сей

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Andi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Avar ци (ci).

Noun[edit]

сей (sej)

  1. bear

Bashkir[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *čɨj (wet, moist; raw).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (či, damp, moist); Tatar чи (çi), Khakas чіг (çìg, raw, half-baked), Turkish çiy (dew), etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [sɪ̞j]
  • Hyphenation: сей (one syllable)

Adjective[edit]

сей (sey)

  1. wet, damp, soggy
    Сей утын насар яна.
    Sey utın nasar yana.
    Damp firewood won't burn well.
    Сей бесән.
    Sey besən.
    Damp hay.
  2. half-baked (of bread, pastry)
  3. raw

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Russian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [sʲej]
  • (file)

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sь (this). Doublet of сий (sij), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Determiner[edit]

сей (sejm (demonstrative)

  1. (archaic, poetic, literary, humorous) this, this here
    Synonyms: э́тот (étot), да́нный (dánnyj)
    Прочита́л я сей докуме́нт, ну и где там упомина́ется сто́имость?
    Pročitál ja sej dokumént, nu i gde tam upominájetsja stóimostʹ?
    I've read this document, well, where is the cost mentioned there?

Pronoun[edit]

сей (sejm (demonstrative)

  1. (archaic, poetic, literary, humorous) this one, this one here
    Synonyms: э́тот (étot), да́нный (dánnyj)

Usage notes[edit]

  • Сей is an archaic form that is seldom used in speech or in prose unless compounded with other words or in certain set phrases:
  • It can also be used in a stilted or jocular style.

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Etymology 2[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

сей (sej)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of се́ять (séjatʹ)

Tundra Nenets[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samoyedic *säjə, from Proto-Uralic *śüdäme. Cognates include Finnish sydän and Hungarian szív.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [sʲej(ə̥)]
  • Hyphenation: сей

Noun[edit]

сей (syey°)

  1. heart

References[edit]

  • Pyrerka, A. P.; Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 256
  • N. M. Tereschenko (2005), “сей”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
  • Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 35

Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sь (this).

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

сей (sejm (demonstrative)

  1. (archaic, poetic) this, this here
    Synonym: цей (cej)

Pronoun[edit]

сей (sejm (demonstrative)

  1. (archaic, poetic) this one, this one here
    Synonym: цей (cej)

Declension[edit]