seca

Noun

seca f (plural seques)

1. drought

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛka/
• Hyphenation: se‧ca

Noun

seca f (plural seche)

1. Alternative form of sega

References

• “sega, seca” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsekɐ]

Etymology 1

From Latin siccus (“dry”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “seca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seca”, 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), “seca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Hyphenation: sè‧ca

Verb

seca

1. inflection of secare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• asce, case, esca

Verb

secā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of secō

References

• seca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Noun

seca f

1. saw

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Adjective

seca

1. feminine singular of sec

Etymology 1

Deverbal from secar.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin siccāre.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin secāre, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian seka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseka/ [ˈse.ka]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: se‧ca
• Homophone: ceca

Adjective

seca

1. feminine singular of seco

Verb

seca

1. inflection of secar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative