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secan

secan

Asturian

Verb

secan

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of secar

Galician

Verb

secan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of secar

Old English

Verb

sēċan

  1. to seek, strive for

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: seken, sechen
    • English seek, seech

Spanish

Verb

secan

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of secar.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of secar.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- ‎(“track down, seek out”). Cognate with Old Frisian sēka (West Frisian sykje), Old Saxon sōkian (Low German sooken), Dutch zoeken, Old High German suohhan (German suchen), Old Norse sœkja (Swedish söka), Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(sōkjan); and with Latin sagiō ‎(“sense by smell”), Albanian shikoj ‎(“to see, observe, look for”), Old Irish saigid ‎(“seek”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseːt͡ʃɑn/

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