sech

See also: Sech and sec'h

Translingual

Pronunciation

• English:
  • IPA^(key): /sɛtʃ/, /ˈʃɛk/

Symbol

sech

1. (mathematics) The hyperbolic function hyperbolic secant.

Usage notes

The symbol sech is prescribed by the ISO 80000-2:2019 standard. The symbol sch is also in use, and is especially favoured in French- and Russian-language texts.

See also

• csch
• coth
• arcsech

English

Determiner

sech

1. (Southern US) Pronunciation spelling of such.

Anagrams

• Ches., Esch, hESC

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zeχ/, [zəɕ]

Pronoun

sech

1. third-person masculine singular, reflexive: himself
2. third-person feminine singular, reflexive: herself
3. third-person neuter singular, reflexive: itself
4. third-person plural, reflexive: themselves

Declension

		nominative		accusative		dative		reflexive
		str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.
1st person singular		ech	—	mech	—	mir	mer	like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (informal)		du	de	dech	—	dir	der	like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (formal)		Dir	Der	Iech	Iech [əɕ]	Iech	Iech [əɕ]	Iech
3rd person singular	m	hien	en	hien	en	him	em	sech
	f	si	se	si	se	hir	er	sech
	n	hatt	et ('t)	hatt	et ('t)	him	em	sech
1st person plural		mir	mer	eis (ons)	—	eis (ons)	—	eis (ons)
2nd person plural		dir	der	iech	iech [əɕ]	iech	iech [əɕ]	iech
3rd person plural		si	se	si	se	hinnen	en	sech

Luxembourgish personal pronouns

Old Irish

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Celtic *sekʷos (“besides, without”) (compare Welsh heb (“without”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-o-s (“following”) (compare Latin secus (“along”) and Sanskrit सचा (sácā, “without”)), from *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Alternatively, from *sek- (“to cut”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʲex/

Preposition

sech (with accusative)

1. past, beyond
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 120^b2

     .i. air ní derb linnai etarcnae inna lloc sech-a·retham

     i.e. for the knowledge of places past which we run is not certain to us.

2. in preference to, rather than, instead of
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23^b13

     .i. ceit leu precept domsa seccu

     i.e. they are jealous that I preach rather than they.

3. different from
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 73^d7

     Ná eiplet húan bás coitchen húa n‑epil cách, acht foircniter húa sain-bás sech cách.

     Let them not die by the common death by which everyone dies, but let them be ended by a special death different from everyone.

4. beyond, above, more than
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 51^c12

     tria degmaini dom·beir do doinib 7 do iudeib sech [c]ach

     through His benefits which He confers on men, and on the Jews above all.

Inflection

Person	Normal	Emphatic
1st person sing.	sechum
2d person sing.	sechut
3d sing. masc./neut., dative
3d sing. masc./neut., accusative	sech(a)e, sechæ
3d sing. fem., dative
3d sing. fem., accusative	secce
1st person pl.	sechund
2d person pl.
3d person pl., dative
3d person pl., accusative	seccu

Inflection of sech

Forms combined with the definite article:

• sechin (“different from the m sg or f sg”)
• secha (“different from the n sg”)
• sechna (“different from the pl”)

Forms combined with a possessive determiner:

• sechmo (“different from my”)

Forms combined with the relative pronoun:

• secha

Descendants

• Irish: seach
• Manx: shagh
• Scottish Gaelic: seach

Conjunction

sech

1. yet, although

Derived terms

• sech is

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 328

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 sech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, §§ 434, 853, pages 273, 530; reprinted 2017

Romansch

Alternative forms

• sitg, setg (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran)
• schetg, sec (Sursilvan)
• sétg (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin siccus.

Adjective

sech m (feminine singular secha, masculine plural sechs, feminine plural sechas)

1. (Puter, Vallader) dry

Welsh

Adjective

sech (not mutable)

1. feminine singular of sych

Verb

sech (not mutable)

1. Contraction of basech.