Inherited fromOld Spanishdizeseis,diezeseis(literally“ten and six”), an analytical form (compareGaliciandezaseis,Portuguesedezesseis,dezasseis) replacing Old Spanishseze,sedze, from Latinsēdecim (compare Catalansetze, Frenchseize, Italiansedici).
diezisesh (Hebrew spellingדייזיסיש)[1]
- sixteen(thecardinal number occurring afterfifteen and beforeseventeen, represented inArabic numerals as 16 and inRoman numerals asXVI)[16th c.]
1995,Aki Yerushalayim[1], numbers49–52,pages25–6:La komunidad djudia de Tetuan teniadiezisesh sinagogas ke se avrian mizmo entre los dias de la semana i a las kualas vinia siempre muncha djente, ainda mas i mas en las fiestas, kuando no avia lugar para todos i munchos azian sus orasiones afuera de eyas.- Tetuan’s Jewish community hadsixteen synagogues that were opened even between the days of the week and many folk came to them, especially during the festivals, when there was no room for everybody and many prayed outside of them.
1998,Ladinar[2], volume 4,המכון לחקר יהדות שאלוניקי,page194:[…] publikados desde el siglodiezisesh i asta la mitad del siglo vente.- Published since the sixteenth century and up to the middle of the twentieth.
- ^“diezisesh”, inTrezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
