sí

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Contents 1 Catalan 1.1 Interjection 2 Faroese 2.1 Verb 3 Hungarian 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 1 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.1.1 Declension 3.2.1.2 Derived terms 3.3 Etymology 2 3.3.1 Verb 3.3.1.1 Related terms 3.3.1.2 Derived terms 4 Irish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 4.3 Pronoun 4.4 Related terms 5 Old Irish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Etymology 1 5.2.1 Pronoun 5.2.1.1 Related terms 5.2.1.2 Descendants 5.3 Etymology 2 5.3.1 Pronoun 6 Spanish 6.1 Etymology 1 6.1.1 Interjection 6.1.1.1 Synonyms 6.1.1.2 Antonyms 6.1.1.3 Usage notes 6.1.2 Noun 6.2 Etymology 2 6.2.1 Pronoun

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Interjection

sí

1. yes (affirmation; commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question)

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Verb

sí

1. behold (imperative of the verb 'at síggja' (to see))

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃiː/
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[edit] Etymology 1

From German Schi (“‘ski’”)

[edit] Noun

sí (plural sík)

1. ski

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declension of sí singular plural nominative sí sík accusative sít síket dative sínek síknek instrumental sível síkkel causal-final síért síkért translative sívé síkké terminative síig síkig essive-formal síként síkként essive-modal - - inessive síben síkben superessive sín síken adessive sínél síknél illative síbe síkbe sublative síre síkre allative síhez síkhez elative síből síkből delative síről síkről ablative sítől síktől

possessives of sí possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. sím síjeim 2nd person sing. síd síjeid 3rd person sing. síje síjei 1st person plural sínk síjeink 2nd person plural sítek síjeitek 3rd person plural síjük síjeik

[edit] Derived terms

• síbakancs
• sícipő
• síel

[edit] Etymology 2

An onomatopoeia (sound imitation)

[edit] Verb

sí

1. (obsolete) howl, cry, whiz

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• sír

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʃiː]

[edit] Noun

sí m.

1. fairy mound

[edit] Declension

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sí síthe Vocative a shí a shíthe Genitive sí síthe Dative sí síthe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an sí na síthe Genitive an tsí na síthe Dative leis an sí don sí leis na síthe

[edit] Pronoun

sí (conjunctive)

1. she
2. it (referring to a feminine noun)

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• í (disjunctive)
• síse (emphatic)
• íse (emphatic disjunctive)

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[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /sʲiː/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *sī (cf. Welsh hi) < a blend of Proto-Indo-European *so- (“‘this’”) + Proto-Indo-European *íh₂.

[edit] Pronoun

sí

1. she

   Sí fri gábud condon·fóir. – "May she protect us against danger.

2. it (referring to a feminine noun)

   Is sí thol Dée. – "It is God's will."

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• sissi (emphatic)

[edit] Descendants

• Irish: sí
• Scottish Gaelic: i
• Manx: ee

[edit] Etymology 2

See síi.

[edit] Pronoun

sí

1. Alternative spelling of síi.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology 1

Latin sic

[edit] Interjection

sí

1. yes, affirmation. Commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question.

[edit] Synonyms

• claro, por supuesto
• simón (colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala)

[edit] Antonyms

• no
• nel (colloquial, Mexico)

[edit] Usage notes

As an affirmation, this term has in Spanish a usage that is not explicitly translated into English, since it could look like a pleonasm, being that "positively", "affirmatively", and always related to a negation (explicit or not):

• Él sí puede, yo no = he (positively) can, I can not.

  Esto sí es una fiesta = this (affirmatively) is a party = this is what I call a party.

[edit] Noun

sí m. (plural síes)

1. yes; aye, ay; approbation, acceptance

   Ganaron los síes = acceptance won = (proposal) was accepted

[edit] Etymology 2

Latin sibi

[edit] Pronoun

sí

1. Third person reflexive pronoun

   para sí mismo “for him/itself”

   para sí misma “for her/itself”