zei

Originally a regular weak verb, zegde, which reduced to zeide, whence zei.

• IPA^(key): /zɛi̯/

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• Homophone: zij

zei

1. singular past indicative of zeggen

• zie

zei

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぜい

zeī

1. inflection of zeus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

zei

1. Nonstandard spelling of zéi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zèi.

• 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.

• IPA^(key):

zei m pl

1. plural of zeu

zei

1. Alternative form of zey (“to say”)
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 7-9:

     and whilke we canna zei, albeit o' 'Governere,' 'Statesman,' an alike.

     and for which we have no words but of 'Governor,' 'Statesman,' &c.

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 21-23:

     Ye pace——yea, we mai zei, ye vaste pace whilke bee ee-stent owr ye londe zince th'ast ee-cam,

     The peace——yes, we may say the profound peace—which overspreads the land since your arrival,

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114