FromLatinsuī.
siei (third-person singular possessive of masculine plural,of masculine singularso,of feminine singularsô,of feminine pluralsôs)
- (used attributively)his,her,its; ofhis,hers,its
- (used predicatively)his,hers,its
- (used substantively)his,hers,its; the thing belonging to him, her,it
- IPA(key): /ˈɕɛ.i/
- Rhymes:-ɛi
- Syllabification:sie‧i
siei f
- inflection ofsieja:
- genitive/dative/locativesingular
- genitiveplural
FromEnglishshy.Doublet ofsgeifio(“to skive”)
siei (feminine singularsiei,pluralsiei,equativemorsiei,comparativemwysiei,superlativemwyafsiei,not mutable)
- (informal)shy
- Synonym:swil
Mae'n un bachsiei.- He's a quite ashy guy.
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “siei”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
