si

Betekenis (Engels)

1. if, supposing that
2. whether (when a verb of seeing or trying is the main verb in the apodosis; or when sī is used twice correlatively)

Sinonieme

etsi

tametsi

ut

sī

Vertalings

if

si

wenn

si

eğer

εάν

indien

falls

als

se

se

si

αν

provided that

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈsiː]

Etimologie (Engels)

From Proto-Italic *sei (“so, thus”) used in parataxis, likely via the meaning "in this" as the locative singular of Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”); this older meaning is preserved in Latin sīc as well as in the oath sī dīs placet, cf. English so help me God. Related to Old English sē (“he, that”).