síi

See also: sii, sīi, and si'i

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• sí

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *swīs (compare Welsh chwi), from Proto-Indo-European *wos (compare Latin vōs, Old Church Slavonic вꙑ (vy)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʲiː/

Pronoun

síi (genitive sethar)

1. you (nominative plural), ye
   • 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

   Synonym: sib

Related terms

• sibsi (emphatic)
• sissi (emphatic)

References

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “síi”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN