sí

From Latin sīc.

sí

1. yes (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance)

From Latin sīc.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: si

sí

1. yes (affirmation; commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question)

sí

1. The opposite of 'not'.

   No parles català? — Sí parlo català!

   Do you not speak Catalan? — I do speak Catalan!

• Sí is used to add positive emphasis to the verb, much like the auxiliary do in affirmative sentences in English. It generally contrasts with a previous no, and is placed in the same location within the sentence. This is a usage the word shares with Spanish.

• no

• si

sí

1. imperative of síggja: behold

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃiː]

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Borrowed from German Schi (“ski”).

sí (plural sík)

1. ski

• síel

(Compound words):

• síbajnok
• síbakancs
• sícipő
• síléc
• sílift
• síoktató

An onomatopoeia (sound imitation).

sí

1. (obsolete) howl, cry, whiz

• sír

• IPA^(key): /siː/
• Rhymes: -iː

sí

1. Used only in set phrases

• sí og æ (“always, permanently, continually”)

• IPA^(key): /ʃiː/

From Middle Irish side, from Old Irish síd (“fairy mound”), from Proto-Celtic *sedos, *sīdos (“mound (inhabited by fairies)”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēds, *sed- (“seat”).

• sidhe, síodh

sí m (genitive singular sí, nominative plural síthe)

1. fairy mound, tumulus

From Old Irish sí, from Proto-Celtic *sī, from Proto-Indo-European *sih₂.

sí (emphatic form sise, conjunctive)

1. she
2. it (referring to a feminine noun)

• "sí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

sí (Zhuyin ㄙˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 𦔌
2. Pinyin transcription of 𧬊

• IPA^(key): /sʲiː/

From Proto-Celtic *sī (compare Welsh hi), from a blend of Proto-Indo-European *só (“this”) + *íh₂.

sí

1. she

   Sí fri gábud condon·fóir.

   May she protect us against danger.

2. it (referring to a feminine noun)

   Is sí thol Dée.

   It is God's will.

• sissi (emphatic)

• Irish: sí
• Manx: ee
• Scottish Gaelic: i

See síi.

sí

1. Alternative spelling of síi

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi/
• Homophone: si
• Rhymes: -i

From Latin sīc (est).

sí

1. yes, affirmation. Commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question.

As an affirmation, this term has in Spanish a usage that is not usually explicitly translated into English, since it could sound like a pleonasm, being that "positively", "affirmatively", and always related to a negation (explicit or not):

• Él sí puede, yo no

  He (positively) can, I cannot.

  Esto sí es una fiesta.

  This sure is a party. / This is what I call a party.

  No sabemos si es sostenible, pero lo que sí sabemos es que funciona muy bien.

  We don't know if it's sustainable, but what we do know is that it works very well.

• claro, por supuesto
• simón (colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala)
• sip (colloquial)

• no
• nel (colloquial, Mexico)

• sí o sí

sí m (plural síes)

1. yes; aye, ay; approbation, acceptance

   Ganaron los síes.

   The ayes have it.

From Latin sibi.

sí

1. himself, herself, itself, themselves, yourself, yourselves (form of se used after prepositions)

   para sí ― for himself/herself/itself/themselves/yourself/yourselves

• si