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From Middle English seere, equivalent to see + -er (“agent suffix”).
seer (plural seers)
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See sihr.
seer (plural seers)
From Middle High German sēr, from Old High German sēr (“sored, injured”), from Proto-West Germanic *sair. Cognate with German sehr.
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seer c (singular definite seeren, plural indefinite seere)
From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-West Germanic *sair.
sêer
Adjective | |||||
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Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | ||
Nominative | Indefinite | sêer | sêre | sêer | sêre |
Definite | sêre | sêre | |||
Accusative | Indefinite | sêren | sêre | sêer | sêre |
Definite | sêre | ||||
Genitive | sêers | sêrer | sêers | sêrer | |
Dative | sêren | sêrer | sêren | sêren |
From Old Dutch sēr, from Proto-West Germanic *sair.
sêer n
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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seer m (definite singular seeren, indefinite plural seere, definite plural seerne)
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infinitive | simple | seer, ser | |||||
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compound | infinitive of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
gerund | simple | seendo, sendo | |||||
compound | gerund of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
past participle1 | singular | plural | |||||
masculine | siido, sido | — | |||||
feminine | — | — | |||||
present participle | seente | seentes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outras vós outros |
eles elas | |
simple tenses |
present | so, soo, son, sõo, são, san, sejo2 | és, séés, sés | é, éste, séé, sé | somos, samos, seemos, semos | sodes, sondes, soos, seedes, sedes, sendes | son, séen |
imperfect | era, seía, siía, sía, sedía | eras, seías, siías, sías, *sedías | era, seía, siía, sía, sedía | eramos, *seiamos, siiamos, *siamos, *sediamos | erades, seiades, *siiades, *siades, *sediades | eran, seían, siían, *sían, *sedían | |
preterite | fui, fun, foi, sevi, sive, seve | foste, fuste, fuiste, fusche, *sevéste, seviste | foi, fui, seve, seive | fomos, fumos, *sevémos | fostes, fustes, *sevéstes | foron, sevéron, seeron | |
pluperfect | fora, *sevéra | foras, *sevéras | fora, sevéra | foramos, *severamos | forades, *severades | foran, sevéran | |
future | seerei, serei | seerás, serás | seerá, será | seeremos, seremos | seeredes, seredes | seerán, serán | |
conditional | seería, sería | seerías, serías | seería, sería | seeriamos, seriamos | seeriades, seriades | seerían, serían | |
compound tenses1 |
present perfect | present of haver + past participle1 | |||||
present imperfect | imperfect of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
past anterior | preterite of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
pluperfect | simple pluperfect of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
future perfect | future of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
subjunctive mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
eles elas | |
simple tenses |
present | seja2, seia, sea | sejas2, seias, seas | seja2, seia, sea | sejamos2, seiamos, seamos | sejades2, seiades, seades | sejan2, seian, sean |
preterite | fosse, sevésse | fosses, *sevésses | fosse, sevésse | fôssemos, *sevéssemos | fôssedes, *sevéssedes | fossen, sevéssen | |
future | for, *sevér | fores, *sevéres | for, sevér | formos, *sevérmos | fordes, sevérdes | foren, *sevéren | |
compound tenses1 |
present perfect | present subjunctive of haver + past participle1 | |||||
pluperfect | preterite subjunctive of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
perfect future | future subjunctive of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
imperative mood | – | tu | vossa mercee | nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
– | |
affirmative | — | sêe, sê, sei | seja2, *seia, *sea | sejamos2, *seiamos, *seamos | seede, sede, *sende | — | |
negative | — | non sejas2, non *seias, non *seas | non seja2, non *seia, non *sea | non sejamos2, non *seiamos, non *seamos | non sejades2, non seiades, non seades | — | |
personal infinitive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nós nós outros nós outras |
vós vós outros vós outras |
eles elas | |
seer, ser | seeres, seres | seer, ser | seermos, sermos | seerdes, serdes | seeren, seren | ||
1 The past participle of the verb seer, which is only attested with the auxiliary verb haver, is scarcely documented since around the 13th century and remained uncommon throughout the 15th century. | |||||||
2 The grapheme ⟨j⟩ can be represented by either phonemes, /dʒ/ and /Ʒ/. The former is more archaic. |
From Latin sedēre (“to sit”). As time passed, it merged with ser (“to be”), from Latin sum (“to be”).
