sess

English

Alternative forms

• cess

Etymology 1

Aphetic form of assess.

Verb

sess (third-person singular simple present sesses, present participle sessing, simple past and past participle sessed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To lay a tax upon; to assess.

Noun

sess (plural sesses)

1. (obsolete) A tax; an assessment.

Alternative forms

• ses

Etymology 2

Clipping of sensimilla.

Noun

sess (plural sesses)

1. (slang) Marijuana, weed.
   • 1994, Method Man featuring RZA, Inspectah Deck, Carlton Fisk & Streetlife,, “Mr. Sandman”, in Tical‎^[1]:

     Remedy for stress is three bags of sess / A day at my rest playin' chess, yes

   • 2001, Notch, “Nuttin No Go So” (track 3), in Buy Out Riddim‎^[2]‎^[3]:

     Well, from yuh never put no cocaine inna yuh cigarette. Before, yuh woulda prefer smoke 10 pound of sess.

References

• “sess”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz (“seat”). Cognate with Old English sess (“seat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛsː/

  Rhymes: -ɛsː

Noun

sess m (genitive singular sess, nominative plural sessar)

1. place to sit, seat

   Synonym: sæti

Declension

Declension of sess (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sess	sessinn	sessar	sessarnir
accusative	sess	sessinn	sessa	sessana
dative	sessi, sess	sessinum	sessum	sessunum
genitive	sess	sessins	sessa	sessanna

Low German

German Low German cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sess     Ordinal : sösst

Alternative forms

• seß, söß, söss, soss, süss
• zes (Dutch Low Saxon)

Etymology

From Middle Low German ses, sēs, from Old Saxon sehs. Compare German sechs, Dutch zes.

Numeral

sess (many dialects, including Low Prussian)

1. six (6)

Coordinate terms

Low German cardinal numbers from 0 to 99

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	null	een	twee, twei	dree, drei	veer	fiev, fief	söß, söss, seß	sæben, söven	acht	negen, nägen
10—	teihn, tein, tien	ölven, elf	twölf	dörteihn	veerteihn	föffteihn	sössteihn	söventeihn	achtteihn	negenteihn
20—	—	twintig	eenuntwintig	tweeuntwintig	dreeuntwintig	veeruntwintig	fiefuntwintig	sössuntwintig	sövenuntwintig	achtuntwintig
30—	negenuntwintig	dörtig	eenundörtig	tweeundörtig	dreeundörtig	veerundörtig	fiefundörtig	sössundörtig	sövenundörtig	achtundörtig
40—	negenundörtig	veertig	eenunveertig	tweeunveertig	dreeunveertig	veerunveertig	fiefunveertig	sössunveertig	sövenunveertig	achtunveertig
50—	negenunveertig	föfftig	eenunföfftig	tweeunföfftig	dreeunföfftig	veerunföfftig	fiefunföfftig	sössunföfftig	sövenunföfftig	achtunföfftig
60—	negenunföfftig	sösstig	eenunsösstig	tweeunsösstig	dreeunsösstig	veerunsösstig	fiefunsösstig	sössunsösstig	sövenunsösstig	achtunsösstig
70—	negenunsösstig	söventig	eenunsöventig	tweeunsöventig	dreeunsöventig	veerunsöventig	fiefunsöventig	sössunsöventig	sövenunsöventig	achtunsöventig
80—	negenunsöventig	achtig, tachentig	eenunachtig, eenuntachentig	tweeunachtig, tweeuntachentig	dreeunachtig, dreeuntachentig	veerunachtig, veeruntachentig	fiefunachtig, fiefuntachentig	sössunachtig, sössuntachentig	sövenunachtig, sövenuntachentig	achtunachtig, achtuntachentig
90—	negenunachtig, negenuntachentig	negentig	eenunnegentig	tweeunnegentig	dreeunnegentig	veerunnegentig	fiefunnegentig	sössunnegentig	sövenunnegentig	achtunnegentig

Low German cardinal numbers from 100 onward

• 100: hunnert
• 10³: dusend, duusend, eendusend
• 10⁴: teihndusend
• 10⁶: Milljon
• 10¹²: Billjon
• 10¹⁵: Billjard

See also

• Plautdietsch: sass

Maltese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-der.

Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder.

Proto-Italic *seksus

Latin sexus

Italian sessobor.

Maltese sess

Borrowed from Italian sesso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

sess m (plural sessi)

1. gender
2. sex (sexual intercourse)

Derived terms

• sess anali
• sess orali

Related terms

• asesswali
• asesswalità
• sessiżmu
• sessoloġija
• sessologu
• sesswali
• sesswalità

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós. Related to sitte.

Noun

sess m (definite singular sessen, indefinite plural sesser, definite plural sessene)

1. seat
2. rear, back, end

Derived terms

• være tung i sessen

References

• “sess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sess” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós. Related to sitja.

Noun

sess m (definite singular sessen, indefinite plural sessar, definite plural sessane)

1. seat
2. milking stool
3. rear, back, end

Synonyms

• (seat): sete, sitjeplass
• (milking stool): mjølkekrakk

Derived terms

• tung i sessen

References

• “sess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• ses, sæs

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sess/, [ses]

Noun

sess m

1. seat
2. bench

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sess	sessas
accusative	sess	sessas
genitive	sesses	sessa
dative	sesse	sessum

Related terms

• set
• setl
• sittan

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós. Cognate with Old English sess.

Noun

sess m (genitive sess, plural sessar)

1. seat

Declension

Declension of sess (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sess	sessinn	sessar	sessarnir
accusative	sess	sessinn	sessa	sessana
dative	sessi	sessinum	sessum	sessunum
genitive	sess	sessins	sessa	sessanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: sess
• Faroese: sessur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sess
• Norwegian Bokmål: sess

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “sess”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive