séier
See also: seier
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German sēr, from Old High German sēr (“sore, painful”), from Proto-Germanic *sairaz. Cognate with German sehr (“very”), Dutch zeer (“very; painful”), English sore. The semantic development is “sore, painful” → “violent, powerful” → “fast, quick”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zei̯(e)r/, [ˈzɜɪ̯.ɐ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɜɪɐ
Adjective
séier (masculine séieren, neuter séiert, comparative méi séier, superlative am séiersten)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | hien ass | si ass | et ass | si si(nn) | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | séieren | séiert | ||
| independent without determiner | séieres | séierer | |||
| dative | after any declined word | séieren | séierer | séieren | séieren |
| as first declined word | séierem | séierem | |||