# sei
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seɪ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪ
* Homophone: say

### Noun

sei (plural seis)
* 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
### 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. Often compared with Iberian śei (“six”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /s̺ei̯/ [s̺ei̯]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ei̯
* Hyphenation: sei

### Numeral

sei
* six

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ “sei” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
* ↑ 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, 1987–2005
* “sei”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

## Bavarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɑɛ̯/
* IPA: /sæː/ (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn, from Proto-West Germanic *sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz (“his own, her own, its own, their own”) (a reflexive possessive), from genitive of Proto-Indo-European *swé with denominative suffix Proto-Indo-European *-nós, equivalent to the genitive form of *se-. Cognates include German sein, Yiddish זײַן (zayn), Dutch zijn, Old Norse sínn, Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (seins).

#### Determiner

sei
* (possessive) his, its

##### Derived terms

* seiner
* seinige

##### See also
### Etymology 2

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn (“to be”) (suppleted with Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”) and *beuną (“to be, exist, become”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be, exist”). Cognates include German sein, Dutch zijn, Alemannic German sii, Yiddish זין (zin).

#### Verb

sei (past woar, subjunctive war or warad, past participle gwen or gwesn)
* to be

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

sei
* first-person singular imperative of sei

## Corsican
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsej/
* Hyphenation: sei

### Numeral

sei
* six

#### References

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

## East Central German
### Etymology

Compare German sein.

### Verb

sei
* (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, page 116:

## Fala
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsei̯/
* Rhymes: -ei̯
* Syllabification: sei

### Determiner

sei m sg (feminine súa, masculine plural seis, feminine plural súas)
* 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, […]
* 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 (feminine súa, masculine plural seis, feminine plural súas)
* Third-person singular possessive pronoun; his, hers, its
* Third-person plural possessive pronoun; theirs

### See also

$^1$ Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.

### References

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

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsei̯/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯]
* Rhymes: -ei
* Hyphenation: sei

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

sei
* (proscribed) Synonym of seiti

##### Declension

Possessive forms of sei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seini
seini
accusative
nom.
seini
seini
gen.
seini
genitive
seini
seideni seitteni
partitive
seitäni
seitäni
inessive
seissäni
seissäni
elative
seistäni
seistäni
illative
seihini
seihini
adessive
seilläni
seilläni
ablative
seiltäni
seiltäni
allative
seilleni
seilleni
essive
seinäni
seinäni
translative
seikseni
seikseni
abessive
seittäni
seittäni
instructive
comitative
—seineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seisi
seisi
accusative
nom.
seisi
seisi
gen.
seisi
genitive
seisi
seidesi seittesi
partitive
seitäsi
seitäsi
inessive
seissäsi
seissäsi
elative
seistäsi
seistäsi
illative
seihisi
seihisi
adessive
seilläsi
seilläsi
ablative
seiltäsi
seiltäsi
allative
seillesi
seillesi
essive
seinäsi
seinäsi
translative
seiksesi
seiksesi
abessive
seittäsi
seittäsi
instructive
comitative
—seinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seimme
seimme
accusative
nom.
seimme
seimme
gen.
seimme
genitive
seimme
seidemme seittemme
partitive
seitämme
seitämme
inessive
seissämme
seissämme
elative
seistämme
seistämme
illative
seihimme
seihimme
adessive
seillämme
seillämme
ablative
seiltämme
seiltämme
allative
seillemme
seillemme
essive
seinämme
seinämme
translative
seiksemme
seiksemme
abessive
seittämme
seittämme
instructive
comitative
—seinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seinne
seinne
accusative
nom.
seinne
seinne
gen.
seinne
genitive
seinne
seidenne seittenne
partitive
seitänne
seitänne
inessive
seissänne
seissänne
elative
seistänne
seistänne
illative
seihinne
seihinne
adessive
seillänne
seillänne
ablative
seiltänne
seiltänne
allative
seillenne
seillenne
essive
seinänne
seinänne
translative
seiksenne
seiksenne
abessive
seittänne
seittänne
instructive
comitative
—seinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seinsä
seinsä
accusative
nom.
seinsä
seinsä
gen.
seinsä
genitive
seinsä
seidensä seittensä
partitive
seitään seitänsä
seitään seitänsä
inessive
seissään seissänsä
seissään seissänsä
elative
seistään seistänsä
seistään seistänsä
illative
seihinsä
seihinsä
adessive
seillään seillänsä
seillään seillänsä
ablative
seiltään seiltänsä
seiltään seiltänsä
allative
seilleen seillensä
seilleen seillensä
essive
seinään seinänsä
seinään seinänsä
translative
seikseen seiksensä
seikseen seiksensä
abessive
seittään seittänsä
seittään seittänsä
instructive
comitative
—seineen seinensä :

