-se

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ns/, IPA^(key): /-nz/, IPA^(key): /-s/, IPA^(key): /-(d)ʒ/

Suffix

-se

1. Creates denominatives from adjective or nouns.
3. 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

• 'e's, -es, E's, ES, Es, E♭s, E♯s, e's, es, es-

Chuukese

Suffix

-se

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Suffix

-se f (plural -sen)

1. Suffix denoting a female inhabitant of a place.

Antonyms

• -er, -aar

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 sie → willse

Guaraní

Suffix

-se

1. Used to form the desiderative of verbs: want (to do); hope (to do)

   Ndakeséi.

   I don't want to sleep.

Irish

Alternative forms

• -sa (broad form)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Suffix

-se

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

Derived terms

Latin

Suffix

-se

1. vocative masculine singular of -sus

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin sē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se/

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

Ojibwe

Final

-se

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

Derived terms

• amajise (“wake up suddenly”)
• aabitoose (“be Wednesday”)

See also

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

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/se-final-654924
• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/se-final

Old Irish

Suffix

-se

1. Alternative form of -sa (used after slender consonants and front vowels)

See also

Scottish Gaelic

Suffix

-se

1. -self, -selves (emphatic)

Usage notes

• Added to prepositional pronouns to add emphasis (not to create a reflexive pronoun).
• Used in third-person singular feminine (eg aicese).
• Used in second-person plural (eg oirbhse).

Derived terms

See also

• -e
• -sa
• -san

Sidamo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-se/

Determiner

-se

1. her

See also

References

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

Turkish

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”). Cognates with Azerbaijani -sa, -sə, Karakhanid ـسا, ـسه.

Suffix

-se

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

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. Cognate with Old Uyghur *-sar.

Suffix

-se

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

References