different between seer vs xeer

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??(?)/, /si??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?), -i??(?)
• Homophones: cere, sear, sihr

Etymology 1

see +? -er (“agent suffix”).

Noun

seer (plural seers)

1. One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
2. One who sees something; an eyewitness.

Related terms

• seeress

Translations

Etymology 2

See sihr.

Noun

seer (plural seers)

1. Alternative form of sihr

Anagrams

• EERs, Erse, REEs, Rees, SERE, eres, rees, rese, sere

Danish

Etymology

From se (“to see”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se??r/, [?se???]
• Rhymes: -e???

Noun

seer c (singular definite seeren, plural indefinite seere)

1. viewer (someone who watches television)
2. seer (someone who foretells the future)

Inflection

Synonyms

• (viewer): fjernseer, kigger, kikker, tv-kigger, tv-kikker, tv-seer

Further reading

• seer on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch s?r, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz.

Adjective

sêer

1. painful, sore
2. sick

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• sêre

Descendants

• Dutch: zeer

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch s?r, from Proto-Germanic *sair?.

Noun

sêer n

1. pain, ache
2. sorrow, emotional pain

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zeer

Further reading

• “seer (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “seer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “seer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “seer (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English s?ar.

Noun

seer

1. Alternative form of sere (“dry”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sér.

Adjective

seer

1. Alternative form of sere (“differing”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From se +? -er

Noun

seer m (definite singular seeren, indefinite plural seere, definite plural seerne)

1. (TV) a viewer
2. a seer, prophet

See also

• sjåar (Nynorsk)

References

• “seer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ser

Etymology

From Latin sed?re, present active infinitive of sede?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se.e?/

Verb

seer

1. to be

Conjugation

Descendants

• Galician: ser
• Portuguese: ser

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sed?re, present active infinitive of sede?. As time passed, it merged with ser (“to be”), from Latin sum (“to be”).

Verb

seer

1. to be
2. to sit

See also

• eseyente

English

Noun

xeer (uncountable)

1. The traditional legal system of Somalia, believed to predate Islam, in which elders serve as mediators and people are responsible for the actions of their families.
   • 2005, Walter Dostal, Wolfgang Kraus, Shattering tradition: custom, law and the individual in the Muslim Mediterranean

     In rural areas, there is still confusion between xeer and shari'a.

   • 2007, Lars Buur, Helene Maria Kyed, State recognition and democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa

     The key feature of the xeer is its common law character...