shey

Manx

Manx numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: shey
    Ordinal: sheyoo

Etymology

From Old Irish sé, from Proto-Celtic *swexs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare Irish sé, Scottish Gaelic sia.

Pronunciation

Numeral

shey

  1. six

Mutation

Mutation of shey
radical lenition eclipsis
shey hey
after "yn", çhey		 unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020), Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 70
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