# sí
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin sīc.

### Particle

sí
* yes (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin sīc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsi]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* Homophone: si

### Particle

sí
* yes (affirmation; commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question)
    Synonym: hoc

### Adverb

sí
* the opposite of 'not'
    Synonym: hoc
    No parles català? – Sí que el parlo!Do you not speak Catalan? – I do speak it [Catalan]!

#### Usage notes

* Sí is used to add positive emphasis to the verb, much like the auxiliary do in affirmative sentences in English. It generally contrasts with a previous no, and is placed in the same location within the sentence. This is a usage the word shares with Spanish.

#### Antonyms

* no

#### See also

* si

### Further reading

* “sí” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “sí”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “sí” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Fala
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsi/
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: sí

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese si (“yes”), from Latin sīc (“thus, so”), from Proto-Indo-European *so (“this, that”).

#### Adverb

sí
* yes

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese si, from Latin sibi, from Proto-Indo-European *sébʰye.

#### Pronoun

sí
* Reflexive prepositional pronoun; oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves, yourself; each other, one another

#### See also

Dialects:  $^L$ Lagarteiru   $^M$ Mañegu   $^V$ Valverdeñu

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Faroese
### Verb

sí
* imperative of síggja: behold

## Ghomala'
### Pronunciation

Rhymes: -i

### Adverb

sí
* on the ground
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

### Particle

sí
* Marker of the Progressive aspect (with a focus on presence).
    Synonyms: bó, wə́
    Gaə̌ sí fá' ― I am working.

### Adjective

sí (lexical tone unattested)
* positive (for a test)
    Antonym: tə̌ sí pə́
    (please add the primary text of this usage example) ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Adverb

sí
* to sting
    Synonym: jɛ́
    Féŋ sí. ― The wound stings.

#### Derived terms

* shyə tə̂msǐ

#### See also

* cwəcwə
* cwəcwə símnə́
* símnə́

### References

* Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
* K'ayyang Foba Maï, Processus de grammaticalisation en Ghomala’ (2021)
* Fezeu Molaping Franck Jordan (2019), The Skopos theory applied to subtitling of audiovisual programmes on the fight against HIV/AIDS and Malaria from French into Ghomala’

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of sí – see 死 (“die; death; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 死).
* For pronunciation and definitions of sí – see 始 (“beginning; start; to begin; to start; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 始).
* For pronunciation and definitions of sí – see 豕 (“pig; boar”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 豕).
* For pronunciation and definitions of sí – see 矢 (“arrow; to vow; to swear; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 矢).

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʃiː]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ʃiː

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Schi (“ski”), originally from Norwegian ski (“ski”).

#### Noun

sí (plural sík)
* ski

##### Derived terms

* síel
* síbajnok
* síbakancs
* sícipő
* síléc
* sílift
* síoktató
* sípálya

### Etymology 2

An onomatopoeia (sound imitation).

#### Verb

sí
* (archaic) to howl, cry, whiz, shriek, screech, shrill
    Synonyms: sivít, visít, sikít, vijjog, rikolt, sikolt, süvít

##### Derived terms

* sikít
* sikolt
* sikoly
* silány
* sió
* sivatag
* sivár
* sivít
* síp

##### Related terms

* sír

### References

* ↑ sí in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (“A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.

### Further reading

* (ski): sí in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* (to howl, cry): sí in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse sí-, from Proto-Germanic *sin-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siː/
* Rhymes: -iː

### Adverb

sí
* always
    Synonyms: alltaf, ávallt, sífelllt, æ, ætíð

#### Derived terms

* sí og æ (“always, permanently, continually”)

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃiː/
* Homophone: síth (“peace”)

### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish side, from Old Irish síd, from Proto-Celtic *sīdos (“mound (inhabited by fairies); peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēds, from *sed- (“to sit”). Doublet of síth.

#### Alternative forms

* sidhe, síodh (superseded)

#### Noun

sí m (genitive singular sí, nominative plural síthe)
* fairy mound, tumulus

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
sí
síthe
vocative
a shí
a shíthe
genitive
sí
síthe
dative
sí
síthe
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an sí
na síthe
genitive
an tsí
na síthe
dative
leis an sí don sí
leis na síthe :

##### Derived terms

* aos sí (“fairies”)
* bean sí (“banshee, fairy woman”)
* ceol sí (“fairy music; enchanting music”)
* dumha sí (“fairy mound”)
* leannán sí (“phantom lover”)
* long sí (“phantom ship”)
* sián (“fairy mound”)
* síbhean (“fairy woman”)
* síbhruíon (“fairy palace”)
* síofrach (“elfin, fairy-like”)
* síofróg (“elf-woman, fairy”)
* síofróireacht (“fairy lore”)
* sióg (“fairy”)
* síothshluagh (“fairy host, fairy army”)
* síscéal (“fairy-tale”)
* síúil (“fairy-like, elfin; weird”)
* slua sí (“fairy host”)
* solas sí (“misguiding light”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish sí, from Proto-Celtic *sī, from Proto-Indo-European *sih₂.

