secans
Catalan
Adjective
secans
- masculine plural of secà
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of secō (“cut, cleave”)
Participle
secāns (genitive secantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- cutting
- cleaving, dividing
- (medicine) operating, amputating
- castrating
- (by extension) wounding, injuring
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | secāns | secantēs | secantia | ||
| genitive | secantis | secantium | |||
| dative | secantī | secantibus | |||
| accusative | secantem | secāns | secantēs secantīs |
secantia | |
| ablative | secante secantī1 |
secantibus | |||
| vocative | secāns | secantēs | secantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin secāns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.kans/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛkans
- Syllabification: se‧cans
Noun
secans m inan (related adjective secansowy)
- (trigonometry) secant (in a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle)
Declension
Declension of secans
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | secans | secansy |
| genitive | secansa/secansu | secansów |
| dative | secansowi | secansom |
| accusative | secans | secansy |
| instrumental | secansem | secansami |
| locative | secansie | secansach |
| vocative | secansie | secansy |
Related terms
adjective
- secansoidalny
adverb
- secansoidalnie
noun
- secansoida
Further reading
- secans in Polish dictionaries at PWN