seg

See also: SEG and -ség

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#SEG SegejuCategory:Translingual clippings#SEG.

Symbol

segCategory:Translingual lemmas#SEGCategory:Translingual symbols#SEGCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#SEGCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3Category:ISO 639-3 language code for Segeju.

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SEGCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (follow)#SEG

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#SEGCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#SEG segge, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#SEGCategory:English terms derived from Old English#SEG seċġ (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#SEGCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#SEG *sagi, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#SEGCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SEG *sagjaz (“follower, retainer, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SEG *sekʷ- (“to follow, accompany”). Cognate with Norwegian segg, Icelandic seggur (“bully”).

Alternative forms

Noun

seg (plural segs)Category:English lemmas#SEGCategory:English nouns#SEGCategory:English countable nouns#SEGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. (archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#SEG) A man; warrior; hero.
  2. (UKCategory:British English#SEG dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#SEG) A man; fellow.

Etymology 2

Probably from the root of Category:Requests for attention in Latin etymologies LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#SEG secāre (“to cut”).

Noun

seg (plural segs)Category:English lemmas#SEGCategory:English nouns#SEGCategory:English countable nouns#SEGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. (UKCategory:British English#SEG, ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#SEG, dialectCategory:English dialectal terms#SEG, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#SEG) A castrated farm animal.

Etymology 3

Clipping of segregationCategory:English clippings#SEG.

Noun

seg (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#SEGCategory:English nouns#SEGCategory:English uncountable nouns#SEGCategory:English uncountable nouns#SEGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. (USCategory:American English#SEG prison slangCategory:English prison slang#SEG) Segregation.
Derived terms

Adjective

seg (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#SEGCategory:English adjectives#SEGCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#SEGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. Designated for people of color
    Black members of the order were relegated to seg lodges.Category:English terms with usage examples#SEG

Etymology 4

Noun

seg (plural segs)Category:English lemmas#SEGCategory:English nouns#SEGCategory:English countable nouns#SEGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

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

Etymology 5

See sedge.

Noun

segCategory:English lemmas#SEGCategory:English nouns#SEGCategory:English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals#SEGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#SEG
    • 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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#SEG
    • 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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#SEG

Etymology 6

Noun

seg (plural segs)Category:English lemmas#SEGCategory:English nouns#SEGCategory:English countable nouns#SEGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. (broadcastingCategory:en:Broadcasting#SEG) Clipping of segmentCategory:English clippings#SEG.

Anagrams

Category:en:Cattle#SEGCategory:en:Sedges#SEGCategory:en:Iris family plants#SEG

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Verb

seg (present seg, present participle seggende, past participle geseg)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#SEGCategory:Afrikaans verbs#SEGCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. obsolete form of sêCategory:Afrikaans obsolete forms#SEG

Faroese

Etymology

From Old NorseCategory:Faroese terms derived from Old Norse#SEG sik, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SEG *sek, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SEG *swé.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

seg (accusative reflexive)Category:Faroese lemmas#SEGCategory:Faroese pronouns#SEGCategory:Faroese entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves

Declension

nominative —
accusative seg
dative sær
genitive 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.)

Kabyle

Alternative forms

  • si, s (before a noun beginning with a consonant)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-BerberCategory:Kabyle terms inherited from Proto-Berber#SEGCategory:Kabyle terms derived from Proto-Berber#SEG.

Pronunciation

Preposition

segCategory:Kabyle lemmas#SEGCategory:Kabyle prepositions#SEGCategory:Kabyle entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. from, since
    Seg wassif i d-yekka. ― He's coming from the river.Category:Kabyle terms with usage examples#SEG
    Seg wasmi cerḍeɣ, isellek ufus-iw.
    Since I got vaccinated, I can't do much with my arm.
    Category:Kabyle terms with usage examples#SEG

Usage notes

Nouns following the preposition seg are placed in the annexed state.

References

  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎, retrieved 2025
  • Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

segCategory:Middle English alternative forms#SEGCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. alternative form of segge (“sedge”)

Etymology 2

Noun

segCategory:Middle English alternative forms#SEGCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. alternative form of segge (“man”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronoun

segCategory:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#SEGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål pronouns#SEGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG - reflexive pronoun

  1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
    Den greia klarer seg sjøl.
    That thing can manage itself.
    Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#SEG
    Han trur på seg sjøl.
    He believes in himself.
    Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#SEG
    Hun trur på seg sjøl.
    She believes in herself.
    Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#SEG
  2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
  3. (with verb) themselves
    De trur på seg sjøl.
    They believe in themselves.
    Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#SEG
Derived terms
See also
Norwegian Bokmål personal pronouns
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

segCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#SEGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål verb forms#SEGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. simple past of sige

