si

Signification (Anglais)

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)

Concepts

si

Synonymes

etsi

tametsi

ut

sī

Traductions

if

wenn

se

eğer

si

si

falls

als

indien

εάν

se

αν

provided that

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈsiː]

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).