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sej

See also: sēj, śej, сей, and шей

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sej

  1. second-person singular imperative of sít

Danish

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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sej c (singular definite sejen, plural indefinite sejer)

  1. (zoology) saithe, pollock (the fish Pollachius virens)
Declension
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Declension of sej
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sej sejen sejer sejerne
genitive sejs sejens sejers sejernes
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Etymology 2

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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

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

  1. tough, tenacious
  2. stringy (of food)
  3. cool
Inflection
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Inflection of sej
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte 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.
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Lower Sorbian

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sej

  1. second-person singular imperative of seś

Slovak

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sej

  1. second-person singular imperative of siať

Swedish

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Pronoun

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sej

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of sig.

Declension

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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
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

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sej c

  1. the fish saithe, Pollachius virens.

Declension

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

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