seg

See also: SEG and -ség

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Etymology 1

From Middle English segge, from Old English secg (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“follower, retainer, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, accompany”). Cognate with Norwegian segg, Icelandic seggur (“bully”).

Alternative forms

• segge (obsolete)

Noun

seg (plural segs)

1. (archaic) A man; warrior; hero.
2. (Britain dialectal) A man; fellow.

Etymology 2

Probably from the root of Latin secare (“to cut”).

Noun

seg (plural segs)

1. (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) A castrated bull.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for seg in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology 3

Clipping of segregation

Noun

seg (uncountable)

1. (US prison slang) Segregation
   • 1988, July 15, “Albert Williams”, in Prison Drama‎^[1]:

     […] when a prisoner is transferred or paroled or sent to "seg" (segregation) or hauled back into court, they don't ask if he's busy with a lead role in a play.

Etymology 4

Noun

seg (plural segs)

1. A metal stud or plate fixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear.

   Synonym: blakey

2. (dialectal) A callus, an area of hardened skin.

Coordinate terms

• hobnail

Etymology 5

See sedge.

Noun

seg

1. sedge
2. gladen, or other species of Iris

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Anagrams

• GSE, gEs

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Afrikaans

Verb

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

1. Obsolete form of sê.

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *se.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seː/

  Rhymes: -eː

Pronoun

seg (accusative reflexive)

1. oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
   • seta seg niður

     to sit down

Declension

Reflexive pronouns - Afturbent fornavn
Singular (eintal), Plural (fleirtal)	3. m, f, n
Nominative (hvørfall)	—
Accusative (hvønnfall)	seg
Dative (hvørjumfall)	sær
Genitive (hvørsfall)	sín

References

• Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. ., 325 ff.)

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English seċġ (“sedge”).

Noun

seg

1. Alternative form of segge (“sedge”)

Etymology 2

From Old English seċġ (“man”).

Noun

seg

1. Alternative form of segge (“man”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronoun

seg - reflexive pronoun

1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
3. (with verb) themselves

Derived terms

• hver for seg
• være for seg selv

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• seig

Verb

seg

1. simple past of sige

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

seg - reflexive pronoun

1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
3. (with verb) themselves

Derived terms

• kvar for seg
• vera for seg sjølv

References

• “seg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Adjective

seg (comparative segare, superlative segast)

1. tough
2. can withstand a lot of torsion without breaking
3. chewy
4. leathery
5. slow-witted
6. tardy
7. rubbery

Derived terms

• seghet

Related terms

• tänja

Anagrams

• ges

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *se.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [séːɣ], [se̞], [se], [sɪ]

  (stressed): Rhymes: -éːɣ, -ɪɣ, -ɪ

  (unstressed): Rhymes: -ɪɣ, -e, -ɪ

Pronoun

seg - reflexive pronoun

1. (reflexive) accusative and dative third person reflexive pronoun meaning oneself (and also depending on context himself, herself, itself and themselves)

   tvill bórt sä i skogjen

   to get oneself lost in the forest

2. (referring to the subject of the main clause) him, her, it, them

   haimfålke fik en til fåli ve si

   the home folks got him to accompany them

Alternative forms

• sä
• säg
• se
• si

Etymology 2

Singular of saaij (“say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [séːɣ], [si]

  Rhymes: -éːɣ, -ɪɣ, -ɪ

Verb

seg

1. I, thou, he, she, it says