seg

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See also: SEG and -ség

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛɡ/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Etymology 1

From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“follower, retainer, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, accompany”). Cognate with Norwegian segg, Icelandic seggur (“bully”).

Alternative forms

Noun

seg (plural segs)

  1. (archaic) A man; warrior; hero.
  2. (UK dialectal) A man; fellow.

Etymology 2

Probably from the root of Latin secāre (“to cut”).

Noun

seg (plural segs)

  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A castrated farm animal.

Etymology 3

Clipping of segregation

Noun

seg (uncountable)

  1. (US prison slang) Segregation
    • 1988 July 15, Albert Williams, “Prison Drama”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      […] when a prisoner is transferred or paroled or sent to "seg" (segregation) or hauled back into court, they don't ask if he's busy with a lead role in a play.
Derived terms

Adjective

seg (not comparable)

  1. Designated for people of color
    Black members of the order were relegated to seg lodges.

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Etymology 4

Noun

seg (plural segs)

  1. A metal stud or plate fixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear.
    Synonym: blakey
  2. (dialect) A callus, an area of hardened skin.
Coordinate terms

Etymology 5

See sedge.

Noun

seg

  1. Sedge
  2. Gladen, or other species of Iris
    • 1805 January, “Observations made in a Tour through parts of Orkney and Shetland in 1894”, in The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, volume 67, number 1, page 26:
      In one district of Stronsa, I observed several acres covered with the common yellow flag, or seg (iris pseudacorus,) of which a very coarse kind of hay is here made.
    • 2019, Roy Vickery, Vickery's Folk Flora, page lxxiii:
      It's also believed that anyone who bites a seg will develop an impediment of speech, such as a stammer.
    • 2020, Ernest Marwick, The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland:
      Boats were made of wood, paper or segs (the leaves of the yellow flag). For some reason, children in Stenness (O) were warned that if they chewed seg leaves they would become dumb.

Etymology 6

Noun

seg (plural segs)

  1. (broadcasting) Clipping of segment.
    • 1951 December 15, Billboard, page 6:
      The usual partisanship for bankrollers of radio segs is shown on TV stations.

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Verb

seg (present seg, present participle seggende, past participle geseg)

  1. Obsolete form of sê.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *swé.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

seg (accusative reflexive)

  1. oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves

Declension

Reflexive pronouns - Afturbent fornavn
Singular (eintal), Plural (fleirtal) 3. m, f, n
Nominative (hvørfall) —
Accusative (hvønnfall) seg
Dative (hvørjumfall) sær
Genitive (hvørsfall) sín

References

  • Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. ., 325 ff.)

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Etymology

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Preposition

seg

  1. from

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English seċġ (“sedge”).

Noun

seg

  1. Alternative form of segge (“sedge”)

Etymology 2

From Old English seċġ (“man”).

Noun

seg

  1. Alternative form of segge (“man”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronoun

seg - reflexive pronoun

  1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
    Seg sjøl.
    Oneself.
    Den greia klarer seg sjøl.
    That thing can manage itself.
    Han trur på seg sjøl.
    He believes in himself.
    Hun trur på seg sjøl.
    She believes in herself.
  2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
  3. (with verb) themselves
    De trur på seg sjøl.
    They believes in themselves.
Derived terms
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    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
feminine masculine neuter plural
Singular First – jeg meg mi min mitt mine
Second general du deg di din ditt dine
formal (rare) De Dem Deres
Third feminine (person) hun henne hennes
masculine (person) han ham / han hans
feminine (noun) den dens
masculine (noun)
neuter (noun) det dets
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine
Plural First – vi oss vår vårt våre
Second general dere deres
formal (very rare) De Dem Deres
Third general de dem deres
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

seg

  1. simple past of sige

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek (accusative of *se-). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swe- (“self”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

seg - reflexive pronoun

  1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
  2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
  3. (with verb) themselves
Derived terms
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See also
Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
person first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative eg, je1 du han ho det, dat2
accusative meg deg seg han, honom2 ho, henne2 det, dat2
dative2 meg deg seg honom henne di2
genitive min din sin hans hennar, hennes1 dess3
case plural
nominative me, vi de, dokker dei
accusative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg dei, deim2
dative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg deim2
genitive vår, okkar dykkar, dokkar sin deira, deires1
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.


Etymology 2

Verb

sèg

  1. (non-standard since 1938) imperative of segja

Etymology 3

Verb

seg

  1. imperative of sega

References

Old Norse

Verb

seg

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of segja

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish sēgher, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. Originally in the sense "dripping slowly".

Pronunciation

Adjective

seg (comparative segare, superlative segast)

  1. tough, leathery, rubbery
    Antonym: mör (“tender”)
    en seg biff
    a tough steak
  2. chewy
    seg kola
    chewy toffee
  3. slow-witted
    Jag är lite seg i skallen idag
    I'm a bit slow (in the head) today
  4. slow, boring
    Vilken seg film
    What a slow movie
  5. tardy
    De skulle varit här för en timme sen. Varför måste de alltid vara så sega?
    They were supposed to have been here an hour ago. Why do they always have to be so tardy?
  6. tough (of a person)
    en seg gammal gubbe
    a tough old man

Usage notes

Having a viscous or tough consistency, permitting a lot of stretching force without breaking. Basically a simultaneous antonym of runny and tender. Figuratively slowness, tardiness, toughness, and the like.

Declension

Inflection of seg
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular seg segare segast
Neuter singular segt segare segast
Plural sega segare segast
Masculine plural3 sege segare segast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sege segare segaste
All sega segare segaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Preposition

seg

  1. from
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