sei

sei

See also: Sei, sēi, séi, Séi, séí, sɛi, -sei, se'i, šei, and шеи

English

Etymology

From sei whale, from Norwegian seihval, seikval, from sei (“pollock”) + hval (“whale”). Doublet of saithe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪ/

Noun

sei (plural seis)

1. A sei whale.
   • 2005, Wayne Ledwell, Whales and Dolphins of Newfoundland and Labrador:

     Seis also feed by engulfing small schooling fish.

Anagrams

• -ies, -ise, -sie, EIS, EIs, ESI, I'se, ISE, ies, sie

---

Basque

Basque numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: sei     Ordinal: seigarren     Multiplier: seikoitz     Fractional: seiren

Alternative forms

• xei (Gipuzkoan)

Etymology

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.[1] Often compared with Iberian śei (“six”).[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺ei̯/, [s̺e̞i̯]

• Audio

  (file)

Numeral

sei

1. six

Declension

Declension of sei (numeral, ending in vowel)
		indefinite	singular	plural
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		seiz	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	—	—

References

1. “sei” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
2. Orduña A., Eduardo (2011), “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia‎ (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139

Further reading

• “sei” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
• "sei" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

---

Bavarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sai̯/, /sãĩ̯/

• Audio

  (file)

Etymology 1

Cognate with German sein (“his”, pronoun).

Pronoun

sei (plural seine)

1. his, its

See also

Bavarian possessive pronouns

		attributive (nominative case)		independent
		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

Etymology 2

Cognate with German sein (“to be”, verb).

Verb

sei (past participle gwen, 3rd person singular past woar, subjunctive waar)

1. to be

Conjugation

Conjugation of sei

infinitive	sei
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	bi, bin	-	wàr
2nd person sing.	bist	wårst, woarst	wàrst
3rd person sing.	is	-	wàr
1st person plur.	sàn, hàn	wårn, woarn	wàrn
2nd person plur.	sàts, hàts	wårts, woarts	wàrts
3rd person plur.	sàn, hàn	wårn, woarn	wàrn
imperative sing.	sei
past participle	gwen

---

Corsican

Corsican cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : sei

Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognates include Italian sei and Spanish seis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsej/
• Hyphenation: sei

Numeral

sei

1. six

References

• “sei” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

---

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German sein.

Verb

sei

1. (Erzgebirgisch) to be

References

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, OCLC 932028867, page 116:

---

Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese seu, from Latin suus (“his, her, its”), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯/

Determiner

sei m sg (plural seis, feminine súa, feminine plural súas)

1. Third-person singular possessive determiner; his, her, its
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     A grandeda da lengua española é indiscotibli, i sei estudio, utilización defensa debin sel algo consostancial a nos, […]

     The greatness of the Spanish language is unquestionable, and its study, use and defense must be something consubstantial to us, […]

2. Third-person plural possessive determiner; their
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     En esta época en que otras lenguas de España son recuñucias por tos cumu uficiais en sei territoriu […]

     In this time when other languages of Spain are recognised by everyone as official in their territory […]

Pronoun

sei m sg (plural seis, feminine súa, feminine plural súas)

1. Third-person singular possessive pronoun; his, hers, its
2. Third-person plural possessive pronoun; theirs

See also

Fala possessive determiners and pronouns

			Possessee
			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

1. Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary]‎, CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 256

---

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian sei (“saithe”), via use in the 1950s and '60s on frozen fish packages of Norwegian origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -ei
• Syllabification^(key): sei

Noun

sei

1. (proscribed) Synonym of seiti

Declension

Inflection of sei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
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
instructive		—	sein
abessive		seittä	seittä
comitative		—	seineen

Possessive forms of sei (type maa)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	seini	seimme
2nd person	seisi	seinne
3rd person	seinsä

Derived terms

• pakastesei

Anagrams

• eis, esi-, ies, sie

---

Galician

Verb

sei

1. first-person singular present indicative of saber

---

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaɪ̯/

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

sei

1. first-person singular subjunctive I of sein
   • 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont (English translation)

     Meinst du, ich sei ein Kind, oder wahnsinnig?

     Thinkest thou I am a child, or frantic?

