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

Synonyms

• дымлы (dımlı), еүеш (yeweş)

Antonyms

• ҡоро (qoro)

Derived terms

• сеймал (seymal, “raw material”)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲej]

• Audio

  (file)

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

• тот (tot)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• сѣй (sěj) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

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