síi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sii"

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

   Synonym: sib

   • 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. 25^a3

     tacco is síi

     I declare it is you

Related terms

• sibsi (emphatic)
• sissi (emphatic)

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “síi”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit स्वपति (svapati, “sleeps”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /síi/

Verb

síi (intransitive, Perso-Arabic spelling سی)

1. to sleep

Inflection

T (Prs): suáanu, (Pfv): sútu, (Cv): seé, (Imp): so

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “síi”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “síi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press