seen
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editseen
- past participle of see
- (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past of see; saw.
- I seen it with my own eyes.
- 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 156:
- "Tut, tut, Sir Benjimen," said Bill, "stir up your memory, sir; cast your eye over them felons in the dock, and tell the Court how you seen them steal the bag."
- (Jamaica) To understand, to comprehend.
- Everything irie, seen?
Antonyms
editDescendants
edit- → Persian: سین (sin)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editseen (plural seens)
- The letter س in the Arabic script.
Anagrams
editAlemannic German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagen.
Verb
editseen
References
edit- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Estonian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *seeni. Cognate of Finnish sieni and Latvian sēne.
Noun
editseen (genitive seene, partitive seent)
Declension
editDeclension of seen (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | seen | seened | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | seene | ||
genitive | seente | ||
partitive | seent | seeni | |
illative | seende seenesse |
seentesse seenisse | |
inessive | seenes | seentes seenis | |
elative | seenest | seentest seenist | |
allative | seenele | seentele seenile | |
adessive | seenel | seentel seenil | |
ablative | seenelt | seentelt seenilt | |
translative | seeneks | seenteks seeniks | |
terminative | seeneni | seenteni | |
essive | seenena | seentena | |
abessive | seeneta | seenteta | |
comitative | seenega | seentega |
Finnish
editNoun
editseen
Ingrian
editPronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈseːn/, [ˈs̠eːn]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈseːn/, [ˈʃe̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -eːn
- Hyphenation: seen
Noun
editseen
- Alternative form of seeni
Declension
editDeclension of seen (type 5/keeli, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | seen | seenet |
genitive | seenen | seeniin, seenilöin |
partitive | seentä, seent | seeniä, seenilöjä |
illative | seenee | seenii, seenilöihe |
inessive | seenees | seeniis, seenilöis |
elative | seenest | seenist, seenilöist |
allative | seenelle | seenille, seenilöille |
adessive | seeneel | seeniil, seenilöil |
ablative | seenelt | seenilt, seenilöilt |
translative | seeneks | seeniks, seenilöiks |
essive | seenennä, seeneen | seeninnä, seenilöinnä, seeniin, seenilöin |
exessive1) | seenent | seenint, seenilöint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Luxembourgish
editVerb
editseen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English sēon, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.
Pronunciation
edit- (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /søːn/
- IPA(key): /seːn/
Verb
editseen
- to see
Usage notes
editThe conjugation of this verb is highly variable; the forms given below are only a representative selection.
Conjugation
editConjugation of seen (strong class 5)
infinitive | (to) seen, see, sene | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | see | saugh, seigh, saw, sey | |
2nd-person singular | seest, sixt | sawe, seye, saugh, seigh, saw, sey | |
3rd-person singular | seeth, sikth | saugh, seigh, saw, sey | |
subjunctive singular | see | sawe1, seye1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | seen, see | sawen, sawe, seyen, seye | |
imperative plural | seeth, see | — | |
participles | seynge, seende | (y)seen, (y)see, (y)seyn, (y)sey |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “sẹ̄n, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Scots
editVerb
editseen
- past participle of sei
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