сей

Andi

Etymology

Akin to Avar ци (ci).

Noun

сей (sejclass ?

  1. bear

Bashkir

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɪ̞j]
  • Hyphenation: сей (one syllable)

Adjective

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

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲej]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic сь (, this), from Proto-Slavic *sь (this), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís. Doublet of сий (sij), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic. Also compare to Ukrainian цей (cej).

Determiner

сей • (sejm (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?

Pronoun

сей • (sejm (demonstrative)

  1. (archaic, poetic, literary, humorous) this one, this one here
    Synonyms: э́тот (étot), да́нный (dánnyj)

Usage notes

  • Сей is an archaic form that is seldom used in speech or in prose unless compounded with other words or in certain set phrases:
  • It can also be used in a stilted or jocular style.

Declension

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

сей • (sej)

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

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲej(ə̥)]
  • Hyphenation: сей

Noun

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.’

References

  • 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

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sь (this).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɛi̯]

Determiner

сей • (sejm (demonstrative)

  1. (archaic, poetic) this, this here
    Synonym: цей (cej)

Pronoun

сей • (sejm (demonstrative)

  1. (archaic, poetic) this one, this one here
    Synonym: цей (cej)

Declension

Declension of сей
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine
nominative сей
sej
се, се́є1
se, séje1
ся, ся́я1
sja, sjája1
сі, сі́ї1
si, síji1
genitive сього́, сьо́го2
sʹohó, sʹóho2
сіє́ї
sijéji
сих
syx
dative сьому́
sʹomú
сій
sij
сим
sym
accusative animate сього́, сьо́го2
sʹohó, sʹóho2
се, се́є1
se, séje1
сю, сю́ю1
sju, sjúju1
сих
syx
inanimate сей
sej
сі, сі́ї1
si, síji1
instrumental сим
sym
сіє́ю
sijéju
си́ми
sýmy
locative сьому́, сьо́му2, сім
sʹomú, sʹómu2, sim
сій
sij
сих
syx
vocative сей
sej
се, се́є1
se, séje1
ся, ся́я1
sja, sjája1
сі, сі́ї1
si, síji1

1Archaic.
2After a preposition.