sei

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Contents 1 Basque 1.1 Numeral 2 Finnish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Synonyms 2.3 Anagrams 3 Galician 3.1 Verb 4 German 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Verb 5 Italian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Etymology 5.3 Adjective 5.4 Noun 5.4.1 Related terms 5.5 Verb 5.6 See also 6 Japanese 6.1 Noun 6.2 Kanji reading 7 Lojban 7.1 Particle 7.2 Affix 8 Norwegian 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Etymology 8.3 Noun 9 Norwegian Nynorsk 9.1 Verb 10 Portuguese 10.1 Pronunciation 10.2 Etymology 10.3 Verb form 11 Scots 11.1 Verb

[edit] Basque

[edit] Numeral

sei

1. six

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [sei]
• Rhymes: -ei
• Hyphenation: sei

[edit] Noun

sei

1. (fish) saithe (Pollachius virens)

[edit] Declension

Declension of sei (type maa) singular plural nominative sei seit genitive sein seiden seitten partitive seitä seitä accusative sei sein seit inessive seissä seissä elative seistä seistä illative seihin seihin adessive seillä seillä ablative seiltä seiltä allative seille seille essive seinä seinä translative seiksi seiksi instructive – sein abessive seittä seittä comitative – seineen

[edit] Synonyms

• seiti

[edit] Anagrams

• sei
• ies
• sie

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Verb

sei

1. first-person singular present indicative of saber.

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[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /zaɪ̯/
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[edit] Verb

sei

1. first-person singular subjunctive I of sein. (I would be; also used for indirekte Rede)
   • 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont

     Meinst du, ich sei ein Kind, oder wahnsinnig?

     Thinkest thou I am a child, or frantic?

2. third-person singular subjunctive I of sein. (he would be; also used for indirekte Rede)
   • 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; [...]

3. second-person singular imperative of sein. (you must be!)
   • 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont

     Geh deines Pfads, und sei ruhig.

     Go your way and be quiet.

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[edit] Italian

Italian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sei     Ordinal : sesto

[edit] Pronunciation

• sèi, IPA: /ˈsɛi/, SAMPA: /"sEi/

[edit] Etymology

Latin sex

[edit] Adjective

sei m. and f. inv.

1. six

[edit] Noun

sei m. inv.

1. six

le sei f. plural

1. six o'clock (a.m. or p.m.)

[edit] Related terms

• a sei zeri
• seicentesco
• seicento, Seicento
• seienne
• sei giorni
• seimila
• sestante
• sestetto
• sesto

[edit] Verb

sei

1. second-person singular indicative present form of essere

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Italian numbers

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

sei (hiragana せい)

1. 性: sex, gender, state of nature
2. 生: life, raw
3. 製: made
4. 制: system
5. 聖: holy
6. 世: world
7. 星: star
8. 姓: surname
9. 勢: force
10. 所為

[edit] Kanji reading

sei (せい)

1. 声: voice
2. 清: pure
3. 政: politics
4. 西: west

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Particle

sei

1. Inserts a metalinguistic clause into a sentence; often used to interrupt a quotation to state who said it.

   lu xu da mi prali sei la alis pensi le nu tavla le vi smacu li'u

   "Would it be of any use, now," thought Alice, "to speak to this mouse?"

[edit] Affix

sei

1. Combining form of sepli.

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [sæɪ]

[edit] Etymology

Old Norse seiðr

[edit] Noun

sei m. (definite singular seien; indefinite plural seier; definite plural seiene)

1. pollock (Pollachius virens)

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[edit] Norwegian Nynorsk

[edit] Verb

sei

1. Imperative of seie

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [sei]

[edit] Etymology

Latin: sapere

[edit] Verb form

sei

1. (first-person singular present indicative of the verb saber) (I) know (a fact or skill)

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Verb

tae sei (third-person singular simple present seis, present participle seiin, simple past saw, past participle seen)

1. (South Scots) to see.

   Div ee sei yon hoose ower there?