sègante

See also: segante

Cimbrian
Cimbrian ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : sègane
    Ordinal : sègante

Etymology 1

From Middle High German zëhente, from Old High German zehanto, from Proto-Germanic *tehundô. Cognate with German zehnte, Dutch tiende, English tenth, Icelandic tíundi.

Adjective

sègante (not comparable)

  1. (Sette Comuni) tenth
Declension
Positive forms of sègante
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative èar ist sègante zi ist sègante is ist sègante ze zèint sègante
with definite article nominative dar sègante de sègante 's sègante de sèganten
accusative in sèganten de sègante 's sègante de sèganten
dative me sèganten dar sèganten me sèganten in sèganten
with indefinite article nominative an sègantar an sègante an sègantes (khòone) sèganten
accusative an sèganten an sègante an sègantes (khòone) sèganten
dative aname sèganten anara sèganten aname sèganten (khòonen) sèganten
without article nominative sègante
accusative sègante
dative sèganten

Etymology 2

Substantivization of sègante (adjective).

Noun

sègante

  1. (Sette Comuni) the tenth one
Declension
Declension of sègante
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
nominative dar sègante di sègante 's sègante di sèganten
accusative in sèganten di sègante 's sègante di sèganten
dative me sèganten dar sèganten me sèganten in sèganten
In Cimbrian, substantivizations of adjectives are only used with definite artices.

References
  • “sègante” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
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