šī
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "si"
Akkadian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *šiʔa. Cognate with Arabic هِيَ (hiya) and Biblical Hebrew הִיא (hiʾ).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ʃiː/
Pronoun
[edit]šī
- she (subject pronoun)
- it (subject pronoun, referring to inanimate nouns of feminine gender)
- that, this same (aforementioned feminine noun)
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See also
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Independent forms | Pronominal Suffixes | ||||||||
Nominative | Oblique² | Dative | Predicative³ | Possessive⁴ | Accusative⁵ | Dative⁵ | |||
Singular | 1st | anāku | yâti | yâšim, ayyâšim | -āku | -ī, -ya | -anni, -nni, -ninni | -am, -m, -nim | |
2nd | m | atta | kâta | kâšim, kâšum | -āta | -ka | -ka | -kum | |
f | atti | kâti | kâšim | -āti | -ki | -ki | -kim | ||
3rd | m | šū | šuāti, šuātu, šâti | šuāšim, šâšim | - | -šu | -šu | -šum | |
f | šī | šuāti, šâti | šuāšim, šâšim | -at | -ša | -ši | -šim | ||
Plural | 1st | nīnu | niāti | niāšim | -ānu | -ni | -niāti | -niāšim | |
2nd | m | attunu | kunūti | kunūšim | -ātina | -kunu | -kunūti | -kunūšim | |
f | attina | kināti⁶ | kināšim⁶ | -ātunu | -kina | -kināti | -kināšim | ||
3rd | m | šunu | šunūti | šunūšim | -ā | -šunu | -šunūti | -šunūšim | |
f | šina | šināti | šināšim⁶ | -ū | -šina | -šināti | -šināšim | ||
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Latgalian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Akin to Latvian šī and Lithuanian ši.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]šī
- (in reported speech) they (masculine; who are speaking)
Declension
[edit]Declension of šī
See also
[edit]Latgalian personal pronouns
References
[edit]- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 37
Latvian
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]šī