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sedge

/ˈsedʒ/SEJ
/ˈsɛdʒ/SEJ

Meaningsedge

Common meaning: a grass-like plant

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SAK‘cut, cleave, sever’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 377, p. 743 · scan
  2. Old Englishsecg‘sedge’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishseggesource
  4. Englishsedge‘a grass-like plant’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English secg ‘sedge’.

Roots

  • secg Old English “sedge”

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