seys

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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

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.