segur

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin sēcūrus. Compare Catalan segur, Spanish seguro, French sure.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /səˈɡu/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /seˈɡuɾ/

Adjective

segur (feminine segura, masculine plural segurs, feminine plural segures)

1. safe
2. secure
3. sure, certain

Derived terms

• de segur
• segurament

Related terms

• assegurar
• seguretat
• insegur

Further reading

• “segur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin sēcūrus.

Adjective

segur m (feminine singular segura, masculine plural segurs, feminine plural seguras)

1. safe; secure
2. sure, certain

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin secūris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɡuɾ/, [seˈɣuɾ]

Noun

segur m (plural segures)

1. a small axe similar to or also fulfilling the function of an adze, a scythe, a fascis, or even a spokeshave

Related terms

• segadera
• segurón

Descendants

• → Andalusian Arabic: شُقُور‎ (šuqūṛ, “axe”)
• → Moroccan Arabic: شَاقُور‎ (šāqūṛ, šāqōṛ, “adze of a carpenter; hatchet”)
  • → Central Atlas Tamazight: šaquṛ (“axe”); pl. šwaq^wṛ
    • ⇒ Central Atlas Tamazight: tašaquṛt (“small axe, hatchet”); pl. tašaquṛin
• → Algerian Arabic: شَاقُور‎ (šāqūṛ, šāqōṛ, “adze of a carpenter; hatchet”)
  • • ⇒ Algerian Arabic: شَاقُورَة‎ (šāqūṛa, šāqōṛa, “small axe, hatchet”)
• → Tunisian Arabic: شَقُور ,شَاقُور‎ (šāqūr, šaqūr, “adze of a carpenter; hatchet”)
• → Egyptian Arabic: شَقُورَة‎ (šaʾūṛa, “adze for agricultural purposes”)

Further reading

• “Orígenes del segur”, in Armas y armaduras en España‎^[1], 2012-02-27

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Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɡɨ̞r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈseːɡɪr/, /ˈsɛɡɪr/

Adjective

segur

1. idle