סײַ… סײַ…
'both… and…'

ETYMOLOGY

Formally from (earlier version of) NHG es sei 'be it (subjunctive)'. Probably a calque of Polish bądź... bądź... 'either... or...; both... and...', formally the 2nd person singular imperative of być 'to be.'

CENTRAL

HASIDIC

AMERICA

saj... saj...
saj ba tug un saj ba naxt סײַ בײַ טאָג און סײַ בײַ נאַכט

EUROPE

saj ba tug saj ba naxt סײַ בײַ טאָג, סײַ בײַ נאַכט {Antwerp, Mendy Cahan}

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

šaj sai šaj {LITHUANIA, Kaunas, 54239}