семъ

Old Ruthenian

Old Ruthenian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : семъ (sem)

Alternative forms

• симъ (sim) — Old Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic семь (semĭ), седмь (sedmĭ), from Proto-Slavic *sedmь (“seven”), from *sedmъ (“seventh”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”). Cognate with Russian семь (semʹ).

Numeral

семъ • (sem)

1. seven (7)

   Synonyms: ·з҃· (7), ·ꙁ҃· (7)

Descendants

• Belarusian: сем (sjem)
• Rusyn: сім (sim)
• Ukrainian: сім (sim)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “семь, семъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 337
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “седмъ, седмь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 181
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “семъ, семь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 206