seši

See also: sesi and šeši

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Latvian

Etymology

From a previous stem *ses- (whence the ordinal sestais; s > š probably caused by the final plural i, extended to this previously undeclinable stem by analogy), from Proto-Baltic *seš-, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs, *séḱs (“six”). Cognates include Lithuanian šešì, Old Prussian *uši, Sudovian sziasz ([š'eš]), Old Church Slavonic шесть (šestĭ), Russian шесть (šest'), Belarusian шесць (šests'), Ukrainian шість (šist'), Bulgarian шест (šest), Czech šest, Polish sześć), Polabian sest, Old Irish sé, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (saihs), Old High German sëhs, German sechs, Old English siex, English six), Old Norse, Swedish sex, Sanskrit षष (ṣaṣ), Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) (Doric ϝέξ (wéx)), Latin sex.

Pronunciation

Latvian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : seši     Ordinal : sestais     Multiplier : sešreiz     Nominal : sešnieks     Fractional : sestdaļa
Latvian Wikipedia article on seši

• IPA^(key): [sɛʃi]

Numeral

seši

1. six (the cipher, the cardinal number six)

   pieci un viens ir seši ― five plus one is six

   pie sešiem pieskaitīt vienu ― to add one to six

   skaitīt no viens līdz seši ― to count from one to six

2. six (an amount equal to six)

   seši metri ― six meters

   sešas dienas ― six days

3. six o'clock (a moment in time; six hours after midnight, or after noon)

   pulkstenis ir seši ― it is six o'clock

   beigt darbu sešos pēc pusdienas ― to finish work at six o'clock after lunch (= in the afternoon)

   ierasties sešos un divdesmit minūtēs ― to arrive at 10 minutes past six

Declension

declension of seši

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)	feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
nominative (nominatīvs)	seši	sešas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	sešus	sešas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	sešu	sešu
dative (datīvs)	sešiem	sešām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	sešiem	sešām
locative (lokatīvs)	sešos	sešās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—

Coordinate terms

Cardinal numbers from 0 till 19

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	nulle	viens	divi	trīs	četri	pieci	seši	septiņi	astoņi	deviņi
1—	desmit	vienpadsmit	divpadsmit	trīspadsmit	četrpadsmit	piecpadsmit	sešpadsmit	septiņdesmit	astoņpadsmit	deviņpadsmit

See also

• skaitlis

References