sei

From sei whale, from Norwegian seihval, seikval, from sei (“pollock”) + hval (“whale”). Doublet of saithe.

• IPA^(key): /seɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophone: say

sei (plural seis)

1. A sei whale.
   • 2005, Wayne Ledwell, Whales and Dolphins of Newfoundland and Labrador:

     Seis also feed by engulfing small schooling fish.

• -ies, -ise, -sie, EIS, EIs, ESI, I'se, ISE, ies, sie

• xei (Gipuzkoan)

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]

• IPA^(key): /s̺ei̯/, [s̺e̞i̯]

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sei

1. six

• “sei” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
• "sei" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

• IPA^(key): /sɑɛ̯/
• IPA^(key): /sæː/ (East Central, Vienna)

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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).

sei

1. (possessive) his, its

• seiner
• seinige

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).

sei (past woar, subjunctive war or warad, past participle gwen or gwesn)

1. to be

sei

1. first-person singular imperative of sei

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognates include Italian sei and Spanish seis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsej/
• Hyphenation: sei

sei

1. six

• “sei” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Compare German sein.

sei

1. (Erzgebirgisch) to be

• 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, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 116:

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯/

sei m sg (feminine súa, masculine plural seis, feminine plural súas)

1. 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, […]

2. 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 […]

sei m sg (feminine súa, masculine plural seis, feminine plural súas)

1. Third-person singular possessive pronoun; his, hers, its
2. Third-person plural possessive pronoun; theirs

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Borrowed from Norwegian sei (“saithe”), via use in the 1950s and '60s on frozen fish packages of Norwegian origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -ei
• Syllabification^(key): sei

sei

1. (proscribed) Synonym of seiti

• pakastesei

• “sei”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

• eis, esi-, ies, sie

sei

1. first-person singular present indicative of saber

• IPA^(key): /zaɪ̯/ (prescriptive standard)
• IPA^(key): /saɛ̯/ (Austria)

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sei

1. 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?

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. singular imperative of sein
   • 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont:

     Geh deines Pfads, und sei ruhig.

     Go your way and be quiet.

sei

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌴𐌹

sei

1. Only used in sei sei

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛj/

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• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Hyphenation: sèi

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

sei (invariable)

1. six

sei m (invariable)

1. six

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

From Latin es.

sei

1. second-person singular present indicative of essere

sei

1. Rōmaji transcription of せい

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

• IPA^(key): /zɛɪ̯/, /zaɪ̯/

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).

sei

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

sei

1. Nonstandard spelling of sēi.

• 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.

From Old English sǣ.

sei

1. Alternative form of see (“sea”)

• English: sea

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.

sei

1. they

• “sei” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

From Old Norse seiðr.

• IPA^(key): /sæj/
• Rhymes: -æj

sei m (definite singular seien, indefinite plural seier, definite plural seiene)

1. pollock (Pollachius virens)

• Danish: sej

• “sei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /sɛɪː/

From Old Norse seiðr.

sei m (definite singular seien, indefinite plural seiar, definite plural seiane)

1. pollock (Pollachius virens)

• seikval

sei

1. imperative of seia

• “sei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

sei

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of vara
2. second-person singular present active subjunctive of vara
3. third-person singular present active subjunctive of vara

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ̯/

Compare German sein, Dutch zijn.

sei

1. (possessive) his
2. (possessive) its

Compare German sein, Dutch zijn.

sei

1. to be

• Also used as the less common auxiliary verb to form the past tense along with the past participle.

• Earl C. Haag, Pennsylvania German Reader and Grammar (2010)

• sey (obsolete)

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.

• Rhymes: -ej, (Portugal) -ɐj
• Homophones: cê (Southern Portugal), sê (Southern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: sei

sei

1. first-person singular present indicative of saber
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 375:

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

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

     ; "I know"

sei

1. (Brazil, sarcastic) yeah, right (sarcastic expression of disbelief)

• IPA^(key): [ˈsəi̯][1]

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

1. South Scots form of see

   Div ee sei yon hoose ower there? ― Did you see your house over there?

From Latin sex.

sei

1. six

From Chinese 詩 (MC syi).

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /θei˨˦/
• Tone numbers: sei¹
• Hyphenation: sei

sei (1957–1982 spelling sei)

1. poetry, poem