šī

See also: Appendix:Variations of "si"

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šiʔa. Cognate with Arabic هِيَ (hiya) and Biblical Hebrew הִיא (hiʾ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃiː/

Pronoun

šī

1. she (subject pronoun)
2. it (subject pronoun, referring to inanimate nouns of feminine gender)
3. that, this same (aforementioned feminine noun)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁉 (BI)	𒅆𒄿 (ši-i) 𒅆𒀪 (ši-ʾ) (NA)

See also

Akkadian personal pronouns¹
			Independent forms			Pronominal Suffixes
			Nominative	Oblique²	Dative	Predicative³	Possessive⁴	Accusative⁵	Dative⁵
Singular	1st		anāku	yâti	yâšim, ayyâšim	-āku	-ī, -ya	-anni, -nni, -ninni	-am, -m, -nim
	2nd	m	atta	kâta	kâšim, kâšum	-āta	-ka	-ka	-kum
		f	atti	kâti	kâšim	-āti	-ki	-ki	-kim
	3rd	m	šū	šuāti, šuātu, šâti	šuāšim, šâšim	-	-šu	-šu	-šum
		f	šī	šuāti, šâti	šuāšim, šâšim	-at	-ša	-ši	-šim
Plural	1st		nīnu	niāti	niāšim	-ānu	-ni	-niāti	-niāšim
	2nd	m	attunu	kunūti	kunūšim	-ātina	-kunu	-kunūti	-kunūšim
		f	attina	kināti⁶	kināšim⁶	-ātunu	-kina	-kināti	-kināšim
	3rd	m	šunu	šunūti	šunūšim	-ā	-šunu	-šunūti	-šunūšim
		f	šina	šināti	šināšim⁶	-ū	-šina	-šināti	-šināšim
1. This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. 2. Used to express the Accusative and Genitive case.				3. Used exclusively on adjectives to form the predicative construction. 4. Used on nouns and prepositions.			5. Used on verbs. Always follows the Ventive. 6. Still unattested form.

Latgalian

Etymology

Akin to Latvian šī and Lithuanian ši.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃîː]
• Hyphenation: šī

Pronoun

šī

1. (in reported speech) they (masculine; who are speaking)

Declension

Declension of šī

	singular	plural
nominative	šys	šī
genitive	šuo	šūs
dative	šam	šim
accusative	šū	šūs
locative	šymā	šymūs

See also

Latgalian personal pronouns

	first	second	third (a.)		third (l.)
			m	f	m	f
singular	es	tu	jis	jei	šys	šei
plural	mes	jius	jī	juos	šī	šuos

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 37

Latvian

Pronoun

šī

1. of this; genitive singular masculine of šis
2. this; nominative singular feminine of šis