seda

See also: Seda, SEDA, séda, sedá, sedã, šedá, and sédá

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin saeta

Noun

seda f

1. silk

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “seda”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin saeta.

Noun

seda f (plural sedes)

1. silk

Related terms

• sedosu

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan seda, from Latin saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈsə.də/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈse.da/

Noun

seda f (plural sedes)

1. silk

Derived terms

• cuc de seda
• sedenc
• sedós

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish seda (“silk”).

Noun

seda

1. silk

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Estonian

Pronoun

seda

1. partitive singular of see

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese seda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin saeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseða/

Noun

seda f (plural sedas)

1. silk
2. bristle

   Synonym: serda

3. crack, chink, crevice in an object
4. crack, chap in the skin

   Synonym: sedela

Derived terms

• sedela
• sedeño
• sedoso

References

• “seda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “seda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “seda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “seda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “seda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Verb

seda

1. inflection of sedare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic صَدَى‎ (ṣadā, “echo”).

Noun

seda ?

1. voice

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Latin

Verb

sēdā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sēdō

References

• seda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑁂𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• सेद (Devanagari script)
• সেদ (Bengali script)
• සෙද (Sinhalese script)
• သေဒ (Burmese script)
• เสท or เสทะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ເສທ or ເສທະ (Lao script)
• សេទ (Khmer script)

Etymology

From Pre-Sanskrit स्वेद (sveda, “sweat”)

Noun

seda m

1. sweat

Declension

Declension table of "seda" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sedo	sedā
Accusative (second)	sedaṃ	sede
Instrumental (third)	sedena	sedehi or sedebhi
Dative (fourth)	sedassa or sedāya or sedatthaṃ	sedānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sedasmā or sedamhā or sedā	sedehi or sedebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sedassa	sedānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sedasmiṃ or sedamhi or sede	sedesu
Vocative (calling)	seda	sedā

References

seda in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese seda, from Latin saeta (“animal hair”), from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.da/, /ˈse.dɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.dɐ/

• Audio (BR)

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• Hyphenation: se‧da

Noun

seda f (plural sedas)

1. (uncountable) silk (a type of fiber)
2. a piece of silken cloth or silken clothes

Derived terms

• bicho-da-seda
• sedoso

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: xeeda

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• saida (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• seida (Sursilvan, Surmiran)
• zeda (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin saeta, sēta (compare French soie).

Noun

seda f

1. (Sutsilvan) silk

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Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sèːda]

Verb

seda (preterite singular sad, supine sódeð)

1. to sit

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseda/, [ˈseða]
• Homophone: ceda (Latin America)

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish seda, from Latin saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

Noun

seda f (plural sedas)

1. silk (fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod)
2. silk (fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers)
3. thin string (long, very thin, and flexible structure made from threads twisted together)

Derived terms

• aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda
• como la seda
• como una seda
• gusano de seda
• papel de seda
• Ruta de la Seda
• seda dental

 

Related terms

• sedal
• sedoso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

seda

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of sedar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of sedar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of sedar.

Further reading

• “seda” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صدا‎ (sedâ, “voice, sound”), from Persian صدا‎ (sadâ, “voice, sound”), from Arabic صَدَى‎ (ṣadā, “echo”), from Persian سدا‎ (sadâ, “echo”).

Noun

seda

1. sound
2. voice

Synonyms

• avaz
• ses