seys

Old Spanish

Old Spanish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : seys     Ordinal : sesto     Adverbial : seys vezes

Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯s/

Numeral

seys m

1. six
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 11v.

     […] pero ella no nasce si non en la tierra que es seys meses dia ¬ seys noche.

     […] but it occurs only in the land where it is six months daytime and six nighttime.

Related terms

• sessaenta
• sesto

Descendants

• Spanish: seis

Portuguese

Adjective

seys

1. Obsolete spelling of seis