сей

Andi

Etymology

Akin to Avar ци (ci).

Noun

сей (sej)

  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 besän.
    Damp hay.
  2. half-baked (of bread, pastry)
  3. raw

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Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sʲej]
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sь (“this”). Doublet of сий (sij), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Determiner

сей • (sej) (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?
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:
  • сего́дня ― sevódnja ― today
  • сейча́с ― sejčás ― now, immediately
  • сию́ мину́ту ― sijú minútu ― this very minute
  • до сих по́р ― do six pór ― until now
  • по сей день ― po sej denʹ ― until this day
  • при сём ― pri sjóm ― herewith
  • и то́ и сё ― i tó i sjó ― both this and the other
  • то да сё ― to da sjó ― one thing and another
  • ни то́ ни сё ― ni tó ni sjó ― neither the one nor the other
  • It can also be used in a stilted or jocular style.
Declension
Declension of сей
masculine neuter feminine plural
nominative сей
sej		 сие́1, сё2
sijé1, sjó2		 сия́
sijá		 сии́
sií
genitive сего́
sevó		 сей
sej		 сих
six
dative сему́
semú		 сей
sej		 сим
sim
accusative animate сего́
sevó		 сие́1, сё2
sijé1, sjó2		 сию́
sijú		 сих
six
inanimate сей
sej		 сии́
sií
instrumental сим
sim		 сей, се́ю, сие́ю
sej, séju, sijéju		 си́ми
sími
prepositional сём
sjóm		 сей
sej		 сих
six

1 Used attributively 2 Used pronominally

Pre-reform declension of сей
masculine neuter feminine plural
nominative сей
sej		 сіе́1, сё2
sijé1, sjó2		 сія́
sijá		 сіи́
sií
genitive сего́
sevó		 сей
sej		 сихъ
six
dative сему́
semú		 сей
sej		 симъ
sim
accusative animate сего́
sevó		 сіе́1, сё2
sijé1, sjó2		 сію́
sijú		 сихъ
six
inanimate сей
sej		 сіи́
sií
instrumental симъ
sim		 сей, се́ю, сіе́ю
sej, séju, sijéju		 си́ми
sími
prepositional сёмъ
sjóm		 сей
sej		 сихъ
six

1 Used attributively 2 Used pronominally

See also

Alternative forms

Verb

сей • (sej)

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

Tundra Nenets
Сей.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsʲejə/

Noun

сей • (śey°)

  1. heart

References
  • A. P. Pyrerka and N. M. Tereshenko, editors (1948) Русско-Ненецкий словарь [Russian-Nenets dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 256
  • Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 35
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