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Note: The verbs marked with an asterisk (*) were likely conjugated accordingly to the Old Spanish conjugation system. | |||||||||
infinitive | seder, seyer, seer, ser | ||||||||
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gerund | seyendo, siendo, soviendo | ||||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||||
masculine | seído, sido, sesso | — | |||||||
feminine | — | — | |||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | yo | tú | él ella ello |
nos nosotros nosotras |
vos vosotros vosotras |
ellos ellas | |||
present | so, seyo, seo, *sieo | eres, siedes, *siees, sies, sees, *sieyes, sos | es, siede, *siee, sie, see, seye | somos, sedemos, seemos, seyemos | sodes, soes, sois, seedes, *siedes, seés, seéis, *seyedes | son, sieden, sieen, seen, sien, seyen | |||
imperfect | era, seía, *sedía | eras, seías, *seíes, *sedías, *sediés | era, seía, *seyé¹, seíe¹, seí, *sedía, sedié¹, sedíe¹ | eramos, seíamos, seyémos¹, seíemos¹, *sediamos, *sediémos¹, sedíemos¹ | erades, seíades, *seyédes¹, seíedes¹, *sediades, *sediédes¹, *sedíedes¹, seyés, seyéis | eran, seían, seyén¹, seíen¹, sedían, sedién¹, sedíen¹ | |||
preterite | fúe, fúi, fuí, fu, fi, fo, sove, sovi | fuiste, fueste, fuste, fust, foste, fusti, soviste | fúe, fu, fi, fué, fot, fo, foe, foi, sovo, suvo | fuemos, fuimos, fimos, fomos, fumos, soviemos | fuestes, fuistes, fostes, fustes, soviestes | fueron, foron, furon, sovieron, sovioron | |||
pluperfect | fuera, *soviera | fueras, *sovieras | fuera, *soviera | fuéramos, *soviéramos | fuérades, *soviérades | fueran, sovieran | |||
future | seré | serás | será | seremos | seredes, serés, seréis | serán | |||
conditional | seria, serié², seríe³ | serias, seriés¹, seríes¹ | seria, serié¹, seríe¹ | seriamos, seriémos¹, seríemos¹ | seriades, seriédes¹, seríedes¹, seriás, *seriáis | serian, serién¹, seríen¹ | |||
subjunctive | yo | tú | él ella ello |
nos nosotros nosotras |
vos vosotros vosotras |
ellos ellas | |||
present | seya, sea | seyas, seas | seya, sea | seyamos, seamos | seyades, seyás, *seyáis, seades, seás, seáis | seyan, sean | |||
imperfect, (-se) | fuésse, *soviesse, fués, soviés | fuesses, *soviesses | fuésse, soviesse, fués, soviés | fuéssemos, *soviéssemos | fuéssedes, *soviéssedes | fuessen, soviessen | |||
imperfect, (-ra) | fuera, *soviera | fueras, *sovieras | fuera, *soviera | fuéramos, *soviéramos | fuérades, *soviérades | fueran, sovieran | |||
future | fuere, fuer, fuero, *soviere, *sovier, *soviero | fueres, sovieres | fuere, fuer, soviere, sovier | fuéremos, *soviéremos | fuéredes, fuerdes, *soviéredes, *sovierdes | fueren, sovieren | |||
imperative | yo | tú | — | nos nosotros nosotras |
vos vosotros vosotras |
— | |||
affirmative | — | see, se, séy | — | *seyamos, *seamos | seet, seed, seyet, seyed, set, sed | — | |||
negative | — | non/no seyas, non/no seas | — | non/no *seyamos, non/no seamos | non/no *seyades, non/no seyás, non/no seades, non/no seás, non/no seáis | — | |||
¹ According to the linguists Paul M. Lloyd and Ralph J. Penny, the <ie> in seies, seie, seiemos, serie, series, seriemos etc. could either be read as /ié/ (written as yé) or /íe/.
² Rare. The first person singular conditional verbs ending in /ié/, according to Paul M. Lloyd, are rare. ³ Rarer. As the linguists Paul M. Lloyd and Ralph J. Penny affirm, <ie ~ ye> could either be read as /ié/ or /íe/. However, they also indicate that the former was more frequent than the latter, thus meaning that the first person singular conditional verbs ending in /íe/ are even rarer. |