segur

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan segur, from Latin sēcūrus. Compare Occitan segur, Spanish seguro, French sure.

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Adjective

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segur (feminine segura, masculine plural segurs, feminine plural segures)

  1. safe
  2. secure
  3. sure, certain

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese segur (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin secūris.

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Noun

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segur m (plural segures)

  1. (now literary) axe
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 136:
      que nõ ficou deles nĩhũu senõ pouquos que nõ fosen hũus chagados et os outros degolados, et outros [con] grãdes feridas de lanças et cortos cõ segures, et outros chagados cõ seetas et cõ dardos
      and there were but few left that were not injured, others having their throat slit, others with large spear wounds and cut with axes, and others wounded with arrows and darts
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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin sēcūrus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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segur m (feminine singular segura, masculine plural segurs, feminine plural seguras)

  1. safe; secure
  2. sure, certain

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin secūris, related to secō (I cut). Compare Old Galician-Portuguese segur.

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Noun

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segur f (plural segures)

  1. axe
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 49r:
      pues quãdo frago ſalomon la caſa maẏlla. ni segur ni nulla ferramienta no ẏ fue aẏuda en la caſa del criador.
      Now when Solomon built the house, [no] hammer, nor axe nor any iron tool was heard there, in the house of the Creator.

Descendants

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  • Spanish: segur

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish segur, from Latin secūris.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /seˈɡuɾ/ [seˈɣ̞uɾ]
  • Rhymes: -uɾ
  • Syllabification: se‧gur

Noun

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segur f or m (plural segures)

  1. a small axe similar to or also fulfilling the function of an adze, a scythe, a fascis, or even a spokeshave
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Descendants

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  • Andalusian Arabic: شُقُور (šuqūr, axe)
  • Moroccan Arabic: شَاقُور (šāqūr, adze of a carpenter; hatchet)
    • Central Atlas Tamazight: šaquṛ (axe); pl. šwaqw
      • Central Atlas Tamazight: tašaquṛt (small axe, hatchet); pl. tašaquṛin
    • Tarifit: ccaqur (axe; hatchet)
  • Algerian Arabic: شَاقُور (šāqūr, adze of a carpenter; hatchet)
    • Algerian Arabic: شَاقُورَة (šāqūṛa, šāqōṛa, small axe, hatchet)
  • Tunisian Arabic: شَقُور (šāqūr, šaqūr, adze of a carpenter; hatchet)/شَاقُور (šāqūr, šaqūr, adze of a carpenter; hatchet)
  • Egyptian Arabic: شَقُورَة (šaʔūṛa, adze for agricultural purposes)

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh segur, from Proto-Brythonic *segʉr, from Latin sēcūrus. Doublet of sicr and siwr.

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Adjective

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segur (feminine singular segur, plural segurion, equative mor segur, comparative mwy segur, superlative mwyaf segur, not mutable)

  1. idle