Si
See also: Appendix:Variations of "si"
Translingual edit
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Si
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From clipping of various words beginning with the syllable /saɪ/.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Si
- A diminutive of the male given name Simon.
- A diminutive of the male given name Silas.
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Etymology 2 edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 泗 (Sì) and Mandarin 肆 (Sì).
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Proper noun edit
Si
- A river in Shandong, China.
- A county of Suzhou, Anhui, China.
- 2022 July 4, Sophie Yu, Stella Qiu, Ryan Woo, “Eastern China cities tighten COVID curbs as new clusters emerge”, in William Mallard, editor, Reuters[1], archived from the original on 05 July 2022, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals[2]:
- Si county in Anhui province locked down its 760,000 residents and suspended public traffic as it reported 288 cases on Saturday.
- 2022 July 5, Zixu Wang, “Covid Outbreak Emerges in China’s Anhui Province”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-05, The Coronavirus Pandemic[4]:
- Most of Anhui’s cases were identified in Suzhou’s Si County, where on Wednesday the authorities ordered its 760,000 residents to refrain from going out unless it was necessary.
- (historical) Various prefectures of imperial China.
Alternative forms edit
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Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: sē
Proper noun edit
Si
- Alternative form of Xi
Further reading edit
- “Si”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
See si (“they”). Cognate with German Sie.
Pronoun edit
Si
- (polite) you (singular and plural)
Declension edit
Alemannic German personal pronouns
nominative | accusative | dative | possessive m | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person singular | ich, i | mich, mi | mir, mier, mer | min, miin | |
2nd person singular | familiar | du | dich, di | dir, dier, der | din, diin |
polite | Si | Ine, Ene, -ne | Ire | ||
3rd person singular | m | er | in, en | im | sin, siin |
f | si | ire | |||
n | es, 's, -s | im | sin, siin | ||
1st person plural | mir, mer | üs, öis, ois, eus | üse, öise, oise, euse | ||
2nd person plural | ir, ier | öi, eu | öie, eure | ||
3rd person plural | si | ine, ene, -ne | ire |
Limburgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *sīdā, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.
Noun edit
- (geometry, and in general) side (a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape)
- Synonym: Kaïnt
- (geometry) face, side, surface of any three-dimensional object
- page (single leaf of any manuscript or book)
- side (one of the two surfaces of a sheet of paper)
- one side or half of something or someone
- (figuratively) a certain aspect of a concept
- (figuratively) side, faction or group of competitors in a war, game, conflict or any other competitive situation in opposite to their opponents
- face of a coin or dice
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Limburgish sīda, from Medieval Latin sīda, sēta, from Latin saeta (“horsehair; bristle; silk”).