zèkste

Cimbrian
Cimbrian ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : zèkse
    Ordinal : zèkste

Etymology 1

From Middle High German sehste, from Old High German sehsto, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. Cognate with German sechste, Dutch zesde, English sixth, Icelandic sjötti.

Adjective

zèkste (not comparable)

  1. (Sette Comuni) sixth
Declension
Positive forms of zèkste
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative èar ist zèkste zi ist zèkste is ist zèkste ze zèint zèkste
with definite article nominative dar zèkste de zèkste 's zèkste de zèksten
accusative in zèksten de zèkste 's zèkste de zèksten
dative me zèksten dar zèksten me zèksten in zèksten
with indefinite article nominative an zèkstar an zèkste an zèkstes (khòone) zèksten
accusative an zèksten an zèkste an zèkstes (khòone) zèksten
dative aname zèksten anara zèksten aname zèksten (khòonen) zèksten
without article nominative zèkste
accusative zèkste
dative zèksten

Etymology 2

Substantivization of zèkste (adjective).

Noun

zèkste

  1. (Sette Comuni) the sixth one
Declension
Declension of zèkste
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
nominative dar zèkste di zèkste 's zèkste di zèksten
accusative in zèksten di zèkste 's zèkste di zèksten
dative me zèksten dar zèksten me zèksten in zèksten
In Cimbrian, substantivizations of adjectives are only used with definite artices.

References
  • “zèkste” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
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