tiotal

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

tiotal m (genitive singular tiotal, plural tiotalen)

  1. title (of a book etc)

Derived terms

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • 10-tal

Etymology

tio + tal

Noun

tiotal n

  1. around ten, some ten
    Ett tiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
    Some ten people had to be taken to hospital
  2. tens
    Om summan av entalen är större än tio läggs en minnessiffra till tiotalen
    If the sum of the ones is greater than ten, a carry is added to the tens
  3. (usually in the definite "tiotalet") the oneties, the 10s or 10's, the second decade of a century (especially the 1910s or 2010s)

Usage notes

The -tal suffix is only used for even tens in (sense 1).

Declension

Declension of tiotal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tiotal tiotalet tiotal tiotalen
Genitive tiotals tiotalets tiotals tiotalens

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Further reading

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