sei
See also: Variations of "sei"
sei - English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /seɪ/
Noun
sei (plural seis)
- A sei whale.
Anagrams
sei - Basque
Alternative forms
- xei (Gipuzkoan)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /s̺ei̯/, [s̺e̞i̯]
Numeral
sei
Declension
indefinite | singular | plural | ||
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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 | — | — |
sei - Bavarian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /sai̯/, /sãĩ̯/
Pronoun
sei (plural seine)
Verb
sei (past participle gwen, 3rd person singular past woar, subjunctive waar)
- to be
Conjugation
infinitive | sei | ||
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present tense | past tense | subjunctive | |
1st person sing. | bi, bin | wår, woar | wàr |
2nd person sing. | bist | wårst, woarst | wàrst |
3rd person sing. | is | wår, woar | 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 |
sei - Corsican
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsej/
- Hyphenation: sei
Numeral
sei
sei - East Central German
Verb
sei
- (Erzgebirgisch) to be
sei - Fala
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsei̯/
Determiner
sei m sg (feminine súa, masculine plural seis, feminine plural súas)
Pronoun
sei m sg (feminine súa, masculine plural seis, feminine plural súas)
sei - Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsei̯/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯]
- Syllabification: sei
Noun
sei
- (proscribed) Synonym of seiti
Declension
Inflection of sei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
- pakastesei
Anagrams
sei - Galician
Verb
sei
- first-person singular present indicative of saber
sei - German
Pronunciation
- IPA: /zaɪ̯/
Verb
sei
sei - Gothic
Romanization
sei
- Romanization of 𐍃𐌴𐌹
sei - Icelandic
Adverb
sei
- Only used in sei sei
sei - Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsɛj/
- Hyphenation: sèi
Numeral
sei (invariable)
Noun
sei m (invariable)
Related terms
Verb
sei
- second-person singular present indicative of essere
sei - Japanese
Romanization
sei
sei - Low German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /zɛɪ̯/, /zaɪ̯/
Pronoun
sei
Pronoun
sei
sei - 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.
sei - Middle English
Noun
sei
- Alternative form of see (“sea”)
Descendants
- English: sea
sei - Mòcheno
Pronoun
sei
Inflection
Personal pronouns | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
1st person | i | biar |
2nd person | du | ir |
3rd person | er, si, s | sei |
sei - Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA: /sæj/
Noun
sei m (definite singular seien, indefinite plural seier, definite plural seiene)
Descendants
- Danish: sej
sei - Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA: /sɛɪː/
Noun
sei m (definite singular seien, indefinite plural seiar, definite plural seiane)
- pollock (Pollachius virens)
Derived terms
Verb
sei
- imperative of seia
sei - Pennsylvania German
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsaɪ̯/
Adjective
sei
Inflection
masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative and accusative | sei | sei | sei | sei |
dative | seim | seinre | seim | seine |
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 | |
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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 |
sei - Portuguese
Alternative forms
- sey (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsej/ [ˈseɪ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɐj/
- (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɐj/
- (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈsej/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈse/
Verb
sei
- first-person singular present indicative of saber
Interjection
sei
- (Brazil, sarcastic) yeah, right (sarcastic expression of disbelief)
sei - Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈsəi̯]
Verb
sei (third-person singular simple present seis, present participle seiin, simple past saw, past participle seen)
- South Scots form of see
- Div ee sei yon hoose ower there? ― Did you see your house over there?
sei - Sicilian
Numeral
sei
sei - Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /θei˨˦/
- Tone numbers: sei1
- Hyphenation: sei
Noun
sei (1957–1982 spelling sei)