zei

Originally a regular weak verb, zegde, which reduced to zeide, whence zei.

• IPA^(key): /zɛi̯/

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• Homophone: zij

zei

1. singular past indicative of zeggen

• zie

zei

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぜい

zeī

1. inflection of zeus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

zei

1. Nonstandard spelling of zéi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zèi.

• 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.

• IPA^(key): [zej]

zei m pl

1. plural of zeu

zei

1. Alternative form of zey (“to say”)
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 21:

     Ye pace——yea, we mai zei,

     The peace——yes, we may say

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 114