osemnajst

• oſſemnajſt, oſemnajſt (Bohorič spelling)

From Proto-Slavic *osmь na desęte (“eight on ten”). Equivalent to osem +‎ -najst.

• IPA^(key): /ɔsəmnàːjst/
• (parts with greater German influence) IPA^(key): /òːsəmnajst/, /óːsəmnajst/
• Rhymes: -aːjst, -oːsəmnajst
• Hyphenation: os‧əm‧najst

osəmnájst or ọ̄səmnajst

1. (for countable nouns) eighteen

   Synonym: osemnajstero

2. (for uncountable nouns, colloquial) eighteen

   Synonym: osemnajstero

• less common

osəmnájst or ọ̄səmnajst m anim pl or f pl or n pl or n

1. (masculine, in the plural) a group of eighteen things with masculine grammatical gender or a group of people with at least one male.

   Synonyms: osemnajsterica, osemnajstorica

2. (feminine, in the plural) a group of eighteen things with feminine grammatical gender or a group of people with no males.

   Synonyms: osemnajsterica, osemnajstorica

3. (neuter, follows fourth declension, in the plural) a group of eighteen things with neuter grammatical gender

   Synonyms: osemnajsterica, osemnajstorica

4. (24-hour clock, feminine) six o'clock in the afternoon

   Synonyms: osemnajsta, šesta, šest

5. (neuter, follows third declension) number eighteen

   Synonyms: osemnajstica, osemnajstka

See the labels to see which sense follows which declension.

To express dual and plural, the phrase število osemnajst 'number seventeen' is used, e.g. dve števili osemnajst sta napisani, or, informally, also osemnajstka or osemnajstica.

• osemnajststo (“eighteen hundred”)

• “osemnajst”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “osemnajst”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references