2. third-person singular subjunctive I of sein
   • 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont

     Er sieht oft aus, als wenn er in der völligen Überzeugung lebe, er sei Herr, und wolle es uns nur aus Gefälligkeit nicht fühlen lassen, [...]

     He carries himself as if he felt he were the master here, and were withheld by courtesy alone from making us feel his supremacy; [...]

3. singular imperative of sein
   • 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont

     Geh deines Pfads, und sei ruhig.

     Go your way and be quiet.

---

Gothic

Romanization

sei

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌴𐌹

---

Icelandic

Adverb

sei

1. Only used in sei sei

---

Italian

Italian numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: sei     Ordinal: sesto     Ordinal abbreviation: 6º     Adverbial: sei volte     Multiplier: sestuplo     Collective: tutti esei     Fractional: sesto
Italian Wikipedia article on 6

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛj/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Hyphenation: sèi

Etymology 1

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

sei (invariable)

1. six

Noun

sei m (invariable)

1. six

Related terms

• a sei zeri
• seicentesco
• seicento, Seicento
• seienne
• sei giorni
• seimila
• senario
• sestante
• sestetto
• sestina
• sesto

See also

Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso	due	tre	quattro	cinque	sei	sette
otto	nove	dieci	fante	donna, regina	re	jolly, joker, matta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sei

1. second-person singular present indicative of essere

---

Japanese

Romanization

sei

1. Rōmaji transcription of せい

---

Low German

Alternative forms

• (more common in the western dialects, though still found in Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian alongside sei) se

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛɪ̯/, /zaɪ̯/

Pronoun

sei

1. (in some dialects, including, Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian, personal) Alternative form of se (she - third person singular feminine pronoun)

   (Low Prussian) Sei ös Anke.

   She is Anke (Annie).

Pronoun

sei

1. (in some dialects, including, Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian, personal) Alternative form of se (they - third person plural pronoun)

---

Mandarin

Romanization

sei

1. Nonstandard spelling of sēi.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

---

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English sǣ.

Noun

sei

1. Alternative form of see (“sea”)

Descendants

• English: sea

---

Mòcheno

Etymology

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.

Pronoun

sei

1. they

Inflection

Personal pronouns
	singular	plural
1st person	i	biar
2nd person	du	ir
3rd person	er, si, s	sei

References

• “sei” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

---

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse seiðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæj/
• Rhymes: -æj

Noun

sei m (definite singular seien, indefinite plural seier, definite plural seiene)

1. pollock (Pollachius virens)

Descendants

• Danish: sej

References

• “sei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

---

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛɪː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse seiðr.

Noun

sei m (definite singular seien, indefinite plural seiar, definite plural seiane)

1. pollock (Pollachius virens)

Derived terms

• seikval

Verb

sei

1. imperative of seia

References

• “sei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

---

Pennsylvania German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ̯/

Etymology 1

Compare German sein, Dutch zijn.

Adjective

sei

1. (possessive) his
2. (possessive) its

Inflection

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative and accusative	sei	sei	sei	sei
dative	seim	seinre	seim	seine

Etymology 2

Compare German sein, Dutch zijn.

Verb

sei

1. to be

Usage notes

• Also used as the less common auxiliary verb to form the past tense along with the past participle.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sei

infinitive	sei
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

References

• Earl C. Haag, Pennsylvania German Reader and Grammar (2010)

---

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sey (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsej/ [ˈseɪ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐj/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐj/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsej/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse/

• Homophones: cê (Southern Portugal), sê (Southern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: sei

Verb

sei

1. first-person singular present indicative of saber
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 375:

     Confiem em mim. Sei o que estou fazendo...

     Trust me. I know what I'm doing...

Interjection

sei

1. (Brazil, sarcastic) yeah, right (sarcastic expression of disbelief)

---

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsəi̯][1]

Verb

sei (third-person singular simple present seis, present participle seiin, simple past saw, past participle seen)

1. South Scots form of see

   Div ee sei yon hoose ower there? ― Did you see your house over there?

References

1. “see, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

---

Sicilian

Sicilian cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : sei     Ordinal : sestu

Etymology

From Latin sex.

Numeral

sei

1. six

---

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 詩 (MC ɕɨ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /θei˨˦/
• Tone numbers: sei¹
• Hyphenation: sei

Noun

sei (1957–1982 spelling sei)

1. poetry, poem