siet

See also: siết and sieť

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ziet, third-person singular present of zien, whence Afrikaans sien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sit/

• Audio:

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Verb

siet (present siet, present participle siende, past participle gesiet)

1. (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of sien

Aragonese

Aragonese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : siet

Alternative forms

• siete

Etymology

From Latin septem.

Numeral

siet

1. seven

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin septem.

Numeral

siet

1. seven

Hungarian

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *čijɜ- (“to run”) + -t (instantaneous verb-forming suffix).^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃijɛt]
• Hyphenation: si‧et
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

siet

1. (intransitive) to hurry
2. (intransitive) to be fast (of clock or watch: ahead of the correct time)

   Antonym: késik

Conjugation

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	sietek	sietsz	siet	sietünk	siettek	sietnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	siettem	siettél	sietett	siettünk	siettetek	siettek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. sietni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	sieték	sietél	siete	sieténk	sietétek	sietének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. siet vala, sietett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	sietendek	sietendesz	sietend	sietendünk	sietendetek	sietendenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	sietnék	sietnél	sietne	sietnénk	sietnétek	sietnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. sietett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	siessek	siess or siessél	siessen	siessünk	siessetek	siessenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. sietett légyen
Infinitive	sietni		sietnem	sietned	sietnie	sietnünk	sietnetek	sietniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	sietés		siető	sietett	―	sietve (sietvén)

conjugation of siet

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	siethetek	siethetsz	siethet	siethetünk	siethettek	siethetnek
		Def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past	Indef.	siethettem	siethettél	siethetett	siethettünk	siethettetek	siethettek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	sietheték	siethetél	siethete	sietheténk	siethetétek	siethetének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. siethet vala, siethetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	siethetendek or sietandhatok	siethetendesz or sietandhatsz	siethetend or sietandhat	siethetendünk or sietandhatunk	siethetendetek or sietandhattok	siethetendenek or sietandhatnak
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	siethetnék	siethetnél	siethetne	siethetnénk	siethetnétek	siethetnének
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. siethetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	siethessek	siethess or siethessél	siethessen	siethessünk	siethessetek	siethessenek
		Def.	―
		2nd-p. o.	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. siethetett légyen
Inf.	(siethetni)		(siethetnem)	(siethetned)	(siethetnie)	(siethetnünk)	(siethetnetek)	(siethetniük)
Positive adjective			―	Neg. adj.	―	Adv. part.	(siethetve / siethetvén)

potential conjugation of siet

Derived terms

• sietés
• sietős
• sietség
• siettet
• siettében

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• átsiet
• besiet
• elsiet
• elősiet
• előresiet
• felsiet
• idesiet
• kisiet
• lesiet
• odasiet
• tovasiet
• utánasiet
• végigsiet
• visszasiet

References

1. Entry #111 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
2. siet in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

• siet in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Latin

Verb

siet

1. (archaic) third-person singular present subjunctive active of sum

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey- (or *sēy-), past sēju from an unchanged *sēy-, some dialects also have present seju from a short *sey-, otherwise present sienu from a no-stem with *ey > ie shift. Iterative saistīt (“to link”) via ablaut.^[1]

Verb

sìet (transitive, 1st conjugation, present sienu, sien, sien, past sēju)

1. to bind

Conjugation

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)
1st pers. sg.	es	sienu	sēju	siešu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	sien	sēji	siesi	sien
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	sien	sēja	sies	lai sien
1st pers. pl.	mēs	sienam	sējām	siesim	siesim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	sienat	sējāt	siesiet, siesit	sieniet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	sien	sēja	sies	lai sien
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	sienot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		sienošs
Past	esot sējis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		siedams
Future	siešot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		sienot
Imperative	lai sienot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		sienam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		sējis
Present	sietu		Present Passive		sienams
Past	būtu sējis		Past Passive		siets
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jāsien		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		siet
Conjunctive 1	esot jāsien		Negative Infinitive		nesiet
Conjunctive 2	jāsienot		Verbal noun		siešana

conjugation of siet

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “siet”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Middle Dutch

Verb

siet

1. inflection of sien:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   3. plural imperative

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sětь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsi̯ɛːt/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈsiːt/

Noun

siet f

1. net

   Pavúk tče své sieti. ― A spider weaves its webs.

Declension

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	siet	sieti	sieti
genitive	sieti	sieťú	sietí
dative	sieti	sietma	sietem
accusative	siet	sieti	sieti
vocative	sieti	sieti	sieti
locative	sieti	sieťú	sietech
instrumental	sieťú	sietma	sietmi

Declension of siet (i-stem)

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: síť

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “siet”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 雪 (MC sjwet).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /θiːt˧˥/
• Tone numbers: siet⁷
• Hyphenation: siet

Noun

siet (1957–1982 spelling siet)

1. (dialectal) snow

   Synonym: nae