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English
Etymology
From Middle English -sen (verbal ending), from Old English -sian (verbal ending), from Proto-Germanic *-isōną.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-se
- Creates denominatives from adjective or nouns.
- 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
Derived terms
Anagrams
Chuukese
Suffix
-se
- (auxiliary) Negative simple present and past tense aspect marker.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the inflected form of the suffix -s, denoting characteristic.
Suffix
-se f (plural -sen)
- Suffix denoting a female inhabitant of a place.
- Antonyms: -er, -aar
Etymology 2
See the main lemma.
Suffix
-se
- Alternative form of -s (“patronymic suffix”)
Derived terms
Estonian
Suffix
-se
- accusative/genitive singular of -ne
German
Pronunciation
Pronoun
-se
- (colloquial, regional) Contraction of sie or Sie after a verb.
- will sie → willse
- haben Sie → hamse
Guaraní
Suffix
-se
- Used to form the desiderative of verbs: want (to do); hope (to do)
Ndakeséi.- I don't want to sleep.
Irish
Pronunciation
Suffix
-se
- Alternative form of -sa (used after palatalized consonants and front vowels:)
Derived terms
See also
Irish emphatic suffixes
Person |
After a broad consonant |
After a slender consonant
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1 sg.
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-sa
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-se
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2 sg.
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3 sg. m.
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-san |
-sean
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3 sg. f.
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-sa |
-se
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1 pl.
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-na |
-ne -e (after nn in pronouns)
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2 pl.
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-sa |
-se
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3 pl.
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-san |
-sean
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Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor; to verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject; and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object.
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Latin
Suffix
-se
- vocative masculine singular of -sus
Ligurian
Etymology
From Latin sē.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-se
- 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
- fly
- fall
- having something happen quickly or spontaneously
Derived terms
See also
- -bide (“drive, speed, fly, fall in, inanimate subject”)
- -bizo (“drive, speed, fly, fall in, animate subject”)
References
Old Irish
Suffix
-se
- Alternative form of -sa (used after slender consonants and front vowels)
See also
Old Irish emphatic suffixes
Person |
Emphatic suffixes
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1 sg.
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-se, -sa
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2 sg.
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-siu, -so, -su
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3 sg. m.n.
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-som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
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3 sg. f.
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-si
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1 pl.
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-ni, -nai, -sni
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2 pl.
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-si
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3 pl.
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-som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
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Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor; to verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject; and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object.
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish -si (3rd person singular feminine; 2nd person plural).
Suffix
-se
- -self, -selves (emphatic)
Usage notes
Derived terms
See also
Sidamo
Pronunciation
Determiner
-se
- her
See also
Sidamo possessive clitics
References
- Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 383
Turkish
preceding vowel
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A / I / O / U
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E / İ / Ö / Ü
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-sa
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-se
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Pronunciation
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”).[1][2][3] Cognates with Azerbaijani -sa, -sə, Karakhanid ـسا, ـسه.
Suffix
-se
- Form of -sa after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.
preceding vowel
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A / I / O / U
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E / İ / Ö / Ü
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-sa
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-se
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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.[3][4] Cognate with Old Uyghur *-sar.
Suffix
-se
- Form of -sa after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.
References
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), "+sA" - in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sā(j)-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bulak, Şahap. "TÜRKÇEDE +sA- İSİMDEN FİİL YAPMA EKİ." Electronic Turkish Studies 7.3 (2012).
- ^ Benzer, Ahmet. "-sA Ekinin İşlevleri ve Dilek-Şart Ayrımı." Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi 28 (2010): 131-140.