segge

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

segg +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɛɡːɛ]
  • Hyphenation: seg‧ge

Noun[edit]

segge

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of segg

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative segge
accusative seggét
dative seggének
instrumental seggével
causal-final seggéért
translative seggévé
terminative seggéig
essive-formal seggeként
essive-modal seggéül
inessive seggében
superessive seggén
adessive seggénél
illative seggébe
sublative seggére
allative seggéhez
elative seggéből
delative seggéről
ablative seggétől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
seggéé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
seggééi

Derived terms[edit]

Expressions

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

segge f

  1. plural of seggia

Middle Dutch[edit]

Verb[edit]

segge

  1. inflection of seggen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English seċġ (sedge), from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (sedge).

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

segge (plural segges)

  1. A sedge (a plant of the family Cyperaceae, especially the genus Carex)
  2. The sliced stems of sedges.
Descendants[edit]
  • English: sedge
  • Scots: seg
References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old English seċġ (man), from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (fighter).

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sɛdʒ/, /sɛːdʒ/
  • (Northern ME) IPA(key): /sɛɡ/

Noun[edit]

segge (plural segges)

  1. A person; an individual.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

segge

  1. Alternative form of sege