seie

See also: Seie and sèie

Hunsrik

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German sīhen, from Old High German sīhan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīhwan, from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-.[1]

Cognate with German seihen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ̯ə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯ə
  • Hyphenation: sei‧e

Verb

seie

  1. (transitive, with accusative object) to strain; to sieve; to filter

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive seie
participle geseid
auxiliary hod
present
indicative
imperative
ich seie
du seist sei
er/sie/es seid
meer seie
deer seid seid
sie seie

The present participle is uncommonly used,
but can be made with the suffix -end.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “seie”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 149

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse segja, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-. Akin to English say.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²sɛɪːə/

Verb

seie (present tense seier, past tense sa, past participle sagt, passive infinitive seiast, present participle seiande, imperative sei)

  1. to say, tell
    Kva skal du seie dei?
    What are you going to tell them?

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin sēta.

Noun

seie oblique singularf (oblique plural seies, nominative singular seie, nominative plural seies)

  1. silk

Descendants

  • Middle French: soye
  • Norman: souaie

Plautdietsch

Verb

seie

  1. to sow
  2. to seed