sive

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See also: sivé, sivè, Síve, and şive

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish sipa and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sipōną (“to trickle, flow”).

Verb

sive (imperative , infinitive at sive, present tense , past tense , perfect tense )

  1. flow slowly or slowly leak

Derived terms

Ido

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sive.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

sive

  1. either; whether

Antonyms

  • nek (“neither”)

Derived terms

  • sive ... sive
    whether … or; either … or

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From older seive, from sei (“if”) +‎ -ve (“or”). Equivalent to sī (“if”) +‎ -ve (“or”). Collateral form seu by apocope.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

sīve

  1. on the other hand; but if
  2. or
  3. whether … or … (sive … sive …)

Usage notes

  • May be used as a correlative, sive… sive… to function as in English whether… or…

Antonyms

References

  • “sive”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sive”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • seu in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • sive in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English sife.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiv(ə)/, /ˈseːv(ə)/, /ˈsif/, /ˈseːf/

Noun

sive (plural sives)

  1. sieve, riddle, sile (a device for sifting)
    Synonym: temse
  2. (rare) The amount that fits in a sieve.

Descendants

  • English: sieve
  • Scots: sieve, siffe, syffe, sif, syf

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Verb

sive (present tense siv or siver, past tense seiv or sivde, supine sive or sivd/sivt, past participle siven or sivd, present participle sivande, imperative siv)

  1. (intransitive) to seep, ooze
  2. (intransitive) to leak

References

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

sive

  1. inflection of siv:
    1. masculine accusative plural
    2. feminine genitive singular
    3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swazi

Etymology

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Noun

síve class 7 (plural tíve class 8)

  1. nation
  2. nationality
  3. foreigner

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Tarantino

Adjective

sive

  1. dirty
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