zeer
English edit
Noun edit
zeer (plural zeers)
- Alternative form of zir (“water jug”)
- 1908, Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Report of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories at the Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum v. 3, 1908 suppl:
- Cholera is in the majority of cases a water-borne disease, due to water having become Cholera-contaminated [...] Water from zeers and goulahs should be looked upon with suspicion unless these are carefully watched and cleaned.
- 1910, Sir Ronald Ross, The Prevention of Malaria, page 535:
- Before leaving Khartoum the bilge water in the various sections should be oiled by pouring petroleum on the surface [...] collections will harbour mosquito larvae, and attention should therefore be paid to the water-closet cisterns, zeers and tanks.
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
zeer
Declension edit
Declension of zeer
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Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch sêer, from Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz.
Adjective edit
zeer (comparative zeerder, superlative zeerst)
Inflection edit
Inflection of zeer | ||||
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uninflected | zeer | |||
inflected | zere | |||
comparative | zeerder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | zeer | zeerder | het zeerst het zeerste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | zere | zeerdere | zeerste |
n. sing. | zeer | zeerder | zeerste | |
plural | zere | zeerdere | zeerste | |
definite | zere | zeerdere | zeerste | |
partitive | zeers | zeerders | — |
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch sêer, from Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-Germanic *sairą.
Noun edit
zeer n (plural zeren, diminutive zeertje n)
- A physical pain, ache, hurt
- grief, suffering
- (archaic) A sore spot; crust on a wound, boil etc.
- (archaic) A cause of physical pain, notably disease; discomfort, uneasiness
- (obsolete) A flaw, fault, sin, defect
Synonyms edit
- (pain): pijn
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Etymology 3 edit
From Middle Dutch sêre, from Old Dutch sēro, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz. Equivalent to adverbial use of etymology 1.
Adverb edit
zeer
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Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: seer