сей

Bashkir

Etymology

From Old Turkic či (damp, moist), from Proto-Turkic *čɨj (wet, moist; raw).

Cognate with Tatar чи (çi), Khakas чiг (çig, raw, half-baked), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɪ̞j]
  • Hyphenation: сей (one syllable)

Adjective

сей (sey)

  1. wet, damp, soggy
    Сей утын насар яна.
    Sey utïn nasar yana.
    Damp firewood won't burn well.
    Сей бесән.
    Sey besän.
    Damp hay.
  2. half-baked (of bread, pastry)
  3. raw

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Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲej]
  • (file)

Pronoun

сей (sej) (demonstrative)

  1. (archaic, poetic, literary, humorous) this, this here
    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:
  • It can also be used in a stilted or jocular style.

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Verb

сей (sej)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of се́ять (séjatʹ)

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *śüdäme.

Noun

сей (syey°)

  1. heart
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