sej

See also: sēj, śej, сей, and шей

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛj]

Verb

sej

1. second-person singular imperative of sít

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sajˀ/, [ˈsɑjˀ]

Etymology 1

From Norwegian sei, from Old Norse seiðr, from Proto-Germanic *saidō, cognate with Norwegian sei; English saithe is borrowed from Old Norse.

Noun

sej c (singular definite sejen, plural indefinite sejer)

1. (zoology) saithe, pollock (the fish Pollachius virens)

Declension

Declension of sej

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sej	sejen	sejer	sejerne
genitive	sejs	sejens	sejers	sejernes

Derived terms

• gråsej
• lyssej
• mørksej

References

• “sej,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse seigr, from Proto-Germanic *saigaz, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål seig, Norwegian Nynorsk seig, Swedish seg. Related to the verb *sīganą (“to sink”).

Adjective

sej (neuter sejt, plural and definite singular attributive seje)

1. tough, tenacious
2. stringy (of food)
3. cool

Inflection

Inflection of sej

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	sej	sejere	sejest2
indefinite neuter singular	sejt	sejere	sejest2
plural	seje	sejere	sejest2
definite attributive1	seje	sejere	sejeste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

• sejhed
• sejlivet

References

• “sej,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛj/, [sej]

Verb

sej

1. second-person singular imperative of seś

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sej]

Verb

sej

1. second-person singular imperative of siať

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Homophones: sig, säg

Pronoun

sej

1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of sig.

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Noun

sej c

1. the fish saithe, Pollachius virens.

Declension

Declension of sej

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sej	sejs
	definite	sejen	sejens
plural	indefinite	sejar	sejars
	definite	sejarna	sejarnas

Synonyms

• gråsej