Kabuverdianu seu.
NounEdit
seu
KabuverdianuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese céu.
NounEdit
seu
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Apocope of sīve.
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
seu
DescendantsEdit
- Romanian: sau
ReferencesEdit
- “seu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “seu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- seu 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)
- seu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
LigurianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, derived from *swé (“self”).
AdjectiveEdit
-
PronounEdit
seu (invariable)
- Third-person singular possessive pronoun
- Third-person plural possessive pronoun; theirs
SynonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin soror, from Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
NounEdit
seu f (invariable)
See alsoEdit
NyishiEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
seu
ReferencesEdit
- P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language[1], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- seü (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)
VerbEdit
seu
- past participle of savoir
Old PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
seu m (plural seus, feminine sa, feminine plural sas)
- third-person singular possessive pronoun: his, her, its
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 7 (facsimile):
- Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.
- This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.
- Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.
DescendantsEdit
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: seu
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese seu, sou, from Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé (“self”).
PronounEdit
seu (feminine sua, masculine plural seus, feminine plural suas)
- Third-person singular possessive pronoun. his; her; its
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban] (Harry Potter; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 240:
- Era difícil dizer se a professora os ouvira, pois seu rosto estava oculto pelas sombras.
- It was difficult to tell whether the teacher had heard them, because her face was hidden by the shadows.
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 417:
- Então o sorriso reapareceu em seu rosto [...]
- Then the smile reappeared in his face [...]
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:
- [...] seu vocabulário tinha apenas cinco palavras [...]
- [...] his vocabulary had only five words [...]
- Third-person plural possessive pronoun. their; theirs
- Second-person singular possessive pronoun. your; yours (when using the second-person pronoun você)
- Posso ficar em sua casa?
- Can I stay at your house?
- Second-person plural possessive pronoun. your; yours (when using the second-person pronoun vocês)
- you (used before epithets for emphasis)
- Seu idiota!
- You idiot! (addressing one man)
- Suas idiotas.
- You idiots! (addressing a group of women)
Usage notesEdit
- Inflects according to the object’s (possessee's) gender and number. In the third person (singular and plural) the possessor can often be ambiguous in which case seu/sua/seus/suas gets replaced with dele (“his”) or dela (“hers”), placed after the possessee; or with deles (“theirs”) or delas for plural possessors.
SynonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
Possessee | ||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||
Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |||
Possessor | Singular | First person | meu | minha | meus | minhas |
Second person | teu | tua | teus | tuas | ||
Third person | seu | sua | seus | suas | ||
Plural | First person | nosso | nossa | nossos | nossas | |
Second person | vosso | vossa | vossos | vossas | ||
Third person | seu | sua | seus | suas | ||
See also: Appendix:Possessive#Portuguese |
Etymology 2Edit
From senhor, from Old Portuguese sennor, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).
NounEdit
seu m (uncountable)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin sēbum, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”).
NounEdit
seu n (plural seuri)