si

Etymology
From, in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the initials of  in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn  by Paulus Deacon; thus, also an.

Noun

 * 1)  A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.

Etymology
Varying reconstructions. Orel descends it from, Matzinger from. Ultimately from instrumental. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,. An interrogative and relative pronoun, especially in connection with a preposition.

Adverb

 * 1) how; in what way; in what state
 * 2) like, as
 * 1) like, as

Etymology 1
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) she
 * 2) it (for referents of the feminine grammatical gender)

Etymology 2
From, ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) they

Etymology 3
From, , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Determiner

 * 1) his

Declension
Inflected forms include:

Etymology 4
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to be

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) if

Etymology
From, from ; cognate with 🇨🇬,.

Noun

 * 1) louse

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) see

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Etymology 1
From, from.

Conjunction

 * 1) if

Etymology 2
From  in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

Noun

 * 1)   seventh note of a diatonic scale

Etymology 3
From ~, from.

Noun

 * 1) cavity, depression
 * 2)  sinus
 * 3)  uterus
 * 4) front portion of the breast
 * 5)  heart
 * 6) estuary, bay

Etymology 4
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) himself, herself, itself
 * 2) oneself
 * 3) themselves
 * 4) each other

Usage notes

 * is the stressed (or "strong", or "tonic") form of the reflexive pronoun . As such, it is used after prepositions.

Etymology
From.

Determiner

 * 1)  his, its third-person masculine and neuter possessive

Usage notes

 * The form is used for the neuter when strongly stressed:  Contrariwise, the form  may be used for the masculine and feminine when unstressed, chiefly with words for relatives:  (“his father”, but less common than ).

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Etymology 1
.

Particle

 * 1) yes

Etymology 2
.

Conjunction

 * 1) if

Etymology
From, from , from , from , nominative singular feminine of. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1)  she, it

Noun

 * 1) hiss, buzz

Verb

 * 1)  to fancy

Etymology
.

Pronoun

 * to oneself
 * to myself
 * to yourself
 * to himself
 * to herself
 * to itself
 * to ourselves
 * to yourselves
 * to themselves
 * to yourselves
 * to themselves

Etymology
From.

Numeral

 * 1) six

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) sieve
 * 2) strainer
 * 3) colander

Verb

 * 1) sieve
 * 2) strain
 * 3) sift

Noun

 * 1) musical note; ti

Etymology
From, , , , plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronoun

 * 1) himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself

Usage notes
The reflexive pronoun si is only used to refer to the third person (In English: he/she/it/they) not the first or second person (In English: I/we/you). When the subject of a sentence is first or second person, the same pronoun is repeated (with the accusative ending added if needed) instead of using si. (E.g. "they wash themselves" is ili lavas sin, but "I wash myself" is mi lavas min, instead of *mi lavas sin.)

Verb

 * 1) to escape

Etymology 1
From, from.

Conjunction

 * 1) if used to introduce a condition or choice

Etymology 1
From, from.

Conjunction

 * 1) if, whether
 * 2) if assuming that
 * 3) even if
 * 4) although, while
 * 1) even if
 * 2) although, while
 * 1) even if
 * 2) although, while

Usage notes
Elided preceding or, resulting in the contracted forms  and.

Etymology 2
From, from. .

Interjection

 * 1) yes

Usage notes
The positive particle usage is uncommon in Québec, where most speakers use oui instead.

Adverb

 * 1) so, such intensifier
 * 2)  however to whatever extent or degree
 * 1)  however to whatever extent or degree
 * 1)  however to whatever extent or degree

Usage notes

 * In the sense, the verb is usually in the subjunctive.
 * The is sometimes replaced by an inverted-subject construction with a subjunctive verbal element and nominal, usually a personal pronoun.

Noun

 * , the note 'B'

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1)  himself, herself

Etymology 1
From.

Interjection

 * 1) yes

Etymology 2
From, ablative and accusative pronoun form.

Pronoun

 * 1) himself, herself, itself
 * 2) themselves

Usage notes
The pronoun is used exclusively as the object of a preposition; no nominative form exists.

