seta
English
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Etymology
From Latin seta, from saeta. Doublet of soy (“silk”).
Pronunciation
Noun
seta (plural setas or setae or setæ)
- A bristle or hair
- (botany) The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:
- The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches […]
Derived terms
Translations
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Anagrams
Ainu
Pronunciation
Noun
seta (Kana spelling セタ)
Synonyms
Asturian
Noun
seta f (plural setes)
Czech
Pronunciation
Participle
seta
- inflection of sít:
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse setja, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti. Causative of *sitjaną.
Verb
seta (third person singular past indicative setti, supine sett)
- to set, to put
- seta pengar inn á kontoina - to deposit money
- seta ein prís - to fix a price
- seta í gongd - to start
- seta spor - to leave a trace
- (of the sun) to set; sólin setur - the sun is setting
- seta seg - to sit down
Conjugation
Conjugation of seta (group v-24-2) | ||
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infinitive | seta | |
supine | sett | |
participle (a5 (a39))1 | setandi | settur |
present | past | |
first singular | seti | setti |
second singular | setur/ setir |
setti |
third singular | setur/ setir |
setti |
plural | seta | settu |
imperative | ||
singular | set! | |
plural | setið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
seta (dated)
Usage notes
Declension
Inflection of seta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | seta | setat | |
genitive | setan | setojen | |
partitive | setaa | setoja | |
illative | setaan | setoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | seta | setat | |
accusative | nom. | seta | setat |
gen. | setan | ||
genitive | setan | setojen setain rare | |
partitive | setaa | setoja | |
inessive | setassa | setoissa | |
elative | setasta | setoista | |
illative | setaan | setoihin | |
adessive | setalla | setoilla | |
ablative | setalta | setoilta | |
allative | setalle | setoille | |
essive | setana | setoina | |
translative | setaksi | setoiksi | |
abessive | setatta | setoitta | |
instructive | — | setoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Noun
seta f (plural setæ)
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese saeta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin sagitta.
Pronunciation
Noun
seta f (plural setas)
- arrow
- Synonym: frecha
- 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 337:
- que seyron do dito castello os ditos tres omens e aderençaran a él por lo matar, dentro na dita vyña, e hun deles le puxara hua seta por lo matar, e quando vyra a balesta armada, que fogira por la vyña e foron pus él por llo matar, et de feyto o mataran con a dita seeta, senón Deus que o quyso gardar, e como le remesaran a dita seta, que le remesaran hua pedra e que le deran con ela ena caueça
- that the aforementioned three men left the castle and came towards him for killing him, in that vineyard, and one of them took an arrow, and when he saw the crossbow armed he ran way, but they came after him for killing him, and actually they would have killed him with that arrow if not because God wanted to protect him, and as they threw that arrow, they also threw a stone which hit him in the head
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References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “seeta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “seeta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “seta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Gallurese
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Latin sēta, monophthongized alternative form of saeta (“bristle, hair; (Late Latin) silk”), from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂it-o/eh₂-, *sh₂éyt-o/eh₂-, derived from the root *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).
Pronunciation
Noun
seta f (plural seti)
References
Italian
Etymology
From Latin sēta, from saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese seda.
Pronunciation
Noun
seta f (plural sete)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- seta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Javanese
Adjective
seta
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈseː.ta/, [ˈs̠eːt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.ta/, [ˈsɛːt̪ä]
Noun
sēta f (genitive sētae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sēta | sētae |
Genitive | sētae | sētārum |
Dative | sētae | sētīs |
Accusative | sētam | sētās |
Ablative | sētā | sētīs |
Vocative | sēta | sētae |
References
- “seta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- seta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
seta n
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
seta n
seta f
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta, “white”).
Adjective
seta
Descendants
References
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “seta”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Back-formation from setka.
Noun
seta f
Usage notes
Typically refers to a 100 ml bottle or shot of vodka.
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
seta
Further reading
- seta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- seta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese saeta, from Latin sagitta.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: se‧ta
Noun
seta f (plural setas)
- arrow
- weapon
- pointing symbol
- (Brazil) indicator (UK, Australia, New Zealand), turn signal (US), blinker (informal, US), direction indicator
- Synonyms: (Portugal) pisca-pisca, (Portugal) pisca
Synonyms
Further reading
- “seta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “seta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “seta” in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “seta” in Dicio - Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
Romanian
Etymology
Verb
a seta (third-person singular present setează, past participle setat) 1st conj.
Conjugation
infinitive | a seta | ||||||
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gerund | setând | ||||||
past participle | setat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | setez | setezi | setează | setăm | setați | setează | |
imperfect | setam | setai | seta | setam | setați | setau | |
simple perfect | setai | setași | setă | setarăm | setarăți | setară | |
pluperfect | setasem | setaseși | setase | setaserăm | setaserăți | setaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să setez | să setezi | să seteze | să setăm | să setați | să seteze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | setează | setați | |||||
negative | nu seta | nu setați |
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěta.
Pronunciation
Noun
sȅta f (Cyrillic spelling се̏та)
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
seta f (plural setas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “seta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
seta n
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
See also
- (Latin script letter names) bokstav; a, be, se, de, e, eff, ge, hå, i, ji, kå, ell, emm, enn, o, pe, ku, ärr, ess, te, u, ve, dubbel-ve, ex, y, seta, å, ä, ö (Category: sv:Latin letter names)
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