семъ

Old East Slavic

Old East Slavic numbers (edit)
 ←  6 з҃
7
8  → 
    Cardinal: седмь (sedmĭ)
    Ordinal: семъ (semŭ), седмъ (sedmŭ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sedmъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *septmas, from Proto-Indo-European *septmós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛmʊ//ˈsʲɛmʊ//ˈsʲɛːm/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsɛmʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʲɛmʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʲɛːm/

Adjective

семъ (semŭ)

  1. seventh
    • late XI or XII century, Epistle about Sunday:
      в тѣхъ дн҃ехъ свѣршилъ бг҃ъ всѧ дѣла · нб҃о · и землю · и все єже въ нихъ · послѣди же створи чл҃вка цс̑рѧ надо всѣмъ · а въ семьи дн҃ь сконьча всѧ дѣла
      v těxŭ dn:jexŭ svěršilŭ bg:ŭ vsę děla · nb:o · i zemlju · i vse ježe vŭ nixŭ · poslědi že stvori čl:vka cs̑rę nado vsěmŭ · a vŭ semĭi dn:ĭ skonĭča vsę děla
      God did all deeds, heaven, earth, and everything in 'em, in three days, shope afterwards the man, king above everything, and on the seventh day did all businesses

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: семый (semyj)
  • Russian: сёмый (sjómyj), семо́й (semój)

References

  • Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2019) “Drevnerusskoje udarenije: Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ.”, in Languages of Slavic Culture[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 441:се́дмыиsédmyi

Old Ruthenian

Old Ruthenian numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Cardinal: семъ (sem)
    Ordinal: семый (semyj)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic семь (semĭ), from Proto-Slavic *sedmь (seven). Cognate with Russian семь (semʹ).

Numeral

семъ • (sem)

  1. seven (7)

Descendants

Further reading