degtelat

Volapük

Noun

degtelat (nominative plural degtelats)

  1. dozen
    • 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:
      Dü lif vobafulik oka ekanom tuvön timi ad studön pükis e dialegis 88 difikis, ed ad pläyön degtelati musigömas.
      During his working life, he managed to find the time to study 88 different languages and dialects, and to play a dozen musical instruments.

Declension

Declension of degtelat
singular plural
nominative degtelat degtelats
genitive degtelata degtelatas
dative degtelate degtelates
accusative degtelati degtelatis
vocative 1 o degtelat! o degtelats!
predicative 2 degtelatu degtelatus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only