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)

Concepten

als

indien

as

Synoniemen

etsi

tametsi

ut

sī

Vertalingen

if

si

wenn

si

eğer

εάν

falls

se

se

si

αν

provided that

άμα

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈsiː]

Etymologie (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”).