#### Pronoun

sí (emphatic form sise, conjunctive)
* she
* it (referring to a feminine noun)

##### See also

| Number | Person (and gender) | Conjunctive (emphatic) | Disjunctive (emphatic) | Possessive determiner |
| Singular | First | mé (mise) | mé (mise) | mo $^L$ m' before vowel sounds |
| Singular | Second | tú (tusa)$^1$ | thú (thusa) | do $^L$ d' before vowel sounds |
| Singular | Third masculine | sé (seisean) | é (eisean) | a $^L$ |
| Singular | Third feminine | sí (sise) | í (ise) | a $^H$ |
| Singular | Third neuter | — | ea | — |
| Plural | First | muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne) | muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne) | ár $^E$ |
| Plural | Second | sibh (sibhse)$^1$ | sibh (sibhse)$^1$ | bhur $^E$ |
| Plural | Third | siad (siadsan) | iad (iadsan) | a $^E$ |
$^L$ Triggers lenition $^E$ Triggers eclipsis $^H$ Triggers h-prothesis
$^1$ Also used as the vocative

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 65
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 síd, síth (‘fairy mound’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Lakota
### Noun

sí
* foot, paw

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sʲiː/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *sī (compare Welsh hi), from a blend of Proto-Indo-European *só (“this”) + *íh₂.

#### Pronoun

sí
* she
    Sí fri gábud condon·fóir.May she protect us against danger.
* it (referring to a feminine noun)
    Is sí thol Dée.It is God's will.

##### Related terms

* sissi (emphatic)

##### Descendants

* Irish: sí
* Manx: ee
* Scottish Gaelic: i

### Etymology 2

See síi.

#### Pronoun

sí
* Alternative spelling of síi

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsi/ [ˈsi]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: sí
* Homophone: si

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sīc (est).

#### Particle

sí
* yes (commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question)
    Synonyms: claro, por supuesto, (colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala) simón, (colloquial) sip
    Antonyms: no, (colloquial, Mexico) nel
* A syntactic marker for emphasis or to replace an earlier verb, allowing the speaker to avoid repeating the verb, both similar to English do
    Antonym: no
    "Les gusta el chocolate, ¿verdad?" "A mí sí, pero a él no.""You both like chocolate, right?" "I do, but he doesn't."
* (Spain) hello (used to answer the telephone)

##### Usage notes

* As an emphasis or pro-verb, this term has in Spanish a usage that is not usually explicitly translated into English, since it could sound like a pleonasm, being that "positively", "affirmatively", and always related to a negation (explicit or not):
** Él sí puede, yo noHe (positively) can, I cannot.
** Esto sí es una fiesta.This sure is a party. / This is what I call a party.
** No sabemos si es sostenible, pero lo que sí sabemos es que funciona muy bien.We don't know if it's sustainable, but what we do know is that it works very well.

##### Derived terms

* porque sí
* sí o sí
* sí y no

#### Noun

sí m (plural sís or síes)
* yes; aye, ay; approbation, acceptance
    Ganaron los síes.The ayes have it.

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin sibi, from Proto-Indo-European *sébʰye, dative of *swé (“self”). Cognate with French soi, Italian sé, and Portuguese si.

#### Pronoun

sí
* himself, herself, itself, themselves, yourself, yourselves (form of se used after prepositions)
    para sí ― for himself/herself/itself/themselves/yourself/yourselves

##### Derived terms

* de por sí
* entre sí
* por sí
* por sí y ante sí
* sí mismo

##### See also

| | | | | nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive |
| first person | singular | singular | singular | yo | me | me | mí$^1$ |
| first person | plural | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | nosotros | nos | nos | nosotros |
| first person | plural | feminine | feminine | nosotras | nos | nos | nosotras |
| second person | singular | tuteo | tuteo | tú | te | te | ti$^1$ |
| second person | singular | voseo | voseo | vos | te | te | vos |
| second person | singular | formal$^3$ | formal$^3$ | usted | le, se$^4$ | lo/la$^5$ | usted |
| second person | plural | familiar$^6$ | masculine$^2$ | vosotros | os | os | vosotros |
| second person | plural | familiar$^6$ | feminine | vosotras | os | os | vosotras |
| second person | plural | formal/general$^3$ | formal/general$^3$ | ustedes | les, se$^4$ | los/las$^5$ | ustedes |
| third person | singular | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | él | le, se$^4$ | lo | él |
| third person | singular | feminine | feminine | ella | le, se$^4$ | la | ella |
| third person | singular | neuter | neuter | ello$^7$ | le, se$^4$ | lo | ello |
| third person | plural | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | ellos | les, se$^4$ | los | ellos |
| third person | plural | feminine | feminine | ellas | les, se$^4$ | las | ellas |
| third person | reflexive | reflexive | reflexive | — | se | se | sí$^1$ |
* Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
* Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
* Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
* If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
* Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
* Used primarily in Spain
* Used only in rare circumstances

### See also

* si

### Further reading

* “sí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10