secht

Middle Dutch

Verb

secht

  1. inflection of seggen:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    3. plural imperative

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish secht, from Proto-Celtic *sextam, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕext/

Numeral

Middle Irish cardinal numbers
 <  6 7 8  > 
    Cardinal : secht
    Ordinal : sechtmad

secht

  1. seven
    • c. 1000, Anonymous, published in (1935) Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó (in Middle Irish), Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 10–12, page 1:Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori.[There are] seven doors in the hall and seven paths through it and seven hearths and seven cauldrons.

Descendants

  • Irish: seacht
  • Manx: shiaght
  • Scottish Gaelic: seachd

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sextam, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʲext/

Numeral

Old Irish cardinal numbers
 <  6 7 8  > 
    Cardinal : secht
    Ordinal : sechtmad
    Male personal : mórfeiser

secht

  1. seven
    • c. 900, Aided óenfir Aífe from the Yellow Book of Lecan, published in “The death of Conla”, Ériu 1 (1904), pages 113–121, edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, §2
      Do·luid in mac dia secht mbliadan do chuindchid a athar.
      The seven-year-old boy came in search of his father.

Descendants

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