See also: Sever, sèver, śever, and sěver

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separāre (to separate), from se- (apart) + parāre (provide, arrange).

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sever (third-person singular simple present severs, present participle severing, simple past and past participle severed)

  1. (transitive) To cut free.
    After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.
    to sever the head from the body
  2. (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
  3. (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.

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Catalan

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Borrowed from Latin sevērus.

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sever (feminine severa, masculine plural severs, feminine plural severes)

  1. strict, severe

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Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech sěver (spring), from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ (north). See also German Schauer, English shower (originally, "cold rain").

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sever m inan (related adjective severní)

  1. north
    Antonym: jih

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  • (compass points)
severozápad sever severovýchod
západ   východ
jihozápad jih jihovýchod


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Further reading

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  • sever”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • sever”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • sever”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Interlingua

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Adjective

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sever (comparative plus sever, superlative le plus sever)

  1. severe

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *sēfar, from Proto-West Germanic *saifr.

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sêver n

  1. drool, saliva

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  • Dutch: zever
  • Limburgish: zeiver

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Old Frisian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈseːfer/, [ˈsɛːfer]
  • (Late Old Frisian) IPA(key): /ˈseːwer/, [ˈsɛːwer]

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sēver m

  1. Alternative form of sāver

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  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French sévère, from Latin severus.

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sever m or n (feminine singular severă, masculine plural severi, feminine and neuter plural severe)

  1. strict

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite sever severă severi severe
definite severul severa severii severele
genitive-
dative
indefinite sever severe severi severe
definite severului severei severilor severelor
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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

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  • IPA(key): /sêʋer/
  • Hyphenation: se‧ver

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sȅver m (Cyrillic spelling се̏вер)

  1. (uncountable) north
    Antonym: jȕg

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

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sever m inan (genitive singular severu, nominative plural severy, declension pattern of dub)

  1. North
    na severto the north
    na severein the north
    na sever od Ontaria(moving) north of Ontario

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  • (compass points)
severozápad sever severovýchod
západ   východ
juhozápad juh juhovýchod


Further reading

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  • sever”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

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sẹ́ver m inan

  1. north

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
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

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Further reading

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  • sever”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Turkish

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Verb

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sever

  1. third-person singular indicative aorist of sevmek