-se

See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"

English

Etymology

From Middle English -sen (verbal ending), from Old English -sian (verbal ending), from Proto-Germanic *-isōną.

Pronunciation

• (variable, depends on previous consonant): IPA^(key): /-n-s/, /-n-z/, /-s/, /-ʒ/, /-d-ʒ/

Suffix

-se

2. Forms verbs from adjectives or nouns. When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, bless, in which case the verb means roughly, to make bloody/sanctify.

Usage notes

• No longer productive.

Derived terms

verbal suffix

• bless
• cleanse
• halse
• mince
• rinse
• rix
• wanse
• whinge

Anagrams

• 'e's, -es, E's, ES, Es, E♭s, E♯s, e's, es, es-

Chuukese

Suffix

-se

1. (auxiliary) Negative simple present and past tense aspect marker.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From the inflected form of the suffix -s, denoting characteristic.

Suffix

-se f (plural -sen)

1. Suffix denoting a female inhabitant of a place.

   Antonyms: -er, -aar

Etymology 2

See the main lemma.

Suffix

-se

1. alternative form of -s (“patronymic suffix”)

Derived terms

Dutch terms suffixed with -se

Bouterse

Janse

Estonian

Suffix

-se

1. accusative/genitive singular of -ne

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zə/

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Pronoun

-se

1. (colloquial, regional) Contraction of sie or Sie after a verb.

   will sie → willse

   haben Sie → hamse

Irish

Alternative forms

• -sa (broad form)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃə]

Suffix

-se

1. alternative form of -sa (used after palatalized consonants and front vowels:)

Derived terms

Irish terms suffixed with -se

agaibhse

aicise

aistise

asaibhse

chugaibhse

daoibhse

dhaoibhse

dhíbhse

dhuitse

díbhse

duitse

eadraibhse

faraese

faraibhse

fúibhse

fúithise

intise

ionaibhse

ionsoraibhse

ionsuirthise

ise

léise

libhse

oraibhse

roimpise

romhaibhse

sibhse

sise

thairistise

thairstise

tharaibhse

tríbhse

tríthise

uaibhse

uaimse

uaithise

uaitse

uimpise

uirthise

umaibhse

See also

Irish emphatic suffixes

	person		after a broad consonant	after a slender consonant
singular	first		-sa	-se
	second
	third	m	-san	-sean
		f	-sa	-se
plural	first		-na	-ne -e (after nn in pronouns)
	second		-sa	-se
	third		-san	-sean

Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor; to verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject; and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object.

Latin

Suffix

-se

1. vocative masculine singular of -sus

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin sē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se/

Suffix

-se

1. Appended to present infinitive verb forms to derive reflexive forms

   ‎ciamâ (“to call”) + ‎-se → ‎ciamâse (“to call oneself; to be called”)

Derived terms

Ligurian terms suffixed with -se

chinâse

ciamâse

lavâse

mangiâse

mesciâse

vestîse

Ojibwe

Final

-se

1. fly
2. fall
3. having something happen quickly or spontaneously

Derived terms

• amajise (“wake up suddenly”)
• aabitoose (“be Wednesday”)

See also

• -bide (“drive, speed, fly, fall in, inanimate subject”)
• -bizo (“drive, speed, fly, fall in, animate subject”)

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/se-final-654924
• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/se-final

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se/

Suffix

-se

1. inflection of -s:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative singular/plural
   3. genitive/dative singular

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Suffix

-se

1. alternative form of -sa (used after slender consonants and front vowels)

See also

Old Irish emphatic suffixes

person	emphatic suffixes
1 sg	-se, -sa
2 sg	-siu, -so, -su
3 sg m or n	-som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
3 sg f	-si
1 pl	-ni, -nai, -sni
2 pl	-si
3 pl	-som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam

Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor; to verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject; and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• -isse

Suffix

-se n

1. forms abstract nouns

Derived terms

Old Irish terms suffixed with -se

fíadnisse

saírse

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 262, page 169; reprinted 2017

Paraguayan Guarani

Suffix

-se

1. Used to form the desiderative of verbs: want (to do); hope (to do)

   Ndakeséi.

   I don't want to sleep.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish -si (3rd person singular feminine; 2nd person plural).

Suffix

-se

1. -self, -selves (emphatic)

Usage notes

• Added to prepositional pronouns to add emphasis (not to create a reflexive pronoun).
• Used in third-person singular feminine (eg aicese).
• Used in second-person plural (eg oirbhse).

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms suffixed with -se

bhuaibhse

bhuaipese

fodhaibhse

foidhpese

leathase

leibhse

ribhse

rithese

roimhpese

romhaibhse

thairtese

tharaibhse

thugaibhse

thuicese

troimhpese

tromhaibhse

umaibhse

See also

• -e
• -sa
• -san

Sidamo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-se/

Determiner

-se

1. her

See also

Sidamo possessive clitics

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	f
singular	-ʼya	-kki	-si	-se
plural	-nke	-ʼne	-nsa

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 383