zeen

See also: Zeen

Basque

Noun

zeen

1. genitive plural of ze

Limburgish

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sijn, from Old Dutch sīn, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).

Alternative forms

• séëne (Eupen)

Verb

zeen

1. to be

Inflection

Irregular conjugation (Montfortian)

	Present SV	Past SV	Present VS	Past VS	Subjunctive SV	Subjunctive VS
First person singular	ich bön	ich woor	bön ich	woor ich	ich bönne	bönne-n ich
Second person singular	doe bös	doe woors	bös se	woors se	doe bönne	bönner-doe
Third person singular	dae is	dae woor	is t'r	woor d'r	dae bönne	bönner-dae
First person plural	weer zeen	weer wore	zeetj v'r	woortj v'r	weer bönne	bönne v'r
Second person plural	geer zee(n)tj	geer woortj	zee(n)tj g'r	woortj g'r	geer bönne	bönnetj g'r
Third person plural	die zeen(t)	die wore	zeen die	wore die	die bönne	bönner-die
Other:	Infinitive	Gerund	Present particle	Past particle	Adjective	Adverb
Conjugation:	(tö) zeen/waeze	't zeen n	?	zeen gewaes	gewaes (gewaeze/gewaeze-n/gewaezer/gewaezes)	gewaezelik
Other:	Noun	Imperative singular impolite	Imperative singular polite	Imperative dual	Imperative plural	Ènkelzief
Conjugation:	't gezeen n	bön!	zee(n)tj!	eertj!	zee(n)tj!	bönnem

• Past could also be "waas/waar - waas/waars - waas/waar - ware - waartj - ware" instead of "woor-".

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch sien, from Old Dutch sian, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).

Alternative forms

• séëne (Eupen)

Verb

zeen

1. to see

Conjugation

Irregular conjugation (Montfortian)

	Present SV	Past SV	Present VS	Past VS	Subjunctive SV	Subjunctive VS
First person singular	ich zeen	ich zoog	zeen ich	zoog ich	ich zene	zene-n ich
Second person singular	doe zuus	doe zoogs	zuus se	zoogs se	doe zene	zener-doe
Third person singular	dae zuutj	dae zoog	zuutj'r	zoog t'r	dae zene	zener-dae
First person plural	weer zeen	weer zoge	zeentj v'r	zoge v'r	weer zene	zene v'r
Second person plural	geer zuutj	geer zoog	zuutj g'r	zoog g'r	geer zene	zenetj g'r
Third person plural	die zeen	die zoge	zeen die	zoge die	die zene	zener-die
Other:	Infinitive	Gerund	Present particle	Past particle	Adjective	Adverb
Conjugation:	(tö) zeen	't zeen n	zeendje	höbbe gezeen	gezeen (gezene/gezene-n/gezener/gezenes)	gezenelik
Other:	Noun	Imperative singular impolite	Imperative singular polite	Imperative dual	Imperative plural	Ènkelzief
Conjugation:	't gezeen n	zuug!	zuutj!	zuuetj!	zuutj!	zenem

• Past could also be "zaag-" instead of "zoog-".

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English sǣnden, from Old English sændan, from Proto-West Germanic *sandijan. Cognate with West English zend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛːn/

Verb

zeen (simple past zent)

1. to send

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81