indecl. num. adj. As adj. geminates initial of follg. subst.
and prefixes h- to vowels:
se hingni dec,
Laws v 40.11
.
sē
haisle,
Corm. Y p. 38.1
.
sé hernaile,
PH 5999
. But when
folld. by gen. pl. causes nazalization by analogy with inflected
numerals:
maccān sē ṁblíadnae déac,
Thes. ii 308.17
(
Hy.
ii 2
).
di athgabail .i. na sé mbó,
Laws i 66.16 Comm
.
co cend
se mbliadna déc,
LU 2115
. Lenition marked in
sé mhíle
cneadh,
Aithd. D. 78.26
, perhaps mistakenly. Cf. sé céad
lot, ib.
Six:
sē ab eo quod est sex
,
Corm. Y 1144
.
I As adj.
sé tarmmorcenn,
Sg. 166a1
.
bōi sē blíadnai hi
fognam,
Thes. ii 309.2
(
Hy. ii 5
).
imtoing sé séotu,
Críth G.
207
.
da ba co n-a dib tinnib du na se fictib a lin,
Laws v
110.17
.
sesca ┐ se sinistri,
i 28.y Comm
.
dá sé míle martar,
Fél. July 10
.
seser ar sé cétaib,
May 13
. sé .c. gl. sexcentum,
Ir. Gl. 777
.
fastaid sé eóin déc díb,
TBC-LL¹ 1336
.
The Six Ages of the world occur as sé aimsera, díne, cineda,
etc.
iar forba se n-oes in t-shaegail,
PH 6892
. siúr na sé
ndíne (of the Blessed Virgin),
Dán Dé vii 27
.
a shiúr na sé
sochuidhe,
vi 14
.
ar na sé línibh,
DDána 24.4
.
do fhóir ar
ghuasacht sé sluaigh,
38.5
.
crann soillse na sé gcineadh,
54.26
.
lucht na sé n-aimsear,
PBocht 14.39
.
do na sé clannaibh,
4.39
.
II Used absolutely: á sé
six
,
Thes. ii 31.27
(Bvn.). na
cethri leth-scribuill fa se ann, is da lan-screpaill dec `six times
four half screpalls',
Laws v 342.28 Comm
. arna legad ┐ ar na
hathleagad fecht for a sé `seven times',
CCath. 4679
.
mé a sé
is seachtmhoghad bliadhan | dom mearughadh lé ar luaghal,
Aithd. D. 91.10
.
cá mhéid peacadh . . . ? a sé,
Donlevy 176.11
.
As neut. subst.:
toscara C. da sé ndéc ndaglaech díb,
LU
5523
. the six (at dice) (variously declined in bardic verse,
see
IGT Decl. § 99
,
§ 108
,
§ 112
):
na trí séithe is tráth dhá
tealgadh | atá Éire ar h'urchar,
ex. 1806
.
Compds.
¤brechta in nath sebrechta the name of a six-lined metre,
IT iii 38 § 27
.
nath dembrechta no sembrechta,
O'Curry 239
(
H 3.18, p. 133
).
¤diabulta
six-fold:
ni cetharda
sin ┐ ní sediabulta,
O'Curry 992
(
H 3.18, p. 425b
).
¤laithe
lasting six-days
:
do-rinde Dia in t-oibriugud sé-lathi annsna
lathib ele,
PH 7366
.