seg
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English segge, from Old English secg (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“follower, retainer, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, accompany”). Cognate with Norwegian segg, Icelandic seggur (“bully”).
Alternative forms[edit]
- segge (obsolete)
Noun[edit]
seg (plural segs)
Etymology 2[edit]
Probably from the root of Latin secāre (“to cut”).
Noun[edit]
seg (plural segs)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
seg (uncountable)
- (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.
Adjective[edit]
seg (not comparable)
- Designated for colored people
- Black members of the order were relegated to seg lodges.
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
seg (plural segs)
- A metal stud or plate fixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear.
- Synonym: blakey
- (dialect) A callus, an area of hardened skin.
Coordinate terms[edit]
Etymology 5[edit]
See sedge.
Noun[edit]
seg
- Sedge
- Gladen, or other species of Iris
- 1805 January, “Observations made in a Tour through parts of Orkney and Shetland in 1894”, in The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, volume 67, number 1, page 26:
- In one district of Stronsa, I observed several acres covered with the common yellow flag, or seg (iris pseudacorus,) of which a very coarse kind of hay is here made.
- 2019, Roy Vickery, Vickery's Folk Flora, page lxxiii:
- It's also believed that anyone who bites a seg will develop an impediment of speech, such as a stammer.
- 2020, Ernest Marwick, The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland:
- Boats were made of wood, paper or segs (the leaves of the yellow flag). For some reason, children in Stenness (O) were warned that if they chewed seg leaves they would become dumb.
Etymology 6[edit]
Noun[edit]
seg (plural segs)
- (broadcasting) Clipping of segment.
- 1951, December 15, Billboard (page 6)
- The usual partisanship for bankrollers of radio segs is shown on TV stations.
- 1951, December 15, Billboard (page 6)
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Verb[edit]
seg (present seg, present participle seggende, past participle geseg)
- Obsolete form of sê.
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *swé.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
seg (accusative reflexive)
Declension[edit]
Reflexive pronouns - Afturbent fornavn | |
Singular (eintal), Plural (fleirtal) | 3. m, f, n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | — |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | seg |
Dative (hvørjumfall) | sær |
Genitive (hvørsfall) | sín |
References[edit]
- 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.)
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English seċġ (“sedge”).
Noun[edit]
seg
- Alternative form of segge (“sedge”)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old English seċġ (“man”).
Noun[edit]
seg
- Alternative form of segge (“man”)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
seg - reflexive pronoun
- (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
- (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
- (with verb) themselves
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
feminine | masculine | neuter | plural | |||||
Singular | First | – | jeg | meg | mi | min | mitt | mine |
Second | – | du | deg | di | din | ditt | dine | |
Third | feminine (person) | hun | henne | hennes | ||||
masculine (person) | han | han/ham | hans | |||||
feminine (noun) | den | dens | ||||||
masculine (noun) | ||||||||
neuter(noun) | det | dets | ||||||
reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine | ||
Plural | First | – | vi | oss | vår | vårt | våre | |
Second | – | dere | dere | deres | ||||
Third | – | de | dem | deres |
Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
seg
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek (accusative of *se-). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swe- (“self”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
seg - reflexive pronoun
- (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
- (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
- (with verb) themselves
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
case | plural | |||||
nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 |
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
sèg
- (non-standard since 1938) imperative of segja
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
seg
- imperative of sega
References[edit]
- “seg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse[edit]
Verb[edit]
seg
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
seg (comparative segare, superlative segast)
- tough
- capable of withstanding a lot of torsion without breaking
- chewy
- leathery
- slow-witted
- tardy
- rubbery
Declension[edit]
Inflection of seg | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | seg | segare | segast |
Neuter singular | segt | segare | segast |
Plural | sega | segare | segast |
Masculine plural3 | sege | segare | segast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | sege | segare | segaste |
All | sega | segare | segaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
Westrobothnian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *se.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
seg - reflexive pronoun
- (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
- tvill bórt sä i skogjen
- (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
- haimfålke fik en til fåli ve si
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Singular of saaij (“say”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
seg
- I, thou, he, she, it says
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