сей

Akin to Avar ци (ci).

сей (sej)

1. bear

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

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

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• Hyphenation: сей (one syllable)

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

• дымлы (dımlı), еүеш (yeweş)

• ҡоро (qoro)

• сеймал (seymal, “raw material”)

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sь (“this”). Doublet of сий (sij), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic. Also compare to Ukrainian цей (cej).

сей • (sej) m (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?

сей • (sej) m (demonstrative)

1. (archaic, poetic, literary, humorous) this one, this one here

   Synonyms: э́тот (étot), да́нный (dánnyj)

• Сей is an archaic form that is seldom used in speech or in prose unless compounded with other words or in certain set phrases:

• сего́дня ― sevódnja ― today
• сейча́с ― sejčás ― now, immediately
• сию́ мину́ту ― sijú minútu ― this very minute
• до сих по́р ― do six pór ― until now
• по сей день ― po sej denʹ ― until this day
• при сём ― pri sjom ― herewith
• и то́ и сё ― i tó i sjo ― both this and the other
• то да сё ― to da sjo ― one thing and another
• ни то́ ни сё ― ni tó ni sjo ― neither the one nor the other
• за сим ― za sim ― hereby

• It can also be used in a stilted or jocular style.

• тот (tot)

• сѣй (sěj) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

сей • (sej)

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

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

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сей • (syey°)

1. heart
   • 2018, Матфейʼ падвы Маймбабцо Юн, Нумʼ Падармʼ пэртя Институт, Matthew 13.15:

     Тикы ненэцие” сейдо’ тоермыд”, хавото’ сабе намдортадо’ яӈгу, сэвдо’ хаи”. Тарця” нибто’ ӈа”, сэвха”нато’ манэтадонзь, хаха”нато’ намдаӈгудонзь, сейха”нато’ хамэдаӈгудонзь, тикахана Няни сюрхал-тыдаць, Мань савумдаӈгунась›.

     ‭‭‭Tyiki nyenecyiye” syeydo’ toyermid”, xawoto’ sabye namdortado’ yaŋgu, sewdo’ xayi”. Tarcya” nyibto’ ŋa”, sewxa”nato’ manetadonzʹ, xaxa”nato’ namdaŋgudonzʹ, syeyxa”nato’ xamedaŋgudonzʹ, tyikaxana Nyanyi syurxal-tidacʹ, Manʹ° sawumdaŋgunasʹ›.

     For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

• 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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sь (“this”).

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сей • (sej) m (demonstrative)

1. (archaic, poetic) this, this here

   Synonym: цей (cej)

сей • (sej) m (demonstrative)

1. (archaic, poetic) this one, this one here

   Synonym: цей (cej)