Czech

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Czech numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: šest
    Ordinal: šestý
    Adverbial: šestkrát
    Repetition adjective: šestinásobný
    Collective: šestery
    Neuter collective: šestero
    Fractional: šestina

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech šest, from Proto-Slavic *šestь, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɛst]
  • Audio:(file)

Numeral

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šest

  1. six

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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Further reading

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  • šest”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • šest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • šest”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

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Old Czech numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: šest
    Ordinal: šestý
    Adverbial: šestkrát
    Collective: šester
    Fractional: šestina

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šestь, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʃɛst/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈʃɛst/

Numeral

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šest

  1. six

Declension

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older declension

Coordinate terms

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Descendants

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  • Czech: šest

References

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Serbo-Croatian

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Serbo-Croatian numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: šest
    Ordinal: šesti
    Multiplier: šestostruk
    Collective: šestoro, šestorica
    Fractional: šestina

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šestь, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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šȇst (Cyrillic spelling ше̑ст)

  1. six (6)

Usage notes

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  • Nouns following the numbers 5-20 are in genitive plural.

Slovene

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Slovene numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: šest
    Cardinal prefix: šest-
    Ordinal: šesti
    Ordinal prefix: šesto-
    Number: šest
    Digit: šestka
    Digit place: šestica
    Adverbial: šestič
    Krat adverbial: šestikrat
    Multiplier: šesteren
    Krat multiplier: šestkrat
    Fixed multiplier: šestkraten
    Adverbial multiplier: šesterno
    Multiplier verb: pošesteriti
    Multiplier prefix: šestern-
    Krat multiplier prefix: šestkratn-
    Krat adverbial multiplier: šestkratno
    Collective: šestero
    Separable collective: šester
    Greek or Latinate collective: heksada
    Greek collective prefix: heksa-
    Latinate collective prefix: seksa-
    Fractional: šestina
    Latinate fractional prefix: sekstant-
    Fractional multiplier: šestinski
    Elemental: šesterica
    Number of musicians: sekstet

Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *šestь, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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šẹ̑st

  1. six

Declension

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First declension (hard), fixed accent
masculine, feminine and neuter following adjectives and nouns
nom pl šẹ̑st + genitive
plural
masculine, feminine and neuter following adjectives and nouns
nominative
imenovȃlnik
šẹ̑st + genitive
genitive
rodȋlnik
šéstih + genitive
dative
dajȃlnik
šéstim + dative
accusative
tožȋlnik
šẹ̑st + genitive
locative
mẹ̑stnik
šéstih + locative
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
šéstimi + instrumental
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
šẹ̑st + circumflex genitive
  • less common
Second declension (no endings), fixed accent
masculine, feminine and neuter following adjectives and nouns
nom pl šẹ̑st + genitive
plural
masculine, feminine and neuter following adjectives and nouns
nominative
imenovȃlnik
šẹ̑st + genitive
genitive
rodȋlnik
šẹ̑st + genitive
dative
dajȃlnik
šẹ̑st + dative
accusative
tožȋlnik
šẹ̑st + genitive
locative
mẹ̑stnik
šẹ̑st + locative
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
šẹ̑st + instrumental
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
šẹ̑st + circumflex genitive

Noun

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šẹ̑st n

  1. number six

Declension

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Third neuter declension (no endings) , fixed accent (singularia tantum)
nom. sing. šẹ̑st
gen. sing. šẹ̑st
singular
nominative
imenovȃlnik
šẹ̑st
genitive
rodȋlnik
šẹ̑st
dative
dajȃlnik
šẹ̑st
accusative
tožȋlnik
šẹ̑st
locative
mẹ̑stnik
šẹ̑st
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
šẹ̑st
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
šẹ̑st

To express dual and plural, the phrase število šest 'number six' is used, e.g. dve števili šest sta napisani, or, informally, also šestka.


Further reading

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  • šest”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • šest”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Zazaki

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Numeral

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šest

  1. sixty (60)