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), Old High German sëhs, German sechs, Old English siex, English six), Old Norse, Swedish sex, Sanskrit षष (ṣaṣ), Ancient Greek ἕξ (héks) (Doric ϝέξ (wéks)), 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, in 2 vols, Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN: 9984-700-12-7