seen
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
seen
- past participle of see
- (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past of see; saw.
- I seen it with my own eyes.
- 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 156:
- "Tut, tut, Sir Benjimen," said Bill, "stir up your memory, sir; cast your eye over them felons in the dock, and tell the Court how you seen them steal the bag."
- (Jamaica) To understand, to comprehend.
- Everything irie, seen?
Antonyms
Descendants
- → Persian: سین (sin)
Etymology 2
Noun
seen (plural seens)
- The letter س in the Arabic script.
Anagrams
Etymology
From Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagen.
Verb
seen
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *seeni. Cognate of Finnish sieni and Latvian sēne.
Noun
seen (genitive seene, partitive seent)
Declension
| Declension of seen (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | seen | seened | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | seene | ||
| genitive | seente | ||
| partitive | seent | seeni | |
| illative | seende seenesse |
seentesse seenisse | |
| inessive | seenes | seentes seenis | |
| elative | seenest | seentest seenist | |
| allative | seenele | seentele seenile | |
| adessive | seenel | seentel seenil | |
| ablative | seenelt | seentelt seenilt | |
| translative | seeneks | seenteks seeniks | |
| terminative | seeneni | seenteni | |
| essive | seenena | seentena | |
| abessive | seeneta | seenteta | |
| comitative | seenega | seentega | |
Noun
seen
Pronunciation
Noun
seen
- Alternative form of seeni
Declension
| Declension of seen (type 5/keeli, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | seen | seenet |
| genitive | seenen | seeniin, seenilöin |
| partitive | seentä, seent | seeniä, seenilöjä |
| illative | seenee | seenii, seenilöihe |
| inessive | seenees | seeniis, seenilöis |
| elative | seenest | seenist, seenilöist |
| allative | seenelle | seenille, seenilöille |
| adessive | seeneel | seeniil, seenilöil |
| ablative | seenelt | seenilt, seenilöilt |
| translative | seeneks | seeniks, seenilöiks |
| essive | seenennä, seeneen | seeninnä, seenilöinnä, seeniin, seenilöin |
| exessive1) | seenent | seenint, seenilöint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Verb
seen
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English sēon, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.
Pronunciation
- (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /søːn/
- IPA(key): /seːn/
Verb
seen
- to see
Usage notes
The conjugation of this verb is highly variable; the forms given below are only a representative selection.
Conjugation
| infinitive | (to) seen, see, sene | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | see | saugh, seigh, saw, sey | |
| 2nd-person singular | seest, sixt | sawe, seye, saugh, seigh, saw, sey | |
| 3rd-person singular | seeth, sikth | saugh, seigh, saw, sey | |
| subjunctive singular | see | sawe1, seye1 | |
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural2 | seen, see | sawen, sawe, seyen, seye | |
| imperative plural | seeth, see | — | |
| participles | seynge, seende | (y)seen, (y)see, (y)seyn, (y)sey | |
Conjugation of seen (strong class 5)
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
- “sẹ̄n, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Verb
seen
- past participle of sei
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