seys

Old Leonese

Etymology

From Latin sex.

Numeral

seys

  1. six
    • 1293, Document from Sahagun:
      Ffecha la carta seys dias de ffebrero era de mill e ccc.
      The date of the letter is six days of February was one thousand and a half.

Old Spanish

Old Spanish cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : seys
    Ordinal : sesto
    Adverbial : seys vezes

Etymology

From Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsei̯s/

Numeral

seys m

  1. six
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 11v:
      […] pero ella no nasce si non en la tierra que es seys meses dia ⁊ seys noche.
      […] but it occurs only in the land where it is six months daytime and six nighttime.

Descendants

  • Spanish: seis

Portuguese

Adjective

seys

  1. obsolete spelling of seis