се
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European *swé.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɛ]
Pronoun
се • (se)
- (reflexive pronoun, clitic) the accusative short form of the reflexive pronoun себе си (sebe si), part of reflexive verbs, denoting that the subject is simultaneously the direct object; corresponds to myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
- (reciprocal, clitic) accusative reciprocal pronoun, denoting that the agents perform the mutual actions among themselves; corresponds to each other, one another
- Synonym: един друг (edin drug)
- (reflexive pronoun, clitic) reflexive pronoun, part of autocausative verbs, denoting that the referent represented by the subject combines the activity of actor and undergoes a change of state like a patient
- Петър се обиди.
- Petǎr se obidi.
- Petаr became/was offended.
- (reflexive pronoun, clitic) reflexive pronoun, part of anticausative verbs, denoting that the subject of the verb undergoes an action or change of state whose agent is unclear or nonexistent
- (reflexive pronoun, clitic) used for passive constructions with transitive verbs and undetermined agent
- (reflexive pronoun, clitic) used for passive constructions with transitive verbs and determined agent
- (reflexive pronoun, clitic) inherent part of an unergative reflexive or reciprocal verb with no meaning of its own, and an obligatory part of the verb's lexical entry
Erzya
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *śe, from Proto-Uralic *śe (“it”). Cognates include Moksha ся (sä), Finnish se, Estonian see.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʲe/
Pronoun
се • (se)
- (demonstrative) that
- седе мейле ― sede mejle ― after that
- 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.[1], page 92:
- Чокшне се чиста ю̂втызе сонъ сынянстъ: уйдянокъ тона ю̂новъ.
- Čokšne se čista jûvtïze son sïńanst: ujďanok tona jûnov.
- That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.”
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | се (se) | сеть (seť), сетне (setne) |
genitive | сень (seń) | сетнень (setneń) |
dative | сенень (seneń) | сетненень (setneneń) |
ablative | седе (sede) | сетнеде (setnede) |
inessive | сеньсэ (sensë), сень эйсэ (seń ejsë) | сетнесэ (setnesë) |
elative | сеньстэ (senstë), сень эйстэ (seń ejstë) | сетнестэ (setnestë) |
illative | сеньс (seńs), сень эйс (seń ejs) | сетнес (setnes) |
prolative | сеньга (seńga), сень эзга (seń ezga) | сетнева (setneva) |
translative | сень эзкс (seń ezks) | сетнекс (setneks) |
abessive | сентеме (senteme) | сетневтеме (setnevteme) |
comparative | сеньшка (seńška) | сетнешка (setneška) |
References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “се”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #59 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Ingush
Etymology
Noun
се • (se)
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European *swé.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɛ]
- Homophone: сѐ (sè)
Pronoun
се • (se)
- Short reflexive direct object pronoun (all persons).
- (reflexive pronoun, clitic) the accusative short form of the reflexive pronoun себе си, part of reflexive verbs, denoting that the subject is simultaneously the direct object; corresponds to myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
- (reciprocal pronoun, clitic) accusative reciprocal pronoun, denoting that the agents perform the mutual actions among themselves; corresponds to each other, one another
- (reflexive pronoun, clitic) reflexive pronoun, part of autocausative verbs, denoting that the referent represented by the subject combines the activity of actor and undergoes a change of state like a patient
- Петар се навреди.
- Petar se navredi.
- Peter became offended.
- (reflexive pronoun, clitic) reflexive pronoun, part of anticausative verbs, denoting that the subject of the verb undergoes an action or change of state whose agent is unclear or nonexistent
- (reflexive pronoun, clitic) used for passive constructions with transitive verbs and undetermined agent
- (reflexive pronoun, clitic, formal) used for passive constructions with transitive verbs and determined agent
- (reflexive pronoun, clitic) inherent part of an unergative reflexive or reciprocal verb with no meaning of its own, and an obligatory part of the verb's lexical entry
Russian
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Pronoun
се • (sjo)
- alternative spelling of сё (sjo)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European *swé.
Pronoun
се (Latin spelling se)
- oneself (clitic form of reflexive pronoun)
- (by extension, impersonal) Used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person where the impersonal subject does the verb unto itself
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | — | — |
genitive | се̏бе, се | се̏бе |
dative | се̏би, си | се̏би |
accusative | се̏бе, се | се̏бе |
vocative | — | — |
locative | се̏би | се̏би |
instrumental | со̏бо̄м | со̏бом |
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sь.
Particle
се (Latin spelling se)
- (obsolete) this is; here is
- 1404, anonymous, Kočerin tablet, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- се лежи вигань милошевиꙉь
- Here lies Viganj Milošević.
Tajik
30 | ||
← 2 | 3 | 4 → [a], [b] |
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Cardinal: се (se) Ordinal: сеюм (seyum) |
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Persian سِهْ (sih).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se/, [se]
Numeral
се • (se) (Persian spelling سه)
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɛ]
Determiner
се • (se)
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of сей (sej)
Pronoun
се • (se)
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of сей (sej)