From sei whale, from Norwegian seihval, seikval, from sei (“pollock”) + hval (“whale”). Doublet of saithe.
sei (plural seis)
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Cardinal: sei Ordinal: seigarren Multiplier: seikoitz Distributive: seina Collective: seikote Fractional: seiren |
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. Often compared with Iberian śei (“six”).
sei
indefinite | singular | plural | ||
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absolutive | sei | seia | seiak | |
ergative | seik | seiak | seiek | |
dative | seiri | seiari | seiei | |
genitive | seiren | seiaren | seien | |
comitative | seirekin | seiarekin | seiekin | |
causative | seirengatik | seiarengatik | seiengatik | |
benefactive | seirentzat | seiarentzat | seientzat | |
instrumental | seiez | seiaz | seiez | |
inessive | anim. | seirengan | seiarengan | seiengan |
inanim. | seitan | seian | seietan | |
locative | anim. | — | — | — |
inanim. | seitako | seiko | seietako | |
allative | anim. | seirengana | seiarengana | seiengana |
inanim. | seitara | seira | seietara | |
terminative | anim. | seirenganaino | seiarenganaino | seienganaino |
inanim. | seitaraino | seiraino | seietaraino | |
directive | anim. | seirenganantz | seiarenganantz | seienganantz |
inanim. | seitarantz | seirantz | seietarantz | |
destinative | anim. | seirenganako | seiarenganako | seienganako |
inanim. | seitarako | seirako | seietarako | |
ablative | anim. | seirengandik | seiarengandik | seiengandik |
inanim. | seitatik | seitik | seietatik | |
partitive | seirik | — | — | |
prolative | seitzat | — | — |
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
Declension of sei | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | sei | sei | sei | seine |
dative | seim | seiner | seim | seine |
accusative | sein | sei | sei | seine |
attributive (nominative case) | independent | |||
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singular | plural | |||
1st person singular | mei | meine | meins | |
2nd person singular (informal) |
dei | deine | deins | |
2nd person singular (formal) |
Eahna | Eahnare | Eahnas | |
3rd person singular | m, n | sei | seine | seins |
f | ihr | ihre | ihrs | |
1st person plural | unsa | unsare | unsas | |
2nd person plural | eia | eire | eias | |
3rd person plural | eahna | eahnare | eahnas |
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)
infinitive | sei | ||
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present tense | past tense | subjunctive | |
1st person sing. | bi, bin | woar | war, warad |
2nd person sing. | bist | woarst | warst, waradst |
3rd person sing. | is, isch | woar | war, warad |
1st person plur. | san, han | woarn | warn, waradn |
2nd person plur. | sads, hads | woarts | warts, warats |
3rd person plur. | san, han | woarn | warn, waradn |
imperative sing. | sei | ||
imperative plur. | seits | ||
past participle | gwen, gwesn |
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Cardinal : sei | ||
From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognates include Italian sei and Spanish seis.
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From Old Galician-Portuguese seu, from Latin suus (“his, her, its”), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyos.
sei m sg (feminine súa, masculine plural seis, feminine plural súas)
sei m sg (feminine súa, masculine plural seis, feminine plural súas)
Possessee | ||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||
Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |||
Possessor | First person | Singular | mei | miña | meis | miñas |
Plural | nosu | nosa | nosus | nosas | ||
Second person | Singular | tei | túa, tu1 | teis | túas, tus1 | |
Plural | vosu | vosa | vosus | vosas | ||
Third person | sei | súa, su1 | seis | súas, sus1 |
Borrowed from Norwegian sei (“saithe”), via use in the 1950s and '60s on frozen fish packages of Norwegian origin.
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Inflection of sei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | sei | seit | ||
genitive | sein | seiden seitten | ||
partitive | seitä | seitä | ||
illative | seihin | seihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | sei | seit | ||
accusative | nom. | sei | seit | |
gen. | sein | |||
genitive | sein | seiden seitten | ||
partitive | seitä | seitä | ||
inessive | seissä | seissä | ||
elative | seistä | seistä | ||
illative | seihin | seihin | ||
adessive | seillä | seillä | ||
ablative | seiltä | seiltä | ||
allative | seille | seille | ||
essive | seinä | seinä | ||
translative | seiksi | seiksi | ||
abessive | seittä | seittä | ||
instructive | — | sein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Cardinal: sei Ordinal: sesto Ordinal abbreviation: 6º Adverbial: sei volte Multiplier: sestuplo Collective: tutti e sei Fractional: sesto | ||
Italian Wikipedia article on 6 |
From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.
sei (invariable)
sei m (invariable)
Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text) | ||||||
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asso | due | tre | quattro | cinque | sei | sette |
otto | nove | dieci | fante | donna, regina |
re | jolly, joker, matta |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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From Old English sǣ.
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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
Personal pronouns | ||
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singular | plural | |
1st person | i | biar |
2nd person | du | ir |
3rd person | er, si, s | sei |
sei m (definite singular seien, indefinite plural seier, definite plural seiene)
sei m (definite singular seien, indefinite plural seiar, definite plural seiane)
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Compare German sein, Dutch zijn.
sei
Declension of sei | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | sei | sei | sei | sei |
dative | seim | seinre | seim | seine |
accusative | sei | sei | sei | sei |
Compare German sein, Dutch zijn.
sei
infinitive | sei | |
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past participle | iss gewest | |
future tense | waerd sei | |
subjunctive | ||
1st person singular | waer | |
2nd person singular | waerscht | |
3rd person singular | waer | |
1st person plural | waere | |
2nd person plural | waeret | |
3rd person plural | waere | |
present tense | ||
1st person singular | bin | |
2nd person singular | bischt | |
3rd person singular | iss | |
1st person plural | sin | |
2nd person plural | seid | |
3rd person plural | sin | |
imperative | sei |
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.
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sei (third-person singular simple present seis, present participle seiin, simple past saw, past participle seen)
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Cardinal : sei Ordinal : sestu | ||
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sei (1957–1982 spelling sei)