segg

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śäŋkɜ (“buttocks”). Cognate with Northern Mansi са̄ӈкв (sāňkv, “waist, loins, small of the back”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɛɡː]
• Hyphenation: segg
• Rhymes: -ɛɡː

Noun

segg (plural seggek)

1. (vulgar) arse (UK), ass (US) (buttocks)

   Synonyms: fenék, ülep, popó, valag, picsa

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	segg	seggek
accusative	segget	seggeket
dative	seggnek	seggeknek
instrumental	seggel	seggekkel
causal-final	seggért	seggekért
translative	seggé	seggekké
terminative	seggig	seggekig
essive-formal	seggként	seggekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	seggben	seggekben
superessive	seggen	seggeken
adessive	seggnél	seggeknél
illative	seggbe	seggekbe
sublative	seggre	seggekre
allative	segghez	seggekhez
elative	seggből	seggekből
delative	seggről	seggekről
ablative	seggtől	seggektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	seggé	seggeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	seggéi	seggekéi

Possessive forms of segg

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	seggem	seggeim
2nd person sing.	segged	seggeid
3rd person sing.	segge	seggei
1st person plural	seggünk	seggeink
2nd person plural	seggetek	seggeitek
3rd person plural	seggük	seggeik

Derived terms

• seggfej
• segglyuk

Expressions

• a béka segge alatt

Further reading

• segg in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Middle English

Etymology

Inherited from Old English seċġ.

Noun

segg (segges)

1. alternative form of segge (“man”)
   • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

     Gladly I wolde / Se þat segg in syȝt, and with hymself speke

Old Norse

Noun

segg

1. accusative/dative singular of seggr

Wolof

Etymology

Cognate with Laalaa cëgidoh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

segg (definite form segg mi)

1. leopard