síi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sii"
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *swīs (compare Welsh chwi), from Proto-Indo-European *wos (compare Latin vōs, Old Church Slavonic вꙑ (vy)).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
síi (genitive sethar)
- you (nominative plural), ye
- Synonym: sib
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 25a3
- tacco is síi
- I declare it is you
Related terms edit
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “síi”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Phalura edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit स्वपति (svapati, “sleeps”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
síi (intransitive, Perso-Arabic spelling سی)
- to sleep
Inflection edit
T (Prs): suáanu, (Pfv): sútu, (Cv): seé, (Imp): so
References edit
- Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “síi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press