sedmery

Czech

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    Cardinal: sedm
    Ordinal: sedmý
    Adverbial: sedmkrát
    Repetition adjective: sedminásobný
    Collective: sedmery
    Substantivised collective: sedmero
    Specific: sedmerý
    Fractional: sedmina
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sedmer, from Proto-Slavic *sedmero. Doublet of sedmerý and sedmero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛdmɛrɪ]

Numeral

sedmery

  1. (collective) seven, seven groups of, seven sets of
    sedmery modré kalhoty ― seven blue pants
    sedmera stará kamna ― seven old stoves
    sedmery silné ponožky ― seven pairs of thick socks
    sedmero teplé prádlo ― seven sets of warm clothes

Usage notes

  • Some dictionaries consider sedmery and sedmerý to be interchangable in both meanings.
  • This word can be used with pluralia tantum to make them countable. If used with other nouns, it means groups or pairs. It can also be used with singular collective nouns (normally only in neuter) which do not have plural forms. The masculine singular and animate plural forms are no longer used.

Declension

Declension of sedmer (irregular)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative sedmer1 sedmera1 sedmero
genitive sedmerého sedmeré1 sedmerého
dative sedmerému sedmeré1 sedmerému
accusative sedmerého sedmer1 sedmeru1 sedmero
locative sedmerém sedmeré1 sedmerém
instrumental sedmerým sedmerou1 sedmerým
plural
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative sedmeři1 sedmery sedmera
genitive sedmerých
dative sedmerým
accusative sedmery sedmera
locative sedmerých
instrumental sedmerými, sedmerýma

1Obsolete.

See also

Further reading

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