sei
English
Etymology
From sei whale, from Norwegian seihval, seikval, from sei (“pollock”) + hval (“whale”). Doublet of saithe.
Pronunciation
Noun
sei (plural seis)
- A sei whale.
- 2005, Wayne Ledwell, Whales and Dolphins of Newfoundland and Labrador:
- Seis also feed by engulfing small schooling fish.
Anagrams
Basque
60 | ||
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Cardinal: sei Ordinal: seigarren Multiplier: seikoitz Distributive: seina Collective: seikote Fractional: seiren |
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Basque *sei (“six”), which, despite its similarity with Spanish seis, Portuguese seis, French six and Latin sex, is not a Romance borrowing.[1] Often compared with Iberian śei (“six”).[2]
Pronunciation
Numeral
sei
Declension
indefinite | singular | plural | ||
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absolutive | sei | seia | seiak | |
ergative | seik | seiak | seiek | |
dative | seiri | seiari | seiei | |
genitive | seiren | seiaren | seien | |
comitative | seirekin | seiarekin | seiekin | |
causative | seirengatik | seiarengatik | seiengatik | |
benefactive | seirentzat | seiarentzat | seientzat | |
instrumental | seiez | seiaz | seiez | |
inessive | anim. | seirengan | seiarengan | seiengan |
inanim. | seitan | seian | seietan | |
locative | anim. | — | — | — |
inanim. | seitako | seiko | seietako | |
allative | anim. | seirengana | seiarengana | seiengana |
inanim. | seitara | seira | seietara | |
terminative | anim. | seirenganaino | seiarenganaino | seienganaino |
inanim. | seitaraino | seiraino | seietaraino | |
directive | anim. | seirenganantz | seiarenganantz | seienganantz |
inanim. | seitarantz | seirantz | seietarantz | |
destinative | anim. | seirenganako | seiarenganako | seienganako |
inanim. | seitarako | seirako | seietarako | |
ablative | anim. | seirengandik | seiarengandik | seiengandik |
inanim. | seitatik | seitik | seietatik | |
partitive | seirik | — | — | |
prolative | seitzat | — | — |
References
- ^ “sei” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
- ^ Orduña A., Eduardo (2011) “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia[1] (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139
Further reading
- “sei”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
- “sei”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
Bavarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑɛ̯/
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Audio: (file)
Etymology 1
From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn, from Proto-West Germanic *sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz (“his own, her own, its own, their own”) (a reflexive possessive), from genitive of Proto-Indo-European *swé with denominative suffix Proto-Indo-European *-nós, equivalent to the genitive form of *se-. Cognates include German sein, Yiddish זײַן (zayn), Dutch zijn, Old Norse sínn, Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (seins).
Determiner
sei
Declension
Declension of sei | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | sei | sei | sei | seine |
dative | seim | seiner | seim | seine |
accusative | sein | sei | sei | seine |
Derived terms
See also
attributive (nominative case) | independent | |||
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singular | plural | |||
1st person singular | mei | meine | meins | |
2nd person singular (informal) |
dei | deine | deins | |
2nd person singular (formal) |
Eahna | Eahnare | Eahnas | |
3rd person singular | m, n | sei | seine | seins |
f | ihr | ihre | ihrs | |
1st person plural | unsa | unsare | unsas | |
2nd person plural | eia | eire | eias | |
3rd person plural | eahna | eahnare | eahnas |
Etymology 2
From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn (“to be”) (suppleted with Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”) and *beuną (“to be, exist, become”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be, exist”). Cognates include German sein, Dutch zijn, Alemannic German sii, Yiddish זין (zin).