Noun

 * 1)  B (the musical note or key)
 * 1)  B (the musical note or key)

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1) if

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) if

Noun

 * 1) woman

Etymology 1
From. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) yes

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 and.

Pronoun

 * 1)  oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
 * 2)  each other, one another
 * 3)  one, you, we, they, people
 * 4)  ; it
 * 1)  each other, one another
 * 2)  one, you, we, they, people
 * 3)  ; it
 * 1)  ; it
 * 1)  ; it
 * 1)  ; it
 * 1)  ; it
 * 1)  ; it

Usage notes

 * When is part of an infinitive, it can be placed before it as a separate word, but more often it is attached to the end. In this case, the final -e of the infinitive is dropped, or, in the case of infinitives ending in -rre, the final -re is dropped. Examples:  +  = ;  +  =.
 * Often translated using the passive voice in English when used as indefinite personal pronoun:
 * Verb + is often translated as  or  + [past participle] in English.
 * In cases where and  follow each other, the first  is replaced with :
 * (instead of: *Si si lava.)
 * Becomes when followed by a third-person direct object clitic (,, , , or ).
 * (instead of: *Si si lava.)
 * Becomes when followed by a third-person direct object clitic (,, , , or ).

Noun

 * 1)   musical note B

Etymology
.

Verb

 * 1) to see

Preposition

 * 1)  Here is; here are.

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to die

Etymology 2
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  tree
 * 2)  wood

Etymology 1
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) if

Etymology 2
From.

Adverb

 * 1) yes

Noun

 * 1) wild cow

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
from

Noun

 * 1) saw tool

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  his, her, hers, its, their

Etymology
From used in parataxis, likely via the meaning "in this" as the locative singular of ; this older meaning is preserved in 🇨🇬 as well as in the oath, cf. English so help me God. Related to.

Conjunction

 * 1) if, supposing that
 * 2) whether when a verb of seeing or trying is the main verb in the apodosis; or when sī is used twice correlatively
 * 1) whether when a verb of seeing or trying is the main verb in the apodosis; or when sī is used twice correlatively

Derived terms

 * sīc
 * sīcut
 * sīs
 * sīve /
 * sōdēs
 * ac sī
 * sī(n) aliter
 * sī dīs placet
 * sīcubi
 * sīcunde
 * sīn
 * sī mē amās
 * sī minus
 * sī modo
 * sī nōn
 * sī̆ quandō
 * sī̆ quidem
 * sī quis / sī quid
 * sī vīs
 * sī vīvō
 * sī nōndum
 * sī vīvō
 * sī nōndum

Noun

 * 1)  si

Etymology
From, from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  to die

Noun

 * 1)  death

Etymology 1
Inherited from.

Conjunction

 * 1) if

Etymology 2
Inherited from.

Adverb

 * 1) so

Etymology 3
Inherited from.

Numeral

 * 1) six

Usage notes

 * Precedes consonant-initial words. See usage notes at .

Pronoun

 * 1) third-person feminine singular, nominative: she
 * 2) third-person feminine singular, accusative: her
 * 3) third-person plural, nominative: they
 * 4) third-person plural, accusative: them
 * 1) third-person plural, nominative: they
 * 2) third-person plural, accusative: them
 * 1) third-person plural, accusative: them

Usage notes

 * The feminine singular is used chiefly with feminine words for things. Female persons are predominantly treated as grammatically neuter, though the feminine is not impossible. See for more.

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) if introduces a condition

Etymology
From. Compare Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Article

 * 1) the

Synonyms

 * (more formal)

Romanization




Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) if

Interjection

 * 1) yes used to contradict a negative statement

Etymology 1
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) she

Etymology 2
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) they all genders

Etymology
From, singular subjunctive of , from , , and , singular subjunctive forms of.

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) if
 * 2) then (afterwards; following)

Pronunciation

 * Possibly:
 * Certainly: Stem vowel: ê⁴

Etymology
From, from , from , from , nominative singular feminine of. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) she, it

Noun

 * 1) ear

Noun

 * 1) water

Noun

 * 1) tooth
 * 2) name

Etymology
From, from.

