षष्

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5
6
7  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: षष् (ṣaṣ)
    Ordinal: षष्ठ (ṣaṣṭha)

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṣwáṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognate with Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱 (xṣ̌uuaš), Persian شش (šeš), Old Armenian վեց (vecʻ), Tocharian B ṣkas, Old Church Slavonic шесть (šestĭ), Lithuanian šešì, Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Old English six (whence English six).

Pronunciation

Numeral

षष् (ṣáṣ)

  1. six

Declension

irregular declension
Nom. sg.
Gen. sg.
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative षट् (ṣaṭ)
Vocative षट् (ṣaṭ)
Accusative षट् (ṣaṭ)
Instrumental षड्भिः (ṣaḍbhiḥ)
Dative षड्भ्यः (ṣaḍbhyaḥ)
Ablative षड्भ्यः (ṣaḍbhyaḥ)
Genitive षण्णाम् (ṣaṇṇām)
Locative षट्सु (ṣaṭsu)

Descendants

  • Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀙 (*cha), 𑀱 (ṣa)
    • Prakrit: 𑀙 (cha) (see there for further descendants)
  • Gandhari: 𐨮 (ṣa)
  • Pali: cha

References

  1. ^ Alexander Lubotsky (2000) “Indo-Aryan 'six'”, in 125 Jahre Indogermanistik in Graz. Arbeiten aus der Abteilung “Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft", Graz: Leykam, pages 255-261