sech

== Translingual == === Pronunciation === English: IPA(key): /sɛtʃ/, /ˈʃɛk/ === Symbol === sech (mathematics) The hyperbolic function hyperbolic secant. ==== Usage notes ==== The symbol sech is prescribed by the ISO 80000-2:2019 standard. The symbol sch is also in use, and is especially favoured in French- and Russian-language texts. ==== See also ==== csch coth arcsech == English == === Determiner === sech (Southern US) Pronunciation spelling of such. === Anagrams === Ches., Esch, hESC == Luxembourgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /zeχ/, [zəɕ] === Pronoun === sech third-person masculine singular, reflexive: himself third-person feminine singular, reflexive: herself third-person neuter singular, reflexive: itself third-person plural, reflexive: themselves ==== Declension ==== == Middle English == === Adjective === sech alternative form of sik == Old Irish == === Etymology === Traditionally derived from Proto-Celtic *sekʷos (“besides, without”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-o-s (“following”) (compare Latin secus (“along”) and Sanskrit सचा (sácā, “with”)), from *sekʷ- (“to follow”). This is disputed by Klingenschmitt, who proposes Proto-Indo-European *se-ḱwo-s (“separate, by itself”), from *swé. Or from *sek- (“to cut”). In any case cognate with Welsh heb (“without”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sʲex/ === Preposition === sech (with accusative) past, beyond in preference to, rather than, instead of different from beyond, above, more than For quotations using this term, see Citations:sech. ==== Inflection ==== Forms combined with the definite article: sechin (“different from the m sg or f sg”) secha (“different from the n sg”) sechna (“different from the pl”) Forms combined with a possessive determiner: sechmo (“different from my”) Forms combined with the relative pronoun: secha ==== Descendants ==== Irish: seach Manx: shagh Scottish Gaelic: seach === Conjunction === sech (subordinating) yet, although (coordinating) both…and, neither…nor (before negative clauses) For quotations using this term, see Citations:sech. ==== Usage notes ==== As a coordinating conjunction, used before the first of two clauses to be conjoined: sech X, Y (“both X and Y”), sech ní X, ní Y (“neither X nor Y”). ==== Derived terms ==== sech is === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 sech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, §§ 434, 853, pages 273, 530; reprinted 2017 == Romansh == === Alternative forms === sitg, setg (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) schetg, sec (Sursilvan) sétg (Sutsilvan) === Etymology === From Latin siccus. === Adjective === sech m (feminine singular secha, masculine plural sechs, feminine plural sechas) (Puter, Vallader) dry == Welsh == === Adjective === sech (not mutable) feminine singular of sych === Verb === sech (not mutable) contraction of basech