сей

Andi

Etymology

Akin to Avar ци (ci).

Noun

сей (sejclass ?

  1. bear

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *čɨj (wet, moist; raw).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (či, damp, moist); Tatar чи (çi), Khakas чіг (çìg, raw, half-baked), Turkish çiy (dew), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɪ̞j]
  • Hyphenation: сей (one syllable)

Adjective

сей • (sey)

  1. wet, damp, soggy
    Сей утын насар яна.
    Sey utın nasar yana.
    Damp firewood won't burn well.
    Сей бесән.
    Sey besən.
    Damp hay.
  2. half-baked (of bread, pastry)
  3. raw

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *sej (crack, scratch; wound).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹sej/, [sʲeˑʝ˧]

Noun

сей (sējn (plural сейняӈ)

  1. scar, scuff, blemish, furuncle, wound (on skin); scratch (on a surface)

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=614&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 771-772

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 190
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 337

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲej]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic сь (, this), from Proto-Slavic *sь (this), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís. Doublet of сий (sij), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic. Also compare to Ukrainian цей (cej).

Determiner

    сей • (sejm (demonstrative)

    1. (archaic, poetic, literary, humorous) this, this here
      Synonyms: э́тот (étot), да́нный (dánnyj)
      Прочита́л я сей докуме́нт, ну и где там упомина́ется сто́имость?
      Pročitál ja sej dokumént, nu i gde tam upominájetsja stóimostʹ?
      I've read this document, well, where is the cost mentioned there?
      • 1904, Lazar Karmen, На дне Одессы (The lower depths of Odessa)[1], Odessa, Russian Empire:
        Не угодно ли такую сцену? В море народа, зачернившего все улицы, все углы, острые и тупые, толчка, бурлящего и грохочущего, въезжает на своей телеге жлоб (мужик). На задке телеги под полуденным ярким солнцем жар-жаром горит красный сундучок, расписанный «пукетами» роз и позвякивающий своим новеньким английским секретным замочком. Сундучок сей – свадебный подарок его дочери-невесты.
        Ne ugodno li takuju scenu? V more naroda, začernivševo vse ulicy, vse ugly, ostryje i tupyje, tolčka, burljaščevo i groxočuščevo, vʺjezžajet na svojej telege žlob (mužik). Na zadke telegi pod poludennym jarkim solncem žar-žarom gorit krasnyj sundučok, raspisannyj «puketami» roz i pozvjakivajuščij svoim novenʹkim anglijskim sekretnym zamočkom. Sundučok sej – svadebnyj podarok jevo dočeri-nevesty.
        Would you like such a scene? In the sea of ​​people, blackening all the streets, all the corners, sharp or blunt, pushing, seething and rumbling, a schlub (a mujik) rides in on his cart. At the back of the cart, under the bright midday sun, a red chest is burning with heat, painted with “pouquets” of roses and jingling with its brand new English secret lock. This chest of his is a wedding gift to his daughter, the bride.

    Pronoun

      сей • (sejm (demonstrative)

      1. (archaic, poetic, literary, humorous) this one, this one here
        Synonyms: э́тот (étot), да́нный (dánnyj)

      Usage notes

      • Сей is an archaic form that is seldom used in speech or in prose unless compounded with other words or in certain set phrases:
      • It can also be used in a stilted or jocular style.

      Declension

      See also

      Etymology 2

      Alternative forms

      Verb

      сей • (sej)

      1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of се́ять (séjatʹ)

      Tundra Nenets

      Etymology

      From Proto-Samoyedic *säjə, from Proto-Uralic *śüdäme. Cognates include Finnish sydän and Hungarian szív.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [sʲej(ə̥)]
      • Hyphenation: сей

      Noun

      сей • (syey°)

      1. heart
        • 2018, Матфейʼ падвы Маймбабцо Юн, Нумʼ Падармʼ пэртя Институт, Matthew 13.15:
          Тикы ненэцие” сейдо’ тоермыд”, хавото’ сабе намдортадо’ яӈгу, сэвдо’ хаи”. Тарця” нибто’ ӈа”, сэвха”нато’ манэтадонзь, хаха”нато’ намдаӈгудонзь, сейха”нато’ хамэдаӈгудонзь, тикахана Няни сюрхал-тыдаць, Мань савумдаӈгунась›.
          ‭‭‭Tyiki nyenecyiye” syeydo’ toyermid”, xawoto’ sabye namdortado’ yaŋgu, sewdo’ xayi”. Tarcya” nyibto’ ŋa”, sewxa”nato’ manetadonzʹ, xaxa”nato’ namdaŋgudonzʹ, syeyxa”nato’ xamedaŋgudonzʹ, tyikaxana Nyanyi syurxal-tidacʹ, Manʹ° sawumdaŋgunasʹ›.
          For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

      References

      • Pyrerka, A. P.; Tereščenko, N. M. (1948), Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 256
      • N. M. Tereschenko (2005), “сей”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
      • Irina Nikolaeva (2014), A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 35

      Ukrainian

      Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sь (this).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [sɛi̯]

      Determiner

        сей • (sejm (demonstrative)

        1. (archaic, poetic) this, this here
          Synonym: цей (cej)

        Pronoun

          сей • (sejm (demonstrative)

          1. (archaic, poetic) this one, this one here
            Synonym: цей (cej)

          Declension

          Declension of сей
          singular plural
          masculine neuter feminine
          nominative сей
          sej
          се, се́є1
          se, séje1
          ся, ся́я1
          sja, sjája1
          сі, сі́ї1
          si, síji1
          genitive сього́, сьо́го2
          sʹohó, sʹóho2
          сіє́ї
          sijéji
          сих
          syx
          dative сьому́
          sʹomú
          сій
          sij
          сим
          sym
          accusative animate сього́, сьо́го2
          sʹohó, sʹóho2
          се, се́є1
          se, séje1
          сю, сю́ю1
          sju, sjúju1
          сих
          syx
          inanimate сей
          sej
          сі, сі́ї1
          si, síji1
          instrumental сим
          sym
          сіє́ю
          sijéju
          си́ми
          sýmy
          locative сьому́, сьо́му2, сім
          sʹomú, sʹómu2, sim
          сій
          sij
          сих
          syx
          vocative сей
          sej
          се, се́є1
          se, séje1
          ся, ся́я1
          sja, sjája1
          сі, сі́ї1
          si, síji1

          1Archaic.
          2After a preposition.