Verb
sei (past woar, subjunctive war or warad, past participle gwen or gwesn)
- to be
Conjugation
infinitive | sei | ||
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present tense | past tense | subjunctive | |
1st person sing. | bi, bin | woar | war, warad |
2nd person sing. | bist | woarst | warst, waradst |
3rd person sing. | is, isch | woar | war, warad |
1st person plur. | san, han | woarn | warn, waradn |
2nd person plur. | sads, hads | woarts | warts, warats |
3rd person plur. | san, han | woarn | warn, waradn |
imperative sing. | sei | ||
imperative plur. | seits | ||
past participle | gwen, gwesn |
Verb
sei
- first-person singular imperative of sei
Corsican
< 5 | 6 | 7 > |
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Cardinal : sei | ||
Etymology
From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognates include Italian sei and Spanish seis.
Pronunciation
Numeral
sei
References
- “sei” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
East Central German
Etymology
Verb
sei
- (Erzgebirgisch) to be
References
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[2], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 116:
Fala
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese seu, from Latin suus (“his, her, its”), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyos.
Pronunciation
Determiner
sei m sg (feminine súa, masculine plural seis, feminine plural súas)
- Third-person singular possessive determiner; his, her, its
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
- A grandeda da lengua española é indiscotibli, i sei estudio, utilización defensa debin sel algo consostancial a nos, […]
- The greatness of the Spanish language is unquestionable, and its study, use and defense must be something consubstantial to us, […]
- Third-person plural possessive determiner; their
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
- En esta época en que otras lenguas de España son recuñucias por tos cumu uficiais en sei territoriu […]
- In this time when other languages of Spain are recognised by everyone as official in their territory […]
Pronoun
sei m sg (feminine súa, masculine plural seis, feminine plural súas)
- Third-person singular possessive pronoun; his, hers, its
- Third-person plural possessive pronoun; theirs
See also
Possessee | ||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||
Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |||
Possessor | First person | Singular | mei | miña | meis | miñas |
Plural | nosu | nosa | nosus | nosas | ||
Second person | Singular | tei | túa, tu1 | teis | túas, tus1 | |
Plural | vosu | vosa | vosus | vosas | ||
Third person | sei | súa, su1 | seis | súas, sus1 |
- Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[3], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Norwegian sei (“saithe”), via use in the 1950s and '60s on frozen fish packages of Norwegian origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
sei
- (proscribed) Synonym of seiti
Declension
Inflection of sei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sei | seit | |
genitive | sein | seiden seitten | |
partitive | seitä | seitä | |
illative | seihin | seihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sei | seit | |
accusative | nom. | sei | seit |
gen. | sein | ||
genitive | sein | seiden seitten | |
partitive | seitä | seitä | |
inessive | seissä | seissä | |
elative | seistä | seistä | |
illative | seihin | seihin | |
adessive | seillä | seillä | |
ablative | seiltä | seiltä | |
allative | seille | seille | |
essive | seinä | seinä | |
translative | seiksi | seiksi | |
abessive | seittä | seittä | |
instructive | — | sein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sei”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
sei
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
sei
- first-person singular subjunctive I of sein
- 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont (English translation)
- Meinst du, ich sei ein Kind, oder wahnsinnig?
- Thinkest thou I am a child, or frantic?
- 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont (English translation)
- third-person singular subjunctive I of sein
- 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:
- Er sieht oft aus, als wenn er in der völligen Überzeugung lebe, er sei Herr, und wolle es uns nur aus Gefälligkeit nicht fühlen lassen, [...]
- He carries himself as if he felt he were the master here, and were withheld by courtesy alone from making us feel his supremacy; [...]
- singular imperative of sein
- 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:
- Geh deines Pfads, und sei ruhig.
- Go your way and be quiet.
Gothic
Romanization
sei
- Romanization of 𐍃𐌴𐌹
Icelandic
Adverb
sei
- Only used in sei sei
Italian
60 | ||
← 5 | 6 | 7 → |
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Cardinal: sei Ordinal: sesto Ordinal abbreviation: 6º Adverbial: sei volte Multiplier: sestuplo Collective: tutti e sei Fractional: sesto | ||
Italian Wikipedia article on 6 |
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.
