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segan

See also: sègan

Galician

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Verb

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segan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of segar

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay segan.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sêgan (comparative lebih segan, superlative paling segan)

  1. averse, unwilling, reluctant
    Synonym: enggan
    Yang segan bertanya akan sesat di jalan.
    Those who are unwilling to ask will go astray.
  2. shy, ashamed
    Gadis itu segan untuk makan dengan orang-orang yang tidak dikenalnya.
    That girl is shy to eat with people she doesn’t know.
  3. showing respect (towards), deferential
    Semua murid segan kepada guru itu.
    All the students respect that teacher.

References

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  • Alan M. Stevens; A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings (2010), A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 889

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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segan

  1. apocopic form of segano

Malay

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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segan (Jawi spelling سݢن, comparative lebih segan, superlative paling segan)

  1. averse, unwilling, reluctant
    Mereka segan hendak turun naik tangga mahkamah itu
    They are unwilling to go up and down the courthouse stairs
  2. shy, ashamed
    Ada sesetengah ibu yang berasa segan kerana mengandung
    There are some mothers who feel ashamed from being pregnant

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Old High German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin signum.

Noun

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segan m

  1. sign (of the cross)
  2. blessing
  3. power

Declension

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Declension of segan (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative segan seganā, segana
accusative segan seganā, segana
genitive seganes segano
dative segane seganum
instrumental seganu —

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: segen

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