keser

See also: kəsər

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish keser, from Proto-Celtic *kassris, *kass(a)rā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-. Cognate with Breton kazarc'h, kazerc'h, Old Irish casar, and Welsh cesair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛsɛɹ/

Noun

keser (collective, singulative keseren f)

1. (weather) hail, hailstones

Derived terms

• gul keser (“hail”, verb)
• keseren (“hailstone”)

Mutation

Mutation of keser

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
keser	geser	heser	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech keser, borrowed from Middle Low German kesser. See German Kescher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛsɛr]
• Hyphenation: ke‧ser

Noun

keser m inan

1. a type of small fishing net

Declension

Declension of keser (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	keser	kesery
genitive	keseru	keserů
dative	keseru	keserům
accusative	keser	kesery
vocative	kesere	kesery
locative	keseru	keserech
instrumental	keserem	kesery

Further reading

• “keser”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “keser”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “keser”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Old Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German kesser. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkɛsɛr/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkɛsɛr/

Noun

keser m inan

1. a type of small fishing net

Declension

Declension of keser (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	keser	kesery	keseři, keserové
genitive	kesera, keseru	keserú	keseróv
dative	keseru	keseroma	keseróm
accusative	keser	kesery	kesery
vocative	keseře	kesery	keseři, keserové
locative	keseřě, keseru	keserú	keseřiech
instrumental	keserem	keseroma	kesery

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: keser

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “keser”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كسر (keser), from Proto-Turkic *keser (“adze”). Equivalent to kes- (“to cut”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ce̞ˈsɛɾ̞̊]
• Hyphenation: ke‧ser

Noun

keser (definite accusative keseri, plural keserler)

1. adze

   Synonym: (colloquial) kerki

Declension

Declension of keser

singular plural nominative keser keserler definite accusative keseri keserleri dative kesere keserlere locative keserde keserlerde ablative keserden keserlerden genitive keserin keserlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular keserim keserlerim 2nd singular keserin keserlerin 3rd singular keseri keserleri 1st plural keserimiz keserlerimiz 2nd plural keseriniz keserleriniz 3rd plural keserleri keserleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular keserimi keserlerimi 2nd singular keserini keserlerini 3rd singular keserini keserlerini 1st plural keserimizi keserlerimizi 2nd plural keserinizi keserlerinizi 3rd plural keserlerini keserlerini dative singular plural 1st singular keserime keserlerime 2nd singular keserine keserlerine 3rd singular keserine keserlerine 1st plural keserimize keserlerimize 2nd plural keserinize keserlerinize 3rd plural keserlerine keserlerine locative singular plural 1st singular keserimde keserlerimde 2nd singular keserinde keserlerinde 3rd singular keserinde keserlerinde 1st plural keserimizde keserlerimizde 2nd plural keserinizde keserlerinizde 3rd plural keserlerinde keserlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular keserimden keserlerimden 2nd singular keserinden keserlerinden 3rd singular keserinden keserlerinden 1st plural keserimizden keserlerimizden 2nd plural keserinizden keserlerinizden 3rd plural keserlerinden keserlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular keserimin keserlerimin 2nd singular keserinin keserlerinin 3rd singular keserinin keserlerinin 1st plural keserimizin keserlerimizin 2nd plural keserinizin keserlerinizin 3rd plural keserlerinin keserlerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular keserim keserlerim 2nd singular kesersin keserlersin 3rd singular keser keserdir keserler keserlerdir 1st plural keseriz keserleriz 2nd plural kesersiniz keserlersiniz 3rd plural keserler keserlerdir

Descendants

• → Georgian: ქესარი (kesari) — Adjara
• → Laz: ქესარი (kesari), ქესერი (keseri)

Verb

keser

1. third-person singular indicative aorist of kesmek

Further reading

• “keser”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كسر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1026a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “keser”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “keser”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “keser”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2505