sê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• seg (Cape Afrikaans or archaic)
• seh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Dutch zeggen, from Middle Dutch seggen, from Old Dutch *seggen, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛː/

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Verb

sê (present sê, present participle seggende, past participle gesê)

1. (transitive) to say

Derived terms

• gesegde

Galician

Verb

sê

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular imperative of ser

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French ses (“his, her, its”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se/
• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: çé, sé

Determiner

sê

1. plural of sô (“his, her, its”)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *θráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Compare Central Kurdish سێ (sê), Persian سه (se).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː

IPA^(key): /seː/

Numeral

sê

1. three

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse/

• Homophones: cê, ser (Brazil), sei (Southern Portugal)
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: sê

Verb

sê

1. second-person singular imperative of ser
2. Apocopic form of ser; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las

   Não és capaz e não precisas sê-lo.

   You are not capable and you do not need to be.

3. Eye dialect spelling of ser, representing Brazil Portuguese.

Slovincian

Alternative forms

• s, z

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi̯ɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification: sê

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьz.

Preposition

sê

1. denotes delative movement; off of [with genitive]

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n).

Preposition

sê

1. denotes comitative or sociative relation; with, alongside [with instrumental]
2. denotes instrumental relation; with, by means of [with instrumental]

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “sìe̯”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 1017