si

Significat (Anglès)

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)

Conceptes

si

Sinònims

etsi

tametsi

ut

sī

Traduccions

if

si

wenn

si

εάν

se

indien

als

falls

eğer

se

αν

provided that

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈsiː]

Etimologia (Anglès)

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”).