sever
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separāre (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + parāre (“provide, arrange”).
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛv.ɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)
VerbEdit
sever (third-person singular simple present severs, present participle severing, simple past and past participle severed)
- (transitive) To cut free.
- After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.
- to sever the head from the body
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 13:49:
- The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.
- 1999, Eminem, Role Model:
- That I just severed the main vein with a chainsaw and I'm in pain?
- (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
- No more can I be seuered from your side
- 1918, Rudyard Kipling, “A Retired Gentleman”, in The Eyes of Asia, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 4:
- How great then was my anguish at being severed from my Regiment after thirty-three years!
- (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 9:4:
- The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 17, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- They claimed the right of severing in their challenges.
- (law) To disconnect; to disunite; to terminate.
- 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
- sever an estate in joint tenancy
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TranslationsEdit
to cut free
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to be parted or separated
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to make a separation or distinction
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legal: to disunite; to disconnect; to terminate
Further readingEdit
- “sever”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sever”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- sever at OneLook Dictionary Search
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CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sever (feminine severa, masculine plural severs, feminine plural severes)
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Further readingEdit
- “sever” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sever”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “sever” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sever” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ. See also German Schauer, English shower (originally, "cold rain").
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sever m inan
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InterlinguaEdit
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Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch *sēfar, from Proto-West Germanic *saifr.
NounEdit
sêver n
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sever”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Old FrisianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sēver m
- Alternative form of sāver
ReferencesEdit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French sévère, from Latin severus.
AdjectiveEdit
sever m or n (feminine singular severă, masculine plural severi, feminine and neuter plural severe)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of sever
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- sever in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sȅver m (Cyrillic spelling се̏вер)
- (uncountable) north
- Antonym: jȕg
DeclensionEdit
Declension of sever
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | sever |
| genitive | severa |
| dative | severu |
| accusative | sever |
| vocative | severe |
| locative | severu |
| instrumental | severom |
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SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sever m inan (genitive singular severu, nominative plural severy, declension pattern of dub)
- North
- na sever ― to the north
- na severe ― in the north
- na sever od Ontaria ― (moving) north of Ontario
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- sever in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sẹ́ver m inan
InflectionEdit
| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | séver | ||
| gen. sing. | sévera | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
séver | sévera | séveri |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
sévera | séverov | séverov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
séveru | séveroma | séverom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
sévera | sévera | sévere |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
séveru | séverih | séverih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
séverom | séveroma | séveri |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “sever”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
TurkishEdit
VerbEdit
sever