desmit

Latgalian

Latgalian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : desmit
    Ordinal : dasmyts

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *deśimt, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognates include Latvian desmit and Lithuanian dešimt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʲɛsʲmʲit]
  • Hyphenation: des‧mit

Numeral

desmit

  1. ten

References

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 33

Latvian

Etymology

From the noun desmits (group of ten), from *desimtis by metathesis, from Proto-Baltic *dešimtis, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t (ten) with a suffix -(t)i-s marking collective number (“group of ten”).

Pronunciation

Latvian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : desmit
    Ordinal : desmitais
    Multiplier : desmitreiz
    Nominal : desmitnieks
    Fractional : desmitdaļa
  • IPA(key): [dɛsmit]
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Numeral

desmit

  1. ten (the cipher, the cardinal number ten)
    skaitīt līdz desmitto count to ten
    pieci un pieci ir desmitfive plus five is ten
    desmit un desmit ir divdesmitten plus ten is twenty
  2. ten (an amount equal to ten)
    desmit āboluten apples
    samaksāt desmit latuto pay ten lats
    nobraukt desmit kilometruto travel ten kilometers
    desmit gados man jāapmāca...in ten years I have to train, instruct...
  3. ten o'clock (a moment in time; ten hours after midnight, or after noon)
    pulkstenis ir desmitit is ten o'clock
    lekcija sākas desmitosthe lesson begins at ten o'clock
    jāgaida līdz desmitiem(we) must wait until ten o'clock

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References

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