segur

Catalan

Etymology

InheritedfromOld Catalansegur,fromLatinsēcūrus.CompareOccitansegur,Spanishseguro,Frenchsure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[səˈɣu]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[seˈɣuɾ]

Adjective

segur(femininesegura,masculine pluralsegurs,feminine pluralsegures)

1. safe
2. secure
3. sure,certain

Derived terms

• de segur
• segurament

Related terms

• assegurar
• insegur
• seguretat

References

• “segur”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “segur”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

FromOld Galician-Portuguesesegur(13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria), fromLatinsecūris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/seˈɣuɾ/

Noun

segurm(pluralsegures)

1. (nowliterary)axe
   • 1390,J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor,Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I,Madrid: C.S.I.C., page136:

     que nõ ficou deles nĩhũu senõ pouquos que nõ fosen hũus chagados et os outros degolados, et outros [con] grãdes feridas de lanças et cortos cõsegures,et outros chagados cõ seetas et cõ dardos

     and there were but few left that were not injured, others having their throat slit, others with large spear wounds and cut withaxes,and others wounded with arrows and darts

Related terms

• segorella

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo(2006–2022) “segur”,inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “segur”,inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,editors (2003–2018), “segur”,inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega

Occitan

Etymology

FromOld Occitan[Term?],fromLatinsēcūrus.

Pronunciation

• Audio(Béarn):

  (file)

Adjective

segurm(feminine singularsegura,masculine pluralsegurs,feminine pluralseguras)

1. safe;secure
2. sure,certain

Derived terms

• segurament

Related terms

• seguretat

Old Spanish

Etymology

FromLatinsecūris,related tosecō(“I cut”).CompareOld Galician-Portuguesesegur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/seˈɡuɾ/

Noun

segurf(pluralsegures)

1. axe
   • c.1200,Almerich,Fazienda de Ultramar,f. 49r:

     pues quãdo frago ſalomon la caſa maẏlla. nisegurni nulla ferramienta no ẏ fue aẏuda en la caſa del criador.

     Now when Solomon built the house, [no] hammer, noraxenor any iron tool was heard there, in the house of the Creator.

Descendants

• Spanish:segur

Spanish

Etymology

InheritedfromOld Spanishsegur,fromLatinsecūris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/seˈɡuɾ/[seˈɣ̞uɾ]
• Rhymes:-uɾ
• Syllabification:se‧gur

Noun

segurform(pluralsegures)

1. asmallaxe similar to or also fulfilling the function of anadze,ascythe,afascis,or even aspokeshave

Related terms

• segadera
• segurón

Descendants

• →Andalusian Arabic:شُقُور(šuqūr,“axe”)
• →Moroccan Arabic:شَاقُور(šāqūr,“adze of a carpenter; hatchet”)
  • →Central Atlas Tamazight:šaquṛ(“axe”);pl.šwaq^wṛ
    • ⇒Central Atlas Tamazight:tašaquṛt(“small axe, hatchet”);pl.tašaquṛin
  • →Tarifit:ccaqur(“axe; hatchet”)
• →Algerian Arabic:شَاقُور(šāqūr,“adze of a carpenter; hatchet”)
  • ⇒Algerian Arabic:شَاقُورَة(šāqūṛa, šāqōṛa,“small axe, hatchet”)
• →Tunisian Arabic:شَقُور(šāqūr, šaqūr,“adze of a carpenter; hatchet”)/شَاقُور(šāqūr, šaqūr,“adze of a carpenter; hatchet”)
• →Egyptian Arabic:شَقُورَة(šaʔūṛa,“adze for agricultural purposes”)

Further reading

• “segur”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “Orígenes del segur”,inArmas y armaduras en España,2012 February 27

Welsh

Etymology

FromMiddle Welshsegur,fromProto-Brythonic*segʉr,fromLatinsēcūrus.Doubletofsicrandsiwr.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales)IPA^(key):/ˈsɛɡɨ̞r/
• (South Wales)IPA^(key):/ˈseːɡɪr/,/ˈsɛɡɪr/

Adjective

segur(feminine singularsegur,pluralsegurion,equativemorsegur,comparativemwysegur,superlativemwyafsegur,not mutable)

1. idle