și

See also: Appendix:Variations of "si"

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sīc (“thus, so, like, in this way”).

Conjunction

și

  1. and

Romanian

Alternative forms
  • шѝ — pre-1860s Cyrillic form
  • ши (și) — post-1930s Moldovan Cyrillic form

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃi/
  • Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sīc (“thus, so, like, in this way”). Compare Aromanian shi, Megleno-Romanian și. Possibly related to Italian sia (originally a subjunctive form of essere “to be”) as in the construction sia … sia … (“both … and …”), which is equivalent to Romanian și … și …. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Conjunction

și

  1. and

Adverb

și

  1. also
  2. even
  3. already
  4. immediately

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

și

  1. form of își in hyphenated compounds e.g. să-și

Further reading
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