-надцать

Russian

Alternative forms

  • -надсять (-nadsjatʹ)archaic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *na desęte. Compare Old Church Slavonic на десѧте (na desęte), Polish -naście. By surface analysis, на (na) +‎ десять (desjatʹ), literally on ten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnat͡s(ː)ɨtʲ]
  • IPA(key): [nət͡s(ː)ɨtʲ][u 1]

Suffix

-на́дцать or -надцать • (-nádcatʹ or -nadcatʹ)[u 1]

  1. -teen (+10)
    три (tri, three) + ‎-надцать (-nadcatʹ) → ‎трина́дцать (trinádcatʹ, thirteen)

Usage notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Stressed on the ante-penult in оди́ннадцать (odínnadcatʹ, 11) and четы́рнадцать (četýrnadcatʹ, 14).

Declension

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Descendants

  • English: Nadsat