sei

See also séí

Basque

Basque cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sei     Ordinal : seigarren

Numeral

sei

1. six

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Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese seu, from Latin suus (“his, her, its”), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyos.

Pronoun

sei (plural seis, feminine sua, feminine plural suas)

1. third-person singular possessive pronoun (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, […]

2. third-person plural possessive pronoun (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 […]

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Finnish

Etymology

From Norwegian sei (“saithe”), spread to common use in 1950's and 1960's due to failure to translate the word on frozen fish packages of Norwegian origin.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sei

1. saithe (Pollachius virens)

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

Usage notes

This term is regarded by many as unrecommended.

Synonyms

• seiti

Derived terms

• pakastesei

Anagrams

• ies, sie

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Galician

Verb

sei

1. first-person singular present indicative of saber

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zaɪ̯/

• Audio

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Verb

sei

1. First-person singular subjunctive I of sein.
   • 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.
   • 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. Imperative singular of sein.
   • 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont

     Geh deines Pfads, und sei ruhig.

     Go your way and be quiet.

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Gothic

Romanization

sei

1. See 𐍃𐌴𐌹

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Italian

Italian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sei     Ordinal : sesto     Multiplier : sestuplo

Pronunciation

• sèi, IPA: /ˈsɛi/, X-SAMPA: /"sEi/

Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Adjective

sei m and f (invariable)

1. six

Noun

sei m (invariable)

1. six

le sei f pl

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

Related terms

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

Verb

sei

1. second-person singular indicative present form of essere

See also

• Appendix:Italian numbers

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Japanese

Romanization

sei

1. See せい

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Lojban

Cmavo

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?"

Usage notes

• A clause begun with sei can be ended with the elidable terminator se'u.
• The selbri within the clause begun with sei should not have any sumti following it unless it/these are attached to the selbri through be/bei. Otherwise the trailing sumti will not be recognized by the Lojban grammar as being plugged in to that selbri: this feature helps a sei-clause to end "naturally" without recourse to the elidable terminator se'u.

Rafsi

sei

1. rafsi of sepli.

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Low German

Alternative forms

• (more common in the western dialects, though still found in Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian alongside sei) se

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zɛɪ̯/, /zaɪ̯/

Pronoun

sei

1. (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).

Pronoun

sei

1. (in some dialects, including, Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian, personal) Alternative form of se. (they - third person plural pronoun)

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sæj/, X-SAMPA: /s{j/
• Rhymes: -æj

Etymology

Old Norse seiðr

Noun

sei m

1. pollock (Pollachius virens)

Inflection

    Inflection of sei

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	sei	seien	seier	seiene
Nynorsk m	sei	seien	seiar	seiane

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sei

1. imperative of seia and seie

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Pennsylvania German

Verb

sei

1. be

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sey (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sej]

Verb form

sei

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of saber
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 375:

     Confiem em mim. Sei o que estou fazendo...

     Trust me. I know what I'm doing...

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Scots

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?