Chuukese

Suffix

-se

1. (auxiliary) Negative simple present and past tense aspect marker.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From the inflected form of the suffix -s, denoting characteristic.

Suffix

-se f ‎(plural -sen)

1. Suffix denoting a female inhabitant of a place.

Antonyms

• -er, -aar

Irish

Alternative forms

• -sa (broad form)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃə]

Suffix

-se

1. -self (emphatic)

Usage notes

• Added to nouns in the presence of the possessive adjective to emphasize the possessor rather than the thing possessed:

  mo chónaíse‎ ― my home

  do mhuintirse‎ ― your sg parents

  a mhadraíse‎ ― his dogs

  a madraíse‎ ― her dogs

  bhur gcónaíse‎ ― your pl home

• Added to certain prepositional pronouns (ending in a slender consonant or front vowel) to add emphasis (not to create a reflexive pronoun):
  • Used with third-person singular feminine and second-person plural (which is always slender: e.g., aicise; agaibhse, etc.);
  • Used with first-person singular and second-person singular in slender-final forms (e.g., uaimse, duitse, etc.).
• Added to verbs to indicate "myself/yourself":

  (Standard forms):

  cloisimse‎ ― I (myself) hear

  chloisfinnse‎ ― I (myself) would hear

  (Munster/Non-standard forms)

  cloisirse‎ ― you (yourself) hear

  chualais-se‎ ― you (yourself) heard

Derived terms

See also

• féin
• ise, sise
• mise
• sibhse

Latin

Suffix

-se

1. vocative masculine singular of -sus

Old Irish

Suffix

-se

1. Alternative form of -sa (used after slender consonants and front vowels)

Scottish Gaelic

Suffix

-se

1. -self, -selves (emphatic)

Usage notes

• Added to prepositional pronouns to add emphasis (not to create a reflexive pronoun).
• Used in third-person singular feminine (eg aicese).
• Used in second-person plural (eg oirbhse).

Derived terms

See also

• -e
• -sa
• -san