sexa
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
sexa
- inflection of sexar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
sexa m or f by sense (plural sexas)
- clipping of sexagénaire
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
Verb
sexa
- third-person singular past historic of sexer
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseʃɐ/
Verb
sexa
- inflection of ser:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ser”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ser”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Icelandic
Etymology
From sex (“six”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛxsa/, /ˈsɛksa/
Noun
sexa f (genitive singular sexu, nominative plural sexur)
- six (playing card)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sexa | sexan | sexur | sexurnar |
| accusative | sexu | sexuna | sexur | sexurnar |
| dative | sexu | sexunni | sexum | sexunum |
| genitive | sexu | sexunnar | sexa | sexanna |
Ligurian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseʒa/
Noun
sexa
- alternative form of çêxa (“cherry”)
Portuguese
Verb
sexa
- inflection of sexar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
sexa
- inflection of sexar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Swedish
Etymology 1
From the number sex (“six”).
Noun
sexa c
- Number six.
- A child in the sixth grade; someone who is in the sixth year of school.
- (uncountable, mainly used in the definite) the sixth year in school.
- De barnen går i sexan.
- Those children are in sixth grade.
- A drink containing six centiliters of liquor.
- A person, or a team, with result as number six in a sports competition or, eventually, any other type of competition.
- komma sexa
- get on the sixth place, end as number six
- komma sexa
- (dated) a light, festive (six o'clock) evening meal (with alcohol)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | sexa | sexas |
| definite | sexan | sexans | |
| plural | indefinite | sexor | sexors |
| definite | sexorna | sexornas |
Derived terms
(six o'clock festivity):
- nattsexa (“nightly light meal [after party]”)
- sillsexa (“[festive] light herring meal”)
- sexbord (“dinner table [for festivities]”)
- sexdags (“[appointed] time for festivities”)
- sexliv (“life charactherised by sexa”)
- sexmästare (“host”)
- sexmästarinna (“hostess”)
- sextid (“[appointed] time for festivities”)
Related terms
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
sexa (present sexar, preterite sexade, supine sexat, imperative sexa)
- (colloquial) to have sexual intercourse
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sexa | sexas | ||
| supine | sexat | sexats | ||
| imperative | sexa | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | sexen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | sexar | sexade | sexas | sexades |
| ind. plural1 | sexa | sexade | sexas | sexades |
| subjunctive2 | sexe | sexade | sexes | sexades |
| present participle | sexande | |||
| past participle | sexad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.