-se

See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ns/, IPA^(key): /-nz/, IPA^(key): /-s/, IPA^(key): /-(d)ʒ/

Etymology

From Middle English -sen (verbal ending), from Old English -sian (verbal ending), from Proto-Germanic *-isōną.

Suffix

-se

1. Creates denominatives from adjective or nouns.
3. When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, bless, in which case the verb means roughly, to make bloody/sanctify.

Usage notes

• No longer productive.

Derived terms

verbal suffix

• bless
• cleanse
• halse
• mince
• rinse
• rix
• wanse
• whinge

 

Anagrams

• 'e's, -es, E's, ES, Es, E♭s, E♯s, e's, es

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Chuukese

Suffix

-se

1. (auxiliary) Negative simple present and past tense aspect marker.

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Dutch

Etymology

From the inflected form of the suffix -s, denoting characteristic.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-se f (plural -sen)

1. Suffix denoting a female inhabitant of a place.

Antonyms

• -er, -aar

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Irish

Alternative forms

• -sa (broad form)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃə]

Suffix

-se

1. Alternative form of -sa (used after palatalized consonants and front vowels:)

Derived terms

Irish terms suffixed with -se

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Latin

Suffix

1. vocative masculine singular of -sus

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Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin sē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se/

Suffix

-se

1. Appended to present infinitive verb forms to derive reflexive forms

   ‎ciamâ (“to call”) + ‎-se → ‎ciamâse (“to call oneself; to be called”)

Derived terms

Ligurian terms suffixed with -se

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Old Irish

Suffix

-se

1. Alternative form of -sa (used after slender consonants and front vowels)

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Scottish Gaelic

Suffix

-se

1. -self, -selves (emphatic)

Usage notes

• Added to prepositional pronouns to add emphasis (not to create a reflexive pronoun).
• Used in third-person singular feminine (eg aicese).
• Used in second-person plural (eg oirbhse).

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms suffixed with -se

See also

• -e
• -sa
• -san