sixta
Old English
| 60 | ||
| ← 5 | 6 | 7 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: six Ordinal: sixta Age: sixwintre Multiplier: sixfeald | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sehstô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiks.tɑ/
Numeral
sixta
Adjective
sixta
- sixth
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- Syxta wæs Ōswald, Norðanhymbra cyning sē betsta ⁊ sē crīstenesta, sē þissum ilcum ġemǣrum rīċe hæfde.
- Sixth was Oswald, the best and most Christian king of the Northumbrians, who ruled over this same territory.
- c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year
- On ðām syxtan dæġe hē ġesċōp eall dēorcynn, ⁊ ealle nȳtena þe on fēower fōtum gāð, ⁊ þā tweġen menn Adam ⁊ Ēfan
- On the sixth day, he created all kinds of animal, and all the beasts that move on four feet, and the two people, Adam and Eve.
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
Declension of sixta — Weak only
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sixta | sixte | sixte |
| Accusative | sixtan | sixtan | sixte |
| Genitive | sixtan | sixtan | sixtan |
| Dative | sixtan | sixtan | sixtan |
| Instrumental | sixtan | sixtan | sixtan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | sixtan | sixtan | sixtan |
| Accusative | sixtan | sixtan | sixtan |
| Genitive | sixtra, sixtena | sixtra, sixtena | sixtra, sixtena |
| Dative | sixtum | sixtum | sixtum |
| Instrumental | sixtum | sixtum | sixtum |