-se

See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"

English

Etymology

From Middle English -sen (verbal ending), from Old English -sian (verbal ending), from Proto-Germanic *-isōną.

Pronunciation

  • (variable, depends on previous consonant): IPA(key): /-n-s/, /-n-z/, /-s/, /-ʒ/, /-d-ʒ/

Suffix

-se

  1. Forms verbs from adjectives or nouns. When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, bless, in which case the verb means roughly, to make bloody/sanctify.

Usage notes

  • No longer productive.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Chuukese

Suffix

-se

  1. (auxiliary) Negative simple present and past tense aspect marker.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From the inflected form of the suffix -s, denoting characteristic.

Suffix

-se f (plural -sen)

  1. Suffix denoting a female inhabitant of a place.
    Antonyms: -er, -aar

Etymology 2

See the main lemma.

Suffix

-se

  1. alternative form of -s (patronymic suffix)
Derived terms
Dutch terms suffixed with -se

Estonian

Suffix

-se

  1. accusative/genitive singular of -ne

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zə/
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

-se

  1. (colloquial, regional) Contraction of sie or Sie after a verb.
    will siewillse
    haben Siehamse

Irish

Alternative forms

  • -sa (broad form)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃə]

Suffix

-se

  1. alternative form of -sa (used after palatalized consonants and front vowels:)

Derived terms

See also

Irish emphatic suffixes
person after a broad
consonant
after a slender
consonant
singular first -sa -se
second
third m -san -sean
f -sa -se
plural first -na -ne
-e (after nn in pronouns)
second -sa -se
third -san -sean
Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor; to verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject; and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object.

Latin

Suffix

-se

  1. vocative masculine singular of -sus

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin .

Pronunciation

Suffix

-se

  1. Appended to present infinitive verb forms to derive reflexive forms
    ciamâ (to call) + ‎-se → ‎ciamâse (to call oneself; to be called)

Derived terms

Ligurian terms suffixed with -se

Ojibwe

Final

-se

  1. fly
  2. fall
  3. having something happen quickly or spontaneously

Derived terms

See also

  • -bide (drive, speed, fly, fall in, inanimate subject)
  • -bizo (drive, speed, fly, fall in, animate subject)

References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se/

Suffix

-se

  1. inflection of -s:
    1. nominative plural
    2. accusative singular/plural
    3. genitive/dative singular

Old Irish

Etymology 1

    Suffix

    -se

    1. alternative form of -sa (used after slender consonants and front vowels)
    See also
    Old Irish emphatic suffixes
    person emphatic suffixes
    1 sg -se, -sa
    2 sg -siu, -so, -su
    3 sg m or n -som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
    3 sg f -si
    1 pl -ni, -nai, -sni
    2 pl -si
    3 pl -som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
    Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor; to verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject; and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object.

    Etymology 2

      Alternative forms

      Suffix

      -se n

      1. forms abstract nouns
      Derived terms
      Old Irish terms suffixed with -se

      Further reading

      Paraguayan Guarani

      Pronunciation

      • Rhymes: -e

      Suffix

      -se

      1. Used to form the desiderative of verbs: want (to do); hope (to do)
        Ndakei.
        I don't want to sleep.

      References

      • Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “se”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 101, column 1

      Scottish Gaelic

      Etymology

      From Old Irish -si (3rd person singular feminine; 2nd person plural).

      Suffix

      -se

      1. -self, -selves (emphatic)

      Usage notes

      Derived terms

      See also

      Sidamo

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /-se/

      Determiner

      -se

      1. her

      See also

      Sidamo possessive clitics
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      m f
      singular -ʼya -kki -si -se
      plural -nke -ʼne -nsa

      References

      • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 383

      Turkish

      preceding vowel
      a / ı / o / u e / i / ö / ü
      -sa -se

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /se/

      Etymology 1

      From Ottoman Turkish ـسا (-sa), ـس (-se), evolved from the verb Proto-Turkic *sā- or *sā(j)- (to count, to consider, to desire something, to count something among one's wishes).[1][2][3] Cognates with Azerbaijani -sa, -sə, Karakhanid ـسا, ـسه.

      Suffix

      -se

      1. Form of -sa after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.


      preceding vowel
      a / ı / o / u e / i / ö / ü
      -sa -se

      Etymology 2

      From Ottoman Turkish ـسه (-sa, -se), from Old Turkic *-sar, from Proto-Turkic *-sar or *-sa, where the "r" was gradually omitted over time.[3][4] Cognate with Old Uyghur *-sar.

      Suffix

      -se

      1. Form of -sa after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.

      References

      1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), "+sA" - in Nişanyan Sözlük
      2. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*sā(j)-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
      3. 3.0 3.1 Bulak, Şahap. "TÜRKÇEDE +sA- İSİMDEN FİİL YAPMA EKİ." Electronic Turkish Studies 7.3 (2012).
      4. ^ Benzer, Ahmet. "-sA Ekinin İşlevleri ve Dilek-Şart Ayrımı." Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi 28 (2010): 131-140.