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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛvənˌnɑɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: sevennights [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English seven-night, sevenight, sevenyght [and other forms], from Late Old English seofeniht, seoueniht (compare seofonnihte (“seven days old; seven days long”, adjective)), from seofon (“seven”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”)) + niht (“night; day (when computing spans of time)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”)). Doublet of sennight. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*septḿ̥}} *septḿ̥, {{PIE word|en|septḿ̥}} PIE word *septḿ̥, {{l|ine-pro|*nókʷts}} *nókʷts, {{PIE word|en|nókʷts}} PIE word *nókʷts, {{inh|en|enm|seven-night}} Middle English seven-night, {{m|enm|sevenight}} sevenight, {{m|enm|sevenyght}} sevenyght, {{nb...|sefennahht, sefnight, sefniht, seovenyght, seueniht, seuenist, seueniȝht, seue niȝt, seueniȝt, seue-niȝt, seueniȝth, seuenyght, seuenyghte, seuenyȝe, seue-nyȝt, seuenyȝth, seuenyȝtte, seuenynt, seuenyst, seuenyth, seuenyþe, sevenyghte, sevennyghtt, sevenyht, sevenyth, sevenyȝt, sevenyȝth, (North or West Midlands) sefenneghte, (Southwest Midlands) seveniþt, (Early Middle English) seue nigt, (Early Middle English, Southwest Midlands) seoue nicht, seoueniht, seoue niht, soueniht, (Early Middle English, Southwestern England) seoueniht, seoueniþt, soueniht, soueniþt, soueniȝt, souenyȝt|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|seofeniht}} Old English seofeniht, {{m|ang|seoueniht}} seoueniht, {{m|ang|seofonnihte|pos=adjective|t=seven days old; seven days long}} seofonnihte (“seven days old; seven days long”, adjective), {{m|ang|seofon|t=seven}} seofon (“seven”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*septḿ̥|t=seven}} Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”), {{m|ang|niht|t=night; day (when computing spans of time)}} niht (“night; day (when computing spans of time)”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*nókʷts|t=night}} Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”), {{doublet|en|sennight}} Doublet of sennight Head templates: {{en-noun}} sevennight (plural sevennights)
  1. (archaic or obsolete)
    A period of seven consecutive days and nights; a week.
    Synonyms: sennight (english: archaic or obsolete), zennet [Britain, dialectal]
    Sense id: en-sevennight-en-noun-jrt4~Bd4
  2. (archaic or obsolete)
    (attributively) Preceded by a specified day such as Sunday, today, or yesterday: a week from the specified day.
    Tags: attributive Categories (topical): Calendar, Seven Synonyms: sennight (english: archaic or obsolete)
    Sense id: en-sevennight-en-noun-r7jlohB4 Disambiguation of Calendar: 23 39 20 19 Disambiguation of Seven: 22 39 20 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 32 31 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 46 23 25
  3. (obsolete)
    Preceded by a specified day and come: a week after the specified day.
    Tags: obsolete Synonyms: sennight [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-sevennight-en-noun-N5j1B-oY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 32 31 32
  4. (obsolete)
    Preceded by a specified day and gone or was: a week before the specified day.
    Tags: obsolete Synonyms: sennight [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-sevennight-en-noun-13NlvWG6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 32 31 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: seven-night Coordinate_terms: fortnight

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        "(attributively) Preceded by a specified day such as Sunday, today, or yesterday: a week from the specified day."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "archaic or obsolete",
          "word": "sennight"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Preceded by a specified day and come: a week after the specified day."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "come",
          "come#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "week",
          "week"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete)",
        "Preceded by a specified day and come: a week after the specified day."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "sennight"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Preceded by a specified day and gone or was: a week before the specified day."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gone",
          "go#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "was",
          "is"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete)",
        "Preceded by a specified day and gone or was: a week before the specified day."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "sennight"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛvənˌnɑɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "seven-night"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sevennight"
}

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