seen

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See also: sen, Seen, and -seen

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Morphologically see +‎ -n.

Verb

seen

  1. past participle of see
  2. (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."
  3. (Jamaica) To understand, to comprehend.
    Everything irie, seen?
Antonyms
Descendants
  • → Persian: سین (sin)

Etymology 2

From Arabic سِين (sīn).

Noun

seen (plural seens)

  1. The letter س in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagen.

Verb

seen

  1. (Issime) to say

References

Estonian

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *seeni. Cognate of Finnish sieni and Latvian sēne.

Noun

seen (genitive seene, partitive seent)

  1. mushroom
  2. fungus

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

Finnish

Noun

seen

  1. genitive singular of see

Ingrian

Pronunciation

Noun

seen

  1. 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.

Luxembourgish

Verb

seen

  1. second-person singular imperative of seenen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English sēon, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

seen

  1. to see

Usage notes

The conjugation of this verb is highly variable; the forms given below are only a representative selection.

Conjugation

Conjugation of seen (strong class 5)
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

1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

References

Scots

Verb

seen

  1. past participle of sei
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