CzechEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Old Czech -si, from Proto-Slavic *si. Cognate with Slovak -si.

PronunciationEdit

ParticleEdit

-si

  1. indicates that something is indefinite or uncertain

Derived termsEdit

FalaEdit

PronounEdit

-si

  1. Clitic form of se (oneself)

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary]‎[1], CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 255

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *-ci, from Proto-Uralic *-ti. Compare Erzya (-t).

PronunciationEdit

SuffixEdit

-si

  1. (possessive) Suffix used with or without sinun (the genitive form of the personal pronoun sinä): your sg, thy
    (sinun) kirjasiyour book
  2. (possessive) Appended to a genitive-requiring postposition that is after or without sinun: you sg, thee
    (sinun) edessäsiin front of you
    (sinun) takanasibehind you
  3. (possessive) Used in a participle structure replacing an että clause, preceded by a verb expressing e.g. telling, claiming, asserting, confirming, thinking, wish, desire, seeming, when the clauses have the same subject "you" (addressing one person); appended to the active present participle in genitive singular when the action is concurrent with the main clause.
    Sanoit tekeväsi läksyjäsi. (similar to the Latin structure accusativus cum infinitivo, e.g. se dicit facere)
    You said that you were doing your homework.
  4. (possessive) Used in a participle structure replacing an että clause, preceded by a verb expressing e.g. telling, claiming, asserting, confirming, thinking, wish, desire, seeming, when the clauses have the same subject "you" (addressing one person); appended to the active past participle in genitive singular when the said/alleged (etc.) action antedates the main clause.
    Väitit tehneesi läksyjäsi.
    You claimed to have been doing your homework.
  5. (possessive) Used in a shortened sentence expressing concurrent actions when the clauses have the same subject "you" (addressing one person), appended to the inessive of the active second infinitive.
    Tehdessäsi läksyjäsi (sinä) kuulit laukauksen ulkoa.
    (While) doing your homework, you heard a shot from outside.
  6. (possessive) Used in a shortened sentence expressing subsequent actions when the clauses have the same subject "you" (addressing one person), appended to the partitive of the passive past participle singular.
    Tehtyäsi läksysi (sinä) kuulit laukauksen ulkoa.
    (After) having done / After doing your homework, you heard a shot from outside.
  7. (possessive) Used in a final shortened sentence expressing "in order to do" when the clauses have the same subject "you" (addressing one person), appended to the long first infinitive.
    Tehdäksesi läksysi hyvin (sinä) menit hiljaiseen huoneeseen.
    (In order) to do your homework well, you went into a quiet room.
  8. (possessive) Used in some adverbs, when the clause has the subject "you" (addressing one person).
    Olit hyvin pahoillasi siitä.
    You were very sorry about it.
  9. (possessive) Always appended to a noun in the comitative case when the clause has the subject "you" (addressing one person).
    Kävelit kirjoinesi ovesta ulos.
    You walked with your books out the door.

Usage notesEdit

  • The possessive suffix -si is compulsory in standard Finnish. The genitive form of the corresponding personal pronoun sinä before the main word can, depending on the context, be sometimes omitted in written language if the sentence remains fluent. In colloquial Finnish, the suffix -si is very rare and only the genitive form sinun (or its colloquial or dialectal variants) is used before the main word.
  • Appended to the (strong) vowel stem. The final -n of the genitive and illative singular and plural or the -t of the nominative plural are omitted, for example: talo (house) > taloon (into a/the house) > taloosi (into your house).
  • The shortened sentences — except for the participle structures — pertain mainly to formal/standard Finnish, not to informal/colloquial Finnish. It is also to be noticed that the shortened clauses are never separated from the main clauses with a comma.

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

GreenlandicEdit

SuffixEdit

-si (v-v?, additive?)

  1. Synonym of -i

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

-s (adjective-forming suffix) + -i (adjective-forming suffix)[1]

PronunciationEdit

SuffixEdit

-si

  1. (adjective-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an adjective expressing "belonging somewhere, originating from, coming from".
    falu (village)falusi (rural)
  2. (diminutive suffix) Added to a shortened noun to form a new diminutive noun.
    jogosítvány (driver's license)jogsi (driver's license)

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ -si in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch -tie, from Latin -tiō. Now, mainly used to adapted English word with -tion and -sion ending.

PronunciationEdit

SuffixEdit

-si

  1. -ation

Derived termsEdit

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /si/
  • Syllabification: -si

PronounEdit

-si

  1. (enclitic) Alternative form of si
    dare (to give)darsi (to give oneself; to devote)
    vendere (to sell)vendersi (to sell oneself; to prostitute)
    servire (to serve)servirsi (to serve oneself; to make use of)
    si vende latte (milk for sale)vendesi latte (milk for sale)

Usage notesEdit

  • Appended to present active infinitive verb forms to derive reflexive forms with a third person object. Also appended to the present indicative of some verb to derive their passive forms. The final -e of the original infinitive is removed before the reflexive suffix is added.

Where the verb ends in -rre, the final re is removed, leaving behind just an -r:

introdurre (to introduce)introdursi (to introduce oneself; to sneak into)

In any case, after the suffixation, there is only a single r and no vowels immediately before -si.

When the verb is referred to a first person or second person object, -si is substituted with:

-mi when the object is first singular person;
-ti when the object is second singular person;
-ci when the object is first plural person;
-vi when the object is second plural person;

LatinEdit

SuffixEdit

-sī

  1. inflection of -sus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Old IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

SuffixEdit

-si

  1. her (emphatic)
  2. you (plural; emphatic)
    • 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. 14a8
      Níba cuit adíll ⁊ cucuibsi, acht ainfa lib, ar nídad foirbthi-si; it foirbthi immurgu Macidonii.
      It will not be merely a passing visit to you pl, but I will remain with you, for you are not perfect; the Macedonians, however, are perfect.
    • 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. 14c2a
      Gigeste-si Día linn ara·fulsam ar fochidi.
      You will pray to God for us so that we may endure our sufferings.
    • 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. 16d8
      Bíuu-sa oc irbáig dar far cenn-si fri Maccidóndu.
      I am boasting about you to the Macedonians.

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

QuechuaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

SuffixEdit

-si

  1. Evidential suffix, second-hand information. Indicates that the speaker has not directly experienced the information at hand; hearsay
    Chay llaqta sumaqsi.
    (I hear that) that town is pretty.
    Parachkansi.
    (I heard that) it is raining.
    Anchapsi waqachinki wamrayta.
    (They say that) you make my child cry excessively.

See alsoEdit

SidamoEdit

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

-si

  1. his

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 383

TurkishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سی‎ (which represented all prounciations).

SuffixEdit

preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
-sı -si -su -sü

-si

  1. -like, -ish, -ly (It derives adjectives)
    Synonym: -imsi
    kadın (woman) + ‎-sı → ‎kadınsı (effeminate)
    erkek (man) + ‎-si → ‎erkeksi (manly)
    çocuk (child) + ‎-su → ‎çocuksu (childish)

Etymology 2Edit

SuffixEdit

-si

  1. Alternative form of -ki
    • evvel (before, formerly) + -sievvelsi (of the past, former).

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

UzbekEdit

Other scripts
Cyrillic -си (-si)
Latin -si
Perso-Arabic -سى

SuffixEdit

-si

  1. Third person singular possessive suffix. Used after a noun ending in a vowel. It has the same meaning as uning (its) placed before a noun.
    Bu ruchkasi.
    This is its ball pen.