septiņi

From a previous undeclinable *septin (by analogy assimilated to the class of nouns in -iņš, plural -iņi), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *septín, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”). Cognates include Lithuanian septynì, Old Prussian sep(t)mas (“seventh”), Proto-Slavic *sedmъ (“seventh”), replacing an older Proto-Slavic *setь (Old Church Slavonic седмь (sedmĭ), Russian семь (semʹ), Belarusian сем (sjem), Ukrainian сім (sim), Bulgarian се́дем (sédem), Czech sedm, Polish siedem), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 (sibun), Old High German sibun, Old English seofon, German sieben, English seven, Hittite [script needed] (šiptam), Sanskrit सप्तन् (saptán), Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá), Latin septem.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [sɛptiɲi]

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septiņi

1. seven (the cipher, the cardinal number seven)

   trīs un četri ir septiņi ― three plus four is seven

   divreiz septiņi ir četrpadsmit ― two times seven is fourteen

   reizināt ar septiņi ― to multiply by seven

   septiņi ir laimes skaitlis ― seven is a happy (= lucky, fortunate) number

   pie četriem pielikt septiņus ― to add seven to four

2. seven (an amount equal to seven)

   septiņi metri auduma ― seven meters of fabric

   pagaidīt septiņas minūtes ― to wait for seven minutes

   septiņi gadi, septiņus gadus vecs bērns ― a seven-year-old child

   septiņu stundu darbadiena ― a seven-hour working day

3. seven o'clock (a moment in time; seven hours after midnight, or after noon)

   pulkstenis ir septiņi ― it is seven o'clock

   septiņos no rīta ― at seven o'clock in the morning

   koncerts sākas septiņos vakarā ― the concert begins at seven o'clock at night

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