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Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne) (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (in French), Troyes
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “see”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
May be used with nouns in both the singular and plural; the singular is more common in general, but the plural must be used with units of measurement and the like. Triggers lenition of nouns in the singular and h-prothesis of nouns in the plural:
sé chat ― six cats
sé troithe ― six feet
sé héin ― six birds
When used with the definite article, the definite article is always in the plural. When used with adjectives, the adjective is also in the plural and is always lenited after nouns in the singular; after nouns in the plural, the adjective only lenites after slender consonants::
sé chapall bhána ― six white horses
na sé eaglais mhóra ― the six big churches
But:
sé capaill bhána ― six white horses
na sé heaglaisí móra ― the six big churches
When referring to human beings, the personal form seisear is used.
1920, Olindo Guerrini, edited by Zanichelli, Sonetti romagnoli, published 1967:
Sé! St'al cazazzi d'chert a gli ha da di Coma ch'l'è fatt e' mond, coma ch'l'è fatt? Ch'e' vega là, ch'un staga a dvinté matt, Ch'e' ciapa e' livar e ch'ul cazza ví.
What are you saying? Have really these nonsense papers to say how the world is made, how it's made? Come on, don't go crazy, take the book and chase it away.