Borrowed fromSwedishsipa and ultimately fromProto-Germanic*sipōną(“to trickle, flow”).
sive (imperative[please provide],infinitiveatsive,present tense[please provide],past tense[please provide],perfect tense[please provide])
- flow slowly or slowlyleak
Learned borrowing fromLatinsive.
sive
- either;whether
- sive ... sive
- whether … or; either … or
From olderseive, fromsei(“if”) +-ve(“or”). Equivalent tosī(“if”) +-ve(“or”). Collateral formseu by apocope.
sīve
- on the other hand; but if
- or
- whether …or … (sive … sive …)
- May be used as a correlative,sive… sive… to function as in Englishwhether…or…
- “sive”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sive”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- seu inEnrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025),Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- "sive", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “sive”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
FromOld Englishsife, fromProto-West Germanic*sibi.
sive (pluralsives)
- sieve,riddle,sile(a device for sifting)
- Synonym:temse
- (rare) Theamount that fits in a sieve.
sive (present tensesivorsiver,past tenseseivorsivde,supinesiveorsivd/sivt,past participlesivenorsivd,present participlesivande,imperativesiv)
- (intransitive) toseep,ooze
- (intransitive) toleak
- “sive” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
sive (Cyrillic spellingсиве)
- inflection ofsiv:
- masculineaccusativeplural
- femininegenitivesingular
- femininenominative/accusative/vocativeplural
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
síve class7 (pluraltíve class8)
- nation
- nationality
- foreigner
This noun needs aninflection-table template.
sive
- dirty
