seitsemän

Finnish

(index se)

Finnish cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : seitsemän
    Ordinal : seitsemäs
    Adverbial : seitsemästi
    Multiplier : seitsenkertainen
    Colloquial counting form : see
    Colloquial ordinal : seikki
Finnish Wikipedia article on seitsemän

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *säic'en, from Proto-Finno-Permic *śäjćem. Cognate with Estonian seitse (seven). The ending -än may have been added by analogy with kahdeksan and yhdeksän, largely displacing earlier seitsen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsei̯tsemæn/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯ts̠e̞mæn]
  • Hyphenation: seit‧se‧män

Numeral

seitsemän

  1. seven

Usage notes

  • See Appendix:Finnish numbers.

Declension

Declension is the same as type koira (number 10), except of the nominative singular form (*), where an -n is added at the end.

Derived terms

  • seitsemänvuotias
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