devet
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [devet]
Adverb
devet
Serbo-Croatian
| 90 | ||
| ← 8 | 9 | 10 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: devet Ordinal: deveti Multiplier: devetostruk Collective: devetoro, devetorica Fractional: devetina | ||
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *devętь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dêʋet/
Audio (Serbia): (file) - Hyphenation: de‧vet
Numeral
dȅvet (Cyrillic spelling де̏вет)
- nine (9)
Usage notes
- Nouns following the numbers 5-20 are in genitive plural.
Derived terms
Slovene
| 90 | ||
| ← 8 | 9 | 10 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: devet Cardinal prefix: devet- Ordinal: deveti Ordinal prefix: deveto- Number: devet Digit: devetka Digit place: devetica Adverbial: devetič Krat adverbial: devetikrat Multiplier: deveteren Krat multiplier: devetkrat Fixed multiplier: devetkraten Adverbial multiplier: deveterno Multiplier verb: podeveteriti Multiplier prefix: devetern- Krat multiplier prefix: devetkratn- Krat adverbial multiplier: devetkratno Collective: devetero Separable collective: deveter Greek or Latinate collective: eneada, nonada Greek collective prefix: enea- Latinate collective prefix: nona- Fractional: devetina Fractional multiplier: devetinski Elemental: deveterica Number of musicians: nonet | ||
Alternative forms
- deuet (Bohorič alphabet)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *devętь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛʋéːt/
- Rhymes: -eːt
- Hyphenation: de‧vet
Numeral
devẹ̑t
- nine
- 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN[1] (in English):
- Each written word when spoken is mutually incomprehensible between a Mandarin speaker in Beijing and a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. If you think that’s odd, consider our number system: the symbol “9” is universally recognized but it’s pronounced “nine” in English and “devet” in Slovenian.
Declension
| First declension (hard), fixed accent | ||
|---|---|---|
| masculine, feminine and neuter | following adjectives and nouns | |
| nom pl | devẹ̑t | + genitive |
| plural | ||
| masculine, feminine and neