seren
See also: Seren
Galician
    
    
Karo Batak
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Batak *sərəd, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səʀəd. Compare Simalungun Batak sorod.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /sərən/
References
    
- Ahmad Samin Siregar et al. (2001). Kamus Bahasa Karo–Indonesia. Medan: Balai Pustaka, p. 205.
Middle English
    
    
Etymology
    
From Old English sēarian, from Proto-West Germanic *sauʀēn; equivalent to sere + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛːrən/
Verb
    
seren
- (mainly referring to plants) To shrivel; to dry and shrink.
- (referring to plants, rare) To induce shrivelling; to make dry.
- (rare) To sear; to crisp in the heat.
Conjugation
    
Conjugation of seren (weak in -ed)
| infinitive | (to) seren, sere | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | sere | sered | |
| 2nd-person singular | serest | seredest | |
| 3rd-person singular | sereth | sered | |
| subjunctive singular | sere | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | seren, sere | sereden, serede | |
| imperative plural | sereth, sere | — | |
| participles | serynge, serende | sered, ysered | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
    
- English: sear
References
    
- “sēren, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-9.
Occitan
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- Audio - (file) 
Derived terms
    
- serenament
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Swedish
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Latin serēnus. Cognate of German seren, French serein, and likely with Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós).
Declension
    
| Inflection of seren | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 | 
| Common singular | seren | mer seren | mest seren | 
| Neuter singular | serent | mer serent | mest serent | 
| Plural | serena | mer serena | mest serena | 
| Masculine plural3 | serene | mer serena | mest serena | 
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative | 
| Masculine singular1 | serene | mer serene | mest serene | 
| All | serena | mer serena | mest serena | 
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived terms
    
References
    
Venetian
    
    
Welsh
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsɛrɛn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈseːrɛn/, /ˈsɛrɛn/
- Rhymes: -ɛrɛn
Derived terms
    
- serennig (“asterisk; small star”)
- serennog (“starry”)
- serennu (“sparkle, scintillate”)
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