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devět

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See also: devet and dévêt

Czech

Czech numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: devět
    Ordinal: devátý
    Adverbial: devětkrát
    Repetition adjective: devítinásobný
    Collective: devatery
    Neuter collective: devatero
    Fractional: devítina

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech devět, from Proto-Slavic *devętь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛvjɛt]
  • Audio:(file)

Numeral

devět

  1. nine

Declension

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Old Czech

Old Czech numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: devět
    Ordinal: devátý
    Adverbial: devětkrát
    Collective: devater

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *devętь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈdɛʋi̯ɛt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈdɛvjɛt/

Numeral

devět f

  1. nine

Usage notes

The older usage was with a genitive noun in all cases. Later, the noun's case corresponded with the numeral's one except for the nominative/accusative where it still was in the genitive and the numeral instrumental ended in -i like other cases as it is in today's Czech.

  • devět ľudífive people
  • s devieťú ľudí (later s devieti ľudmi)with five people

Declension

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Descendants

  • Czech: devět

References

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