шестъ

Old East Slavic

Old East Slavic numbers (edit)
 ←  5 ѕ҃
6
7  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: шесть (šestĭ)
    Ordinal: шестъ (šestŭ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šȅstъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *seśtas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱstós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɕɛstʊ//ˈɕɛstʊ//ˈɕɛːst/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɕɛstʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɕɛstʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɕɛːst/

Adjective

шестъ (šestŭ)

  1. sixth

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: шостый (šostyj), шестый (šestyj)
  • Russian: шесто́й (šestój)

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 492:шесты́иšestýi