сей
/[sʲej]/
Russiandetpronverb
Grammatical form
сей is the second-person singular imperative imperfective form of се́ять — “to sow”.
Definitions
- 1.archaichumorousliterarypoeticthis, this here
Прочита́л я сей докуме́нт, ну и где там упомина́ется сто́имость?
Pročitál ja sej dokumént, nu i gde tam upominájetsja stóimostʹ? — I've read this document, well, where is the cost mentioned there?
- 2.archaichumorousliterarypoeticthis one, this one here
Synonyms & related words
Synonyms
- э́тот
- да́нный
Related words (1)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic сь (sĭ, “this”), from Proto-Slavic *sь (“this”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís. Doublet of сий (sij), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic. Also compare to Ukrainian цей (cej).
Forms
- sejromanization