seg

See also: SEG and -ség

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Etymology 1

From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ (“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

• segge (obsolete)

Noun

seg (plural segs)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

seg (plural segs)

1. (UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A castrated farm animal.

Etymology 3

Clipping of segregation

Noun

seg (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

• ad-seg

Adjective

seg (not comparable)

1. Designated for people of color

   Black members of the order were relegated to seg lodges.

Related terms

• seggie

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. (dialect) 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
   • 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

Noun

seg (plural segs)

1. (broadcasting) Clipping of segment.
   • 1951 December 15, Billboard, page 6:

     The usual partisanship for bankrollers of radio segs is shown on TV stations.

Anagrams

• EGs, ESG, GSE, gEs

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

1. Obsolete form of sê.

Faroese

Etymology

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

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.)

Kabyle

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

seg

1. from

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”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronoun

seg - reflexive pronoun

1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself

   seg sjøl

   oneself

   Den greia klarer seg sjøl.

   That thing can manage itself.

   Han trur på seg sjøl.

   He believes in himself.

   Hun trur på seg sjøl.

   She believes in herself.

2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
3. (with verb) themselves

   De trur på seg sjøl.

   They believe in themselves.

Derived terms

• hver for seg
• være for seg selv

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
		formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (person)	han	ham / han	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	general	dere		deres
		formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• seig

Verb

seg

1. simple past of sige

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek (accusative of *se-). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swe- (“self”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːɡ/

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

Related terms

• sin
• sær

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns

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

¹Obsolete. ²Landsmål. ³Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.

Etymology 2

Verb

sèg

1. (non-standard since 1938) imperative of segja

Etymology 3

Verb

seg

1. imperative of sega

References

• “seg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Verb

seg

1. second-person singular present active imperative of segja

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish sēgher, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. Originally in the sense "dripping slowly".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːɡ/
• Rhymes: -eːɡ

Adjective

seg (comparative segare, superlative segast)

1. tough, leathery, rubbery

   Antonym: mör (“tender”)

   en seg biff

   a tough steak

2. chewy

   seg kola

   chewy toffee

3. slow-witted

   Jag är lite seg i skallen idag

   I'm a bit slow (in the head) today

4. slow, boring

   Vilken seg film

   What a slow movie

5. tardy

   De skulle varit här för en timme sen. Varför måste de alltid vara så sega?

   They were supposed to have been here an hour ago. Why do they always have to be so tardy?

6. tough (of a person)

   en seg gammal gubbe

   a tough old man

Usage notes

Having a viscous or tough consistency, permitting a lot of stretching force without breaking. Basically a simultaneous antonym of runny and tender. Figuratively slowness, tardiness, toughness, and the like.

Declension

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

• seg råtta
• seghet
• seglivad

Related terms

• tänja

See also

• trög

References

• seg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• seg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• seg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• seg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• ges

Tachawit

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

seg

1. from