# septiņi
## Latvian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɛptiɲi]
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### Numeral

septiņi
* 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
* 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
* 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

#### Coordinate terms

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 |
| 0— | nulle | viens | divi | trīs | četri | pieci | seši | septiņi | astoņi | deviņi |
| 1— | desmit | vienpadsmit | divpadsmit | trīspadsmit | četrpadsmit | piecpadsmit | sešpadsmit | septiņpadsmit | astoņpadsmit | deviņpadsmit |
| 2— | divdesmit | divdesmit viens | divdesmit divi | divdesmit trīs | divdesmit četri | divdesmit pieci | divdesmit seši | divdesmit septiņi | divdesmit astoņi | divdesmit deviņi |
| 3— | trīsdesmit | trīsdesmit viens | trīsdesmit divi | trīsdesmit trīs | trīsdesmit četri | trīsdesmit pieci | trīsdesmit seši | trīsdesmit septiņi | trīsdesmit astoņi | trīsdesmit deviņi |
| 4— | četrdesmit | četrdesmit viens | četrdesmit divi | četrdesmit trīs | četrdesmit četri | četrdesmit pieci | četrdesmit seši | četrdesmit septiņi | četrdesmit astoņi | četrdesmit deviņi |
| 5— | piecdesmit | piecdesmit viens | piecdesmit divi | piecdesmit trīs | piecdesmit četri | piecdesmit pieci | piecdesmit seši | piecdesmit septiņi | piecdesmit astoņi | piecdesmit deviņi |
| 6— | sešdesmit | sešdesmit viens | sešdesmit divi | sešdesmit trīs | sešdesmit četri | sešdesmit pieci | sešdesmit seši | sešdesmit septiņi | sešdesmit astoņi | sešdesmit deviņi |
| 7— | septiņdesmit | septiņdesmit viens | septiņdesmit divi | septiņdesmit trīs | septiņdesmit četri | septiņdesmit pieci | septiņdesmit seši | septiņdesmit septiņi | septiņdesmit astoņi | septiņdesmit deviņi |
| 8— | astoņdesmit | astoņdesmit viens | astoņdesmit divi | astoņdesmit trīs | astoņdesmit četri | astoņdesmit pieci | astoņdesmit seši | astoņdesmit septiņi | astoņdesmit astoņi | astoņdesmit deviņi |
| 9— | deviņdesmit | deviņdesmit viens | deviņdesmit divi | deviņdesmit trīs | deviņdesmit četri | deviņdesmit pieci | deviņdesmit seši | deviņdesmit septiņi | deviņdesmit astoņi | deviņdesmit deviņi |

#### See also

* skaitlis

### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “septiņi”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN