seg
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛɡ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛɡ
Etymology 1
From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“follower, retainer, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, accompany”). Cognate with Norwegian segg, Icelandic seggur (“bully”).
Alternative forms
Noun
seg (plural segs)
Etymology 2
Probably from the root of Latin secāre (“to cut”).
Noun
seg (plural segs)
Etymology 3
Noun
seg (uncountable)
Derived terms
Adjective
seg (not comparable)
- Designated for people of color
- Black members of the order were relegated to seg lodges.
Related terms
Etymology 4
Noun
seg (plural segs)
- A metal stud or plate fixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear.
- Synonym: blakey
- (dialect) A callus, an area of hardened skin.
Coordinate terms
Etymology 5
See sedge.
Noun
seg
- Sedge
- Gladen, or other species of Iris
- 1805 January, “Observations made in a Tour through parts of Orkney and Shetland in 1894”, in The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, volume 67, number 1, page 26:
- In one district of Stronsa, I observed several acres covered with the common yellow flag, or seg (iris pseudacorus,) of which a very coarse kind of hay is here made.
- 2019, Roy Vickery, Vickery's Folk Flora, page lxxiii:
- It's also believed that anyone who bites a seg will develop an impediment of speech, such as a stammer.
- 2020, Ernest Marwick, The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland:
- Boats were made of wood, paper or segs (the leaves of the yellow flag). For some reason, children in Stenness (O) were warned that if they chewed seg leaves they would become dumb.
Etymology 6
Noun
seg (plural segs)
- (broadcasting) Clipping of segment.
- 1951 December 15, Billboard, page 6:
- The usual partisanship for bankrollers of radio segs is shown on TV stations.
Anagrams
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
seg (present seg, present participle seggende, past participle geseg)
Etymology
From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *swé.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
seg (accusative reflexive)
Declension
References
- Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. ., 325 ff.)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Preposition
seg
Etymology 1
From Old English seċġ (“sedge”).
Noun
seg
- Alternative form of segge (“sedge”)
Etymology 2
From Old English seċġ (“man”).
Noun
seg
- Alternative form of segge (“man”)
Etymology 1
Pronoun
seg - reflexive pronoun
- (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
- seg sjøl
- oneself
- Den greia klarer seg sjøl.
- That thing can manage itself.
- Han trur på seg sjøl.
- He believes in himself.
- Hun trur på seg sjøl.
- She believes in herself.
- (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
- (with verb) themselves
- De trur på seg sjøl.
- They believe in themselves.
Derived terms
- hver for seg
- være for seg selv
See also
| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| feminine | masculine | neuter | plural | |||||
| Singular | First | – | jeg | meg | mi | min | mitt | mine |
| Second | general | du | deg | di | din | ditt | dine | |
| formal (rare) | De | Dem | Deres | |||||
| Third | feminine (person) | hun | henne | hennes | ||||
| masculine (person) | han | ham / han | hans | |||||
| feminine (noun) | den | dens | ||||||
| masculine (noun) | ||||||||
| neuter (noun) | det | dets | ||||||
| reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine | ||
| Plural | First | – | vi | oss | vår | vårt | våre | |
| Second | general | dere | deres | |||||
| formal (very rare) | De | Dem | Deres | |||||
| Third | general | de | dem | deres | ||||
| reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine | ||
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
seg
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek (accusative of *se-). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swe- (“self”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
seg - reflexive pronoun
- (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
- (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
- (with verb) themselves
Derived terms
- kvar for seg
- vera for seg sjølv
Related terms
See also
| person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
| nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
| accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
| dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
| genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
| case | plural | |||||
| nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
| accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
| dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
| genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 | ||
Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.
Etymology 2
Verb
sèg
- (non-standard since 1938) imperative of segja
Etymology 3
Verb
seg
- imperative of sega
References
- “seg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Verb
seg
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish sēgher, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. Originally in the sense "dripping slowly".
Pronunciation
Adjective
seg (comparative segare, superlative segast)
- tough, leathery, rubbery
- Antonym: mör (“tender”)
- en seg biff
- a tough steak
- chewy
- seg kola
- chewy toffee
- slow-witted
- Jag är lite seg i skallen idag
- I'm a bit slow (in the head) today
- slow, boring
- Vilken seg film
- What a slow movie
- tardy
- De skulle varit här för en timme sen. Varför måste de alltid vara så sega?
- They were supposed to have been here an hour ago. Why do they always have to be so tardy?
- tough (of a person)
- en seg gammal gubbe
- a tough old man
Usage notes
Having a viscous or tough consistency, permitting a lot of stretching force without breaking. Basically a simultaneous antonym of runny and tender. Figuratively slowness, tardiness, toughness, and the like.
Declension
| Inflection of seg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | seg | segare | segast |
| Neuter singular | segt | segare | segast |
| Plural | sega | segare | segast |
| Masculine plural3 | sege | segare | segast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | sege | segare | segaste |
| All | sega | segare | segaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
References
- seg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- seg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- seg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- seg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Preposition
seg
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