𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃

Gothic

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Cardinal: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (saihs)     Ordinal: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌰 (saihsta)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *s(w)éḱs (which see for more). Cognate to Crimean Gothic seis and Old Norse sex, and Koine Greek ἕξ (héx), which it translates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛhs/, [sexs]

Numeral

𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 • (saihs)

2. six (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 4.25:

     𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌱𐌹 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍉𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼 𐌷𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐍃𐍂𐌰𐌴𐌻𐌰, 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌽𐍉𐌳𐌰 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌿 𐌾𐌴𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃, 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰:

     aþþan bi sunjai qiþa izwis þatei managōs widuwōns wēsun in dagam hēleiins in israēla, þan galuknōda himins du jēram þrim jah mēnōþs saihs, swē warþ huhrus mikils and alla airþa:

     But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 9.2:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍂𐌿 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌰𐌺𐍉𐌱𐌿 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌷 𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌹 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍂𐍉 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃: 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌾𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐌴.

     jah afar dagans saihs ganam iēsus paitru jah iakōbu jah iōhannēn jah ustauh ins ana fairguni hauh sundrō ainans: jah inmaidida sik in andwairþja izē.

     And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. (KJV)

Derived terms

• 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (saihs tigjus, “sixty”)

Related terms

• 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌰 (saihsta, “sixth”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “S7. saihs”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 290–291
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 114