secht

Middle Dutch

Verb

secht

1. inflection of seggen:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   3. plural imperative

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish secht, from Proto-Celtic *sextam, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕext/

Numeral

Middle Irish cardinal numbers

<  6	7	8  >
Cardinal : secht     Ordinal : sechtmad

secht

1. seven
   • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, lines 10–12:

     Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori.

     [There are] seven doors in the hall and seven paths through it and seven hearths and seven cauldrons.

Descendants

• Irish: seacht
• Manx: shiaght
• Scottish Gaelic: seachd

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sextam, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʲext/

Numeral

Old Irish cardinal numbers

<  6	7	8  >
Cardinal : secht     Ordinal : sechtmad     Male personal : mórfeiser

secht

1. seven
   • c. 900, Aided óenfir Aífe from the Yellow Book of Lecan, published in “The death of Conla”, Ériu 1 (1904), pages 113–121, edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, §2

     Do·luid in mac dia secht mbliadan do chuindchid a athar.

     The seven-year-old boy came in search of his father.

Descendants

• Middle Irish: secht
  • Irish: seacht
  • Manx: shiaght
  • Scottish Gaelic: seachd