Numeral
sei (invariable)
Noun
sei m (invariable)
Related terms
- a sei zeri
- seicentesco
- seicento, Seicento
- seienne
- sei giorni
- seimila
- senario
- sestante
- sestetto
- sestina
- sesto
See also
Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text) | ||||||
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asso | due | tre | quattro | cinque | sei | sette |
otto | nove | dieci | fante | donna, regina |
re | jolly, joker, matta |
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
sei
Japanese
Romanization
sei
Low German
Alternative forms
- (more common in the western dialects, though still found in Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian alongside sei) se
Pronunciation
Pronoun
sei
- (in some dialects, including, Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian, personal) Alternative form of se (she - third person singular feminine pronoun)
- (Low Prussian) Sei ös Anke.
- She is Anke (Annie).
- (Low Prussian) Sei ös Anke.
Pronoun
sei
- (in some dialects, including, Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian, personal) Alternative form of se (they - third person plural pronoun)
Mandarin
Romanization
sei
- Nonstandard spelling of sēi.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English sǣ.
Noun
sei
- Alternative form of see (“sea”)
Descendants
- English: sea
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German si(e) (“they”), merged from Old High German sie m pl, sio f pl, siu n pl, from Proto-Germanic *īz m, *ijôz f, *ijō n, the nominative plural forms of *iz. Cognate with German sie, Dutch zij.
Pronoun
sei
Inflection
Personal pronouns | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
1st person | i | biar |
2nd person | du | ir |
3rd person | er, si, s | sei |
References
- “sei” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
sei m (definite singular seien, indefinite plural seier, definite plural seiene)
Descendants
- Danish: sej
References
- “sei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
sei m (definite singular seien, indefinite plural seiar, definite plural seiane)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
sei
- imperative of seia
References
- “sei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Swedish
Verb
sei
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of vara
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of vara
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of vara
Pennsylvania German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Compare German sein, Dutch zijn.
Determiner
sei
Declension
Declension of sei | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | sei | sei | sei | sei |
dative | seim | seinre | seim | seine |
accusative | sei | sei | sei | sei |
Etymology 2
Compare German sein, Dutch zijn.
Verb
sei
- to be
Usage notes
- Also used as the less common auxiliary verb to form the past tense along with the past participle.
Conjugation
infinitive | sei | |
---|---|---|
past participle | iss gewest | |
future tense | waerd sei | |
subjunctive | ||
1st person singular | waer | |
2nd person singular | waerscht | |
3rd person singular | waer | |
1st person plural | waere | |
2nd person plural | waeret | |
3rd person plural | waere | |
present tense | ||
1st person singular | bin | |
2nd person singular | bischt | |
3rd person singular | iss | |
1st person plural | sin | |
2nd person plural | seid | |
3rd person plural | sin | |
imperative | sei |
References
- Earl C. Haag, Pennsylvania German Reader and Grammar (2010)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Currently unknown; Latin sapiō should logically yield something like "sabo" or "sepo." Cognate with Galician sei, Spanish sé, Catalan sé, Occitan sai, French sais, Italian so.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ej, (Portugal) -ɐj
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- Hyphenation: sei
Verb
sei
- first-person singular present indicative of saber
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 375:; "I know"
- Confiem em mim. Sei o que estou fazendo...
- Trust me. I know what I'm doing...
Interjection
- (Brazil, sarcastic) yeah, right (sarcastic expression of disbelief)
Scots
Pronunciation
Verb
sei (third-person singular simple present seis, present participle seiin, simple past saw, past participle seen)
- Southern Scots form of see
- Div ee sei yon hoose ower there? ― Did you see your house over there?
References
- ^ “see, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
Sicilian
< 5 | 6 | 7 > |
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Cardinal : sei Ordinal : sestu | ||
Etymology
Numeral
sei
Zhuang
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /θei˨˦/
- Tone numbers: sei1
- Hyphenation: sei
Noun
sei (1957–1982 spelling sei)
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