"せい" meaning in All languages combined

See せい on Wiktionary

Verb [Japanese]

Forms: sei [romanization]
Etymology: ⟨seyo⟩ → ⟨sey⟩ → /sei/ One theory suggests a sound change from せよ (seyo), dropping the last vowel, from original seyo to sey (= sei). Compare 来(こ)い (koi), くれ (kure). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|せよ}} せよ (seyo), {{ja-r|来い|こい}} 来(こ)い (koi), {{ja-r|くれ}} くれ (kure) Head templates: {{ja-verb form}} せい • (sei)
  1. (Classical Japanese, archaic, Western Japanese) Alternative imperative of する (suru, “to do”) Tags: Classical, Japanese, Western, alternative, archaic, form-of, imperative Form of: する (extra: suru, “to do”) Synonyms: せよ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for せい meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)

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