seta

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English

Setae on the foreleg of a mayfly

Etymology

From Latin seta, from saeta. Doublet of soy (silk).

Pronunciation

Noun

seta (plural setas or setae or setæ)

  1. A bristle or hair.
    • 1991, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Volumes 31-32, page 83:
      The setal arrangement in Puncia therefore could represent an evolutionary intermediate step appropriate to a wide-gaped ostracod, in which a domiciliar 'early warning' system is afforded by the frill and extremely long setae.
  2. (botany) The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
    • 1992, Rudolf M Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:
      The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches []

Derived terms

Translations

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Anagrams

Ainu

Pronunciation

Noun

seta (Kana spelling セタ)

  1. dog

Synonyms

Asturian

Noun

seta f (plural setes)

  1. mushroom

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

seta

  1. inflection of sít:
    1. feminine singular passive participle
    2. neuter plural passive participle

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse setja, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti. Causative of *sitjaną.

Verb

seta (third person singular past indicative setti, supine sett)

  1. to set, to put
    seta pengar inn á kontoina - to deposit money
    seta ein prís - to fix a price
    seta í gongd - to start
    seta spor - to leave a trace
    (of the sun) to set; sólin setur - the sun is setting
    seta seg - to sit down

Conjugation

Conjugation of seta (group v-24-2)
infinitive seta
supine sett
participle (a5 (a39))1 setandi settur
present past
first singular seti setti
second singular setur/
setir
setti
third singular setur/
setir
setti
plural seta settu
imperative
singular set!
plural setið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish skädda.

Pronunciation

Noun

seta (dated)

  1. (nautical) Synonym of lokilastu.

Usage notes

  • In contemporary Finnish Seta refers to a Finnish association that works for LGBT rights.

Declension

Inflection of seta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative seta setat
genitive setan setojen
partitive setaa setoja
illative setaan setoihin
singular plural
nominative seta setat
accusative nom. seta setat
gen. setan
genitive setan setojen
setain rare
partitive setaa setoja
inessive setassa setoissa
elative setasta setoista
illative setaan setoihin
adessive setalla setoilla
ablative setalta setoilta
allative setalle setoille
essive setana setoina
translative setaksi setoiksi
abessive setatta setoitta
instructive setoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of seta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative setani setani
accusative nom. setani setani
gen. setani
genitive setani setojeni
setaini rare
partitive setaani setojani
inessive setassani setoissani
elative setastani setoistani
illative setaani setoihini
adessive setallani setoillani
ablative setaltani setoiltani
allative setalleni setoilleni
essive setanani setoinani
translative setakseni setoikseni
abessive setattani setoittani
instructive
comitative setoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative setasi setasi
accusative nom. setasi setasi
gen. setasi
genitive setasi setojesi
setaisi rare
partitive setaasi setojasi
inessive setassasi setoissasi
elative setastasi setoistasi
illative setaasi setoihisi
adessive setallasi setoillasi
ablative setaltasi setoiltasi
allative setallesi setoillesi
essive setanasi setoinasi
translative setaksesi setoiksesi
abessive setattasi setoittasi
instructive
comitative setoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative setamme setamme
accusative nom. setamme setamme
gen. setamme
genitive setamme setojemme
setaimme rare
partitive setaamme setojamme
inessive setassamme setoissamme
elative setastamme setoistamme
illative setaamme setoihimme
adessive setallamme setoillamme
ablative setaltamme setoiltamme
allative setallemme setoillemme
essive setanamme setoinamme
translative setaksemme setoiksemme
abessive setattamme setoittamme
instructive
comitative setoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative setanne setanne
accusative nom. setanne setanne
gen. setanne
genitive setanne setojenne
setainne rare
partitive setaanne setojanne
inessive setassanne setoissanne
elative setastanne setoistanne
illative setaanne setoihinne
adessive setallanne setoillanne
ablative setaltanne setoiltanne
allative setallenne setoillenne
essive setananne setoinanne
translative setaksenne setoiksenne
abessive setattanne setoittanne
instructive
comitative setoinenne

See also

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin saeta.

Noun

seta f (plural setæ)

  1. seta

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese saeta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin sagitta.

Pronunciation

Noun

seta f (plural setas)

  1. arrow
    Synonym: frecha
    • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 337:
      que seyron do dito castello os ditos tres omens e aderençaran a él por lo matar, dentro na dita vyña, e hun deles le puxara hua seta por lo matar, e quando vyra a balesta armada, que fogira por la vyña e foron pus él por llo matar, et de feyto o mataran con a dita seeta, senón Deus que o quyso gardar, e como le remesaran a dita seta, que le remesaran hua pedra e que le deran con ela ena caueça
      that the aforementioned three men left the castle and came towards him for killing him, in that vineyard, and one of them took an arrow, and when he saw the crossbow armed he ran way, but they came after him for killing him, and actually they would have killed him with that arrow if not because God wanted to protect him, and as they threw that arrow, they also threw a stone which hit him in the head

Derived terms

References

Gallurese

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin sēta, monophthongized alternative form of saeta (bristle, hair; (Late Latin) silk), from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂it-o/eh₂-, *sh₂éyt-o/eh₂-, derived from the root *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (to bind).

Pronunciation

Noun

seta f (plural seti)

  1. silk

References


Icelandic

Etymology 1

Noun

seta f (genitive singular setu, nominative plural setur)

  1. sitting (act of sitting)
  2. seat (membership on a committee)
  3. lid, seat (of a toilet)
  4. seat (of a chair)
Declension

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

seta f (genitive singular setu, nominative plural setur)

  1. zeta (Greek letter)
Declension

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sēta, from saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (to bind). Compare Spanish and Portuguese seda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈse.ta/
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Hyphenation: sé‧ta
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

seta f (plural sete)

  1. (textiles) silk

Derived terms

Further reading

  • seta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Javanese

Adjective

seta

  1. Dated spelling of séta.

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

sēta f (genitive sētae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of saeta ("bristle").

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sēta sētae
genitive sētae sētārum
dative sētae sētīs
accusative sētam sētās
ablative sētā sētīs
vocative sēta sētae

References

  • seta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • seta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

seta n

  1. definite plural of sete

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

seta n

  1. definite plural of set
  2. definite plural of sete

seta f

  1. definite singular of sete

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta, white).

Adjective

seta

  1. white

Descendants

  • Old Javanese: sita

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “seta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Back-formation from setka.

Noun

seta f

  1. Augmentative of setka
Usage notes

Typically refers to a 100 ml bottle or shot of vodka.

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

seta m animal

  1. genitive singular of set

Further reading

  • seta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • seta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Two arrows
Front and side turn signals working

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese saeta, from Latin sagitta.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: se‧ta

Noun

seta f (plural setas)

  1. arrow
    1. weapon
    2. pointing symbol
  2. (Brazil) indicator (UK, Australia, New Zealand), turn signal (US), blinker (informal, US), direction indicator
    Synonyms: (Portugal) pisca-pisca, (Portugal) pisca

Synonyms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English set.

Verb

a seta (third-person singular present setează, past participle setat) 1st conjugation

  1. (computing) to set, to configure

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sêta/
  • Hyphenation: se‧ta

Noun

sȅta f (Cyrillic spelling се̏та)

  1. sorrow, melancholy

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

seta f (plural setas)

  1. mushroom (especially edible)
    Synonyms: (Chile) callampa, champiñón, hongo

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

seta n

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

See also

Anagrams