sej
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Sene with j as a placeholder.
Symbol
sej
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Sene terms
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɛj]
Verb
sej
- second-person singular imperative of sít
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sajˀ/, [ˈsɑjˀ]
Etymology 1
From Norwegian sei, from Old Norse seiðr, from Proto-Germanic *saidō, cognate with Norwegian sei; English saithe is borrowed from Old Norse.
Noun
sej c (singular definite sejen, plural indefinite sejer)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sej | sejen | sejer | sejerne |
| genitive | sejs | sejens | sejers | sejernes |
Derived terms
- gråsej
- lyssej
- mørksej
References
- “sej,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
From Old Norse seigr, from Proto-Germanic *saigaz, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål seig, Norwegian Nynorsk seig, Swedish seg. Related to the verb *sīganą (“to sink”).
Adjective
sej (neuter sejt, plural and definite singular attributive seje)
Inflection
| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite common singular | sej | sejere | sejest2 |
| indefinite neuter singular | sejt | sejere | sejest2 |
| plural | seje | sejere | sejest2 |
| definite attributive1 | seje | sejere | sejeste |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Derived terms
- sejhed
- sejlivet
References
- “sej,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛj/, [sej]
Verb
sej
- second-person singular imperative of seś
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sej]
Verb
sej
- second-person singular imperative of siať
Swedish
Pronunciation
Pronoun
sej
- (colloquial) pronunciation spelling of sig
Declension
| Number | Person | nominative | oblique | possessive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | neuter | plural | |||||
| singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
| second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
| third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
| feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
| gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
| common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
| neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
| indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
| reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
| plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
| second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
| archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
| third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
| reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.
2Informal
3Colloquial pronunciation spelling.
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council
Noun
sej c
- the fish saithe, Pollachius virens.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | sej | sejs |
| definite | sejen | sejens | |
| plural | indefinite | sejar | sejars |
| definite | sejarna | sejarnas |
Synonyms
- gråsej