sedm

Czech

Czech numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Cardinal: sedm
    Ordinal: sedmý
    Adverbial: sedmkrát
    Repetition adjective: sedminásobný
    Collective: sedmery
    Neuter collective: sedmero
    Fractional: sedmina

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sedm, from Proto-Slavic *sedmь, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛdm̩]
    • (colloquial) IPA(key): [ˈsɛdum]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sedm

Numeral

sedm

  1. seven

Declension

Coordinate terms

Further reading

Old Czech

Old Czech numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Cardinal: sedm
    Ordinal: sedmý
    Adverbial: sedmkrát
    Collective: sedmer

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sedmь, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈsɛdm/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈsɛdm̩/

Numeral

sedm f

  1. seven

Usage notes

The older usage was with a genitive noun in all cases. Later, the noun's case corresponded with the numeral's one except for the nominative/accusative where it still was in the genitive and the numeral instrumental ended in -i like other cases as it is in today's Czech.

  • sedm ľudíseven people
  • s sedḿú ľudí (later s sedmi ľudmi)with seven people

Declension

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Czech: sedm

References