ṣeċ

Kamkata-viri

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Etymology

Equivalent to ṣu + duċ. The element -iċ is most probably analogical (eg. *tridaċa > *triaċa > triċ), and becomes -eċ after numerals ending in u.[1]

Numeral

ṣeċ (Western, Northeastern, Southeastern)[2][3]

  1. sixteen

References

  1. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2025). The Diversification of Indo-Iranian and the Position of the Nuristani Languages. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
  2. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “ṣ′eć”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[1]
  3. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2024). A Grammatical Description of the Katë Language (Nuristani) (PhD thesis). Köln: Universität zu Köln.
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