seši

EtymologyEdit

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 [sehs]), Old High German sëhs, German sechs, Old English siex, English six), Old Norse, Swedish sex, Sanskrit षष (ṣaṣ), Ancient Greek ἕξ (hex) (Doric ϝέξ (wéx)), Latin sex.^[1]

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [sɛʃi]

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NumeralEdit

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

DeclensionEdit

See alsoEdit

• skaitlis
• Basic numbers (0-10):

  0 nulle, 1 viens, 2 divi, 3 trīs, 4 četri, 5 pieci, 6 seši, 7 septiņi, 8 astoņi, 9 deviņi, 10 desmit

ReferencesEdit

1. ^ “seši” in Konstantīns Karulis (1992, 2001), Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (Rīga: AVOTS) ISBN: 9984-700-12-7.