seru
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɛru]
Verb
seru
- first-person singular present of srát
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈru/ [səˈru]
- Rhymes: -u
- Syllabification: se‧ru
Etymology 1
From Malay seru, from Sanskrit श्रु (śru, “to listen, hear; learn”).
Noun
sêru (plural seru-seru)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Malay seru, from Javanese ꦱꦼꦫꦸ (seru, “loud, strong”), ꦱꦿꦸ (sru, “loud, strong”), from Old Javanese sru (“swiftness, force, vehemence”).
Adjective
seru (comparative lebih seru, superlative paling seru)
- cruel, harsh, strict, severe
- Synonym: bengis
- sharp, powerful, violent, furious, severe, intense
- Synonyms: hebat, sengit
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Malay seru, from Sanskrit सर्व (sarva, “all”). Doublet of sarwa and serba.
Adjective
seru
Etymology 4
From Arabic سَرْو (sarw, “cypress”).
Noun
sêru (plural seru-seru)
- needlewood tree (Schima bancana)
- Synonyms: medang gatal, puspa
Further reading
- “seru” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
seru
Javanese
Romanization
seru
- romanization of ꦱꦼꦫꦸ
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɛ.ruː], [ˈsɛ.rʊ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛː.ru]
Noun
serū̆ n (genitive serūs or serū); fourth declension (hapax legomenon)
- alternative form of serum
- C.E. 4th C., Flavius Sosipater Charisius (author), Heinrich Keil (editor), Ars Grammatica (1857), page 31:
Declension
Fourth-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | serū̆1 | serua |
| genitive | serūs2 serū3 |
seruum |
| dative | serū4 seruī2 |
seribus |
| accusative | serū̆1 | serua |
| ablative | serū4 | seribus |
| vocative | serū̆1 | serua |
1The length of the final vowel is uncertain in the nominative/accusative/vocative singular; Martianus Capella considers it to end with -ū, while Servius considers it to end with -ŭ.
2According to Martianus Capella.
3According to Servius.
4According to both.
Latvian
Noun
seru m
- inflection of sers:
- accusative/instrumental singular
- genitive plural
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish cerro and Portuguese cerro and Kabuverdianu séra.
Noun
seru