šī

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "si"

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šiʔa. Cognate with Arabic هِيَ (hiya) and Biblical Hebrew הִיא (hiʾ).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

šī

  1. she (subject pronoun)
  2. it (subject pronoun, referring to inanimate nouns of feminine gender)
  3. that, this same (aforementioned feminine noun)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic

See also

Akkadian personal pronouns¹
Independent forms Pronominal Suffixes
Nominative Oblique² Dative Predicative³ Possessive⁴ Accusative⁵ Dative⁵
Singular 1st anāku yâti yâšim, ayyâšim -āku -ī, -ya -anni, -nni, -ninni -am, -m, -nim
2nd m atta kâta kâšim, kâšum -āta -ka -ka -kum
f atti kâti kâšim -āti -ki -ki -kim
3rd m šū šuāti, šuātu, šâti šuāšim, šâšim - -šu -šu -šum
f šī šuāti, šâti šuāšim, šâšim -at -ša -ši -šim
Plural 1st nīnu niāti niāšim -ānu -ni -niāti -niāšim
2nd m attunu kunūti kunūšim -ātina -kunu -kunūti -kunūšim
f attina kināti⁶ kināšim⁶ -ātunu -kina -kināti -kināšim
3rd m šunu šunūti šunūšim -ā -šunu -šunūti -šunūšim
f šina šināti šināšim⁶ -ū -šina -šināti -šināšim
1. This table gives Old Babylonian inflection.
2. Used to express the Accusative and Genitive case.
3. Used exclusively on adjectives to form the predicative construction.
4. Used on nouns and prepositions.
5. Used on verbs. Always follows the Ventive.
6. Still unattested form.

Latgalian

Etymology

Akin to Latvian šī and Lithuanian ši.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

šī

  1. (in reported speech) they (masculine; who are speaking)

Declension

Declension of šī
singular plural
nominative šys šī
genitive šuo šūs
dative šam šim
accusative šū šūs
locative šymā šymūs

See also

Latgalian personal pronouns
first second third (a.) third (l.)
m f m f
singular es tu jis jei šys šei
plural mes jius jī juos šī šuos

References

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 37

Latvian

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Pronoun

šī

  1. of this; genitive singular masculine of šis
  2. this; nominative singular feminine of šis
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