Conjunction

 * 1)  if

Etymology 1
From, from , ultimately from.

Verb

 * 1) to say

Etymology 3
See the main entry.

Noun

 * 1)   seventh note of a major scale

Etymology 2
Acronym of, the phrase ending the hymn Ut queant laxis from earlier words of which the other notes of solfège were derived. A younger alteration,, allows for every note of the solfège to begin with a different letter.

Noun

 * , a syllable used in seventh note of a major scale

Coordinate terms

 * ,, , , (or ), ,  (or si), 

Etymology 3
Akin to the first part of 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  tatters of rope used to stop leakage

Etymology 4
.

Etymology 5
.

Adverb

 * 1)  since
 * 2)  ago
 * 3)  because, for

Etymology 1
From.

Adverb

 * 1) so; thus; in such a way

Etymology 2
See.

Conjunction

 * 1)  if

Etymology
From, from.

Adverb

 * 1) yes, affirmatively
 * ſi ou non
 * yes or no
 * yes or no

Etymology 1
.

Root

 * 1) to lie down

Etymology 2
.

Root

 * 1) to rest on

Usage notes
The initial consonant tends to geminate after prefixes.

Root

 * 1) to bind

Etymology 1
From and  and.

Conjunction

 * 1) if
 * 2) when

Etymology 2
From and  and.

Adverb

 * 1) yes

Etymology 1
From, from , from , dative of. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1)  oneself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, yourselves, themselves

Etymology 2
From  in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

Noun

 * 1)  musical note

Etymology 4
Possibly borrowed from or a.

Interjection

 * 1)  yes affirmative answer

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) foot

Etymology 1
.

Numeral

 * 1) six

Etymology 2
From the initial letters of Sancte + Iohannes, of the seventh verse of the hymn Ut queant laxis.

Noun

 * 1) Si (musical note)

Etymology 3
.

Noun

 * 1) tallow

Verb

 * 1) to be
 * 2) there be

Usage notes

 * The personal pronoun is often omitted when si is used to mean "to be".
 * When a noun indicates the possessor, si follows the accusative case of the noun.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)   musical note B

Etymology
From, root , from.

Adverb

 * 1)  up, upward, upwards

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and.

Pronoun

 * 1)  oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
 * 2)  each other, one another
 * 3)  one, you, we, they, people
 * 1)  one, you, we, they, people
 * 1)  one, you, we, they, people

Etymology 2
From, from used in parataxis, likely via the meaning "in this" as the locative singular of.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) bridge

Pronoun

 * 1)  Replaces the dative of a personal pronoun when the subject is of the same person as the dative object; to oneself (clitic dative singular of )
 * 2) to myself
 * 3) to yourself
 * 4) to himself, herself, itself
 * 5) to ourselves
 * 6) to yourselves
 * 7) to themselves
 * 8)  one's, of oneself

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * (you) are, (thou) art''
 * (you) are, (thou) art''

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) if

Verb




Etymology 1
From. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Etymology 2
, the English name of the letter /.

Adverb

 * 1) first, firstly

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) sea
 * 2) waves; breakers; swells

Etymology
From

Noun

 * 1)  si musical note B

Etymology
From, from ; cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) certain members of the Mallotus and  genera

Interjection

 * 1) yes

Etymology
From, from.

Conjunction

 * 1) if

Noun

 * 1) murmur, hum
 * 2) rumour

Preposition

 * 1) to, at, toward

Etymology 3
Compare with 🇨🇬

Verb

 * 1)  to be far, to be distant

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Usage notes
Sì is solely used to join verbs/sentences and not nouns, for which is used. Additionally, when sì is used, the subject of each verb must be specified.
 * 1) Mo jó, mo kọ́ ẹ̀kọ́, mo sì kọ lẹ́tà. – I danced, studied, and wrote a letter.
 * 2) Wọn kò fẹ́ ṣiṣẹ́, wọn kò sì fẹ́ ṣeré. – They don't want to work or play.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) city

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) blood

Verb

 * 1)  to die