Etymology

From Proto-Balto-SlavicCategory:Latgalian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic#DESMITCategory:Latgalian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic#DESMIT *déśimt. Cognates include Latvian desmit and Lithuanian dešimt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲɛsʲmʲit]Category:Latgalian terms with IPA pronunciation#DESMIT
• Hyphenation: des‧mit

Numeral

desmitCategory:Latgalian lemmas#DESMITCategory:Latgalian numerals#DESMITCategory:Latgalian cardinal numbers#DESMITCategory:Latgalian entries with incorrect language header#DESMITCategory:Pages with entries#DESMITCategory:Pages with 2 entries#DESMIT

1. ten

References

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

Etymology

From the noun desmits (“group of ten”), from *desimtis by metathesis, from Proto-Balto-SlavicCategory:Latvian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic#DESMIT *déśimt with a suffix -(t)i-s marking collective number (“group of ten”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DESMIT *déḱm̥t (“ten”). Cognates include Latgalian desmit and Lithuanian dešimt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛsmit]Category:Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation#DESMIT

• Audio:

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Numeral

desmitCategory:Latvian lemmas#DESMITCategory:Latvian numerals#DESMITCategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#DESMITCategory:Pages with entries#DESMITCategory:Pages with 2 entries#DESMIT

1. ten (the cipher, the cardinal number ten)

   skaitīt līdz desmit ― to count to tenCategory:Latvian terms with usage examples#DESMIT

   pieci un pieci ir desmit ― five plus five is tenCategory:Latvian terms with usage examples#DESMIT

   desmit un desmit ir divdesmit ― ten plus ten is twentyCategory:Latvian terms with usage examples#DESMIT

2. ten (an amount equal to ten)

   desmit ābolu ― ten applesCategory:Latvian terms with usage examples#DESMIT

   samaksāt desmit latu ― to pay ten latsCategory:Latvian terms with usage examples#DESMIT

   nobraukt desmit kilometru ― to travel ten kilometersCategory:Latvian terms with usage examples#DESMIT

   desmit gados man jāapmāca... ― in ten years I have to train, instruct...Category:Latvian terms with usage examples#DESMIT

3. ten o'clock (a moment in time; ten hours after midnight, or after noon)

   pulkstenis ir desmit ― it is ten o'clockCategory:Latvian terms with usage examples#DESMIT

   lekcija sākas desmitos ― the lesson begins at ten o'clockCategory:Latvian terms with usage examples#DESMIT

   jāgaida līdz desmitiem ― (we) must wait until ten o'clockCategory:Latvian terms with usage examples#DESMIT