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#SEGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#SEG sik, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#SEGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SEG *sek (accusative of *se-). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#SEGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SEG *swe- (“self”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

segCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#SEGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk pronouns#SEGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG - reflexive pronoun

  1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
  2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
  3. (with verb) themselves
Derived terms
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
first person second person reflexive third person
masculine feminine neuter
singular nominative eg, je1 du — han ho det, dat2
accusative meg deg seg han, honom ho, henne det, dat2
dative2 meg deg seg honom henne di2
genitive min din sin hans hennar, hennes1 dess3
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. Italic forms unofficial today.

Etymology 2

Verb

sègCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#SEGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms#SEGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

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

Etymology 3

Verb

segCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#SEGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms#SEGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. imperative of sega

References

Old Norse

Verb

segCategory:Old Norse non-lemma forms#SEGCategory:Old Norse verb forms#SEGCategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of segja

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old SwedishCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish#SEGCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish#SEG sēgher, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SEG *sīganą. Originally in the sense "dripping slowly".

Pronunciation

Adjective

seg (comparative segare, superlative segast)Category:Swedish lemmas#SEGCategory:Swedish adjectives#SEGCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. tough, leathery, rubbery
    Antonym: mör (“tender”)
  2. chewy
  3. slow-witted
    Jag är lite seg i skallen idag
    I'm a bit slow (in the head) today
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#SEG
  4. slow, boring
    Vilken seg film
    What a slow movie
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#SEG
  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?
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#SEG
  6. tough (of a person)
    en seg gammal gubbe
    a tough old man
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#SEG

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 superlative1
common singular seg segare segast
neuter singular segt segare segast
plural sega segare segast
masculine plural2 sege segare segast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 sege segare segaste
all sega segare segaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

See also

References

Anagrams

Tachawit

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Tachawit entries#SEG

Pronunciation

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Category:Requests for pronunciation in Tachawit entries#SEG

Preposition

segCategory:Tachawit lemmas#SEGCategory:Tachawit prepositions#SEGCategory:Tachawit entries with incorrect language header#SEGCategory:Pages with entries#SEGCategory:Pages with 11 entries#SEG

  1. from
Category:Afrikaans lemmas Category:Afrikaans obsolete forms Category:Afrikaans terms with audio pronunciation Category:Afrikaans verbs Category:American English Category:British English Category:English 1-syllable words Category:English adjectives Category:English clippings Category:English countable nouns Category:English dialectal terms Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals Category:English prison slang Category:English terms derived from Latin Category:English terms derived from Middle English Category:English terms derived from Old English Category:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (follow) Category:English terms inherited from Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Old English Category:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic Category:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with archaic senses Category:English terms with audio pronunciation Category:English terms with obsolete senses Category:English terms with quotations Category:English terms with usage examples Category:English uncomparable adjectives Category:English uncountable nouns Category:Faroese lemmas Category:Faroese pronouns Category:Faroese terms derived from Old Norse Category:Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic Category:Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation Category:ISO 639-3 Category:Kabyle lemmas Category:Kabyle prepositions Category:Kabyle terms derived from Proto-Berber Category:Kabyle terms inherited from Proto-Berber Category:Kabyle terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Kabyle terms with usage examples Category:Middle English alternative forms Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas Category:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms Category:Norwegian Bokmål pronouns Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples Category:Norwegian Bokmål verb forms Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas Category:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms Category:Norwegian Nynorsk pronouns Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms Category:Old Norse non-lemma forms Category:Old Norse verb forms Category:Pages with 11 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Requests for attention in Latin etymologies Category:Requests for etymologies in Tachawit entries Category:Requests for pronunciation in Tachawit entries Category:Rhymes:English/ɛɡ Category:Rhymes:English/ɛɡ/1 syllable Category:Rhymes:Faroese/eː Category:Rhymes:Faroese/eː/1 syllable Category:Rhymes:Swedish/eːɡ Category:Rhymes:Swedish/eːɡ/1 syllable Category:Scottish English Category:Swedish adjectives Category:Swedish lemmas Category:Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish Category:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic Category:Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish Category:Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Swedish terms with usage examples Category:Tachawit lemmas Category:Tachawit prepositions Category:Tachawit terms with audio pronunciation Category:Translingual clippings Category:Translingual lemmas Category:Translingual symbols Category:Translingual terms derived from English Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes Category:en:Broadcasting Category:en:Cattle Category:en:Iris family plants Category:en:Sedges