##### Derived terms

* pakastesei

#### Further reading

* “sei”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Etymology 2

< seitsemän

#### Numeral

sei (colloquial)
* (counting) seven

### Anagrams

* eis, esi-, ies, sie

## Galician
### Verb

sei
* first-person singular present indicative of saber

## German
### Pronunciation

* (prescriptive standard) IPA: /zaɪ̯/
** Audio:(file)
* (Austria) IPA: /saɛ̯/
* Rhymes: -aɪ̯

### Verb

sei
* 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?
* 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; [...]
* 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
* Romanization of 𐍃𐌴𐌹

## Icelandic
### Adverb

sei
* Only used in sei sei

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛ.i/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛi
* Hyphenation: sè‧i

### Etymology 1

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

#### Numeral

sei (invariable)
* six

#### Noun

sei m (invariable)
* 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

From Latin es.

#### Verb

sei
* second-person singular present indicative of essere

### References

* ↑ sei in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Japanese
### Romanization

sei
* 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: /zɛɪ̯/, /zaɪ̯/

### Pronoun

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

## Mandarin
### Romanization

sei
* Nonstandard spelling of sēi.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Middle English
### Etymology

From Old English sǣ.

### Noun

sei
* 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
* they

#### Inflection
### 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: /sæj/
* Rhymes: -æj

### Noun

sei m (definite singular seien, indefinite plural seier, definite plural seiene)
* pollock (Pollachius virens)

#### Descendants

* Danish: sej

### References

* “sei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛɪː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse seiðr.

#### Noun

sei m (definite singular seien, indefinite plural seiar, definite plural seiane)
* pollock (Pollachius virens)

##### Derived terms

* seikval

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

sei
* imperative of seia

### References

* “sei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Swedish
### Verb

sei
* first-person singular present active subjunctive of vara
* second-person singular present active subjunctive of vara
* third-person singular present active subjunctive of vara

## Pennsylvania German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsaɪ̯/

### Etymology 1

Compare German sein, Dutch zijn.

#### Determiner

sei
* (possessive) his
* (possessive) its

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Compare German sein, Dutch zijn.

#### Verb

sei
* to be

##### Usage notes

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

##### Conjugation

| 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: /ˈsej/ [ˈseɪ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɐj/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɐj/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈsej/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈsej/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈse/
* Rhymes: -ej, (Portugal) -ɐj
* Hyphenation: sei

### Verb

sei
* first-person singular present indicative of saber
** 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, 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
* (Brazil, sarcastic) yeah, right (sarcastic expression of disbelief)

## Scots
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsəi̯]

### Verb

sei (third-person singular simple present seis, present participle seiin, simple past saw, past participle seen)
* Southern Scots form of see
    Div ee sei yon hoose ower there? ― Did you see your house over there?

#### References

* ↑ “see, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

## Sicilian
### Etymology

From Latin sex.

### Numeral

sei
* six

## Zhuang
### Etymology

From Chinese 詩 (MC syi).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /θei˨˦/
* Tone numbers: sei$^1$
* Hyphenation: sei

### Noun

sei (1957–1982 spelling sei)
* poetry, poem