sestà

Sesta is an Italian term that can be found in dialectal or historical contexts as an archaic or regional variant of the feminine ordinal sesta, meaning “the sixth” in a sequence. The form sestà is typically encountered in older manuscripts, poetry, or regional texts where the pronunciation preserved a stressed final syllable, a feature characteristic of some Italian dialects. In modern standard Italian, the common form is sesta, and sestà is considered historical or dialectal.

Usage and scope

In contemporary Italian, the standard word for the sixth feminine item is sesta. Sestà does not have a widely recognized, separate meaning in everyday language and is not a current, widely used term in official or formal writing. Its appearance is mostly of interest in philology, textual criticism, or discussions of regional pronunciation and orthography, where it may be cited to illustrate historical stress patterns or spelling variants.

Relation to other terms

Sestà is related to sesta (the modern form for the ordinal) and to other cardinal or ordinal words that appear in various Italian dialects. It is not typically linked to a distinct concept, organization, or place in contemporary usage.

See also

Sesta

Sesto

Sestile (note: related term in astrology for a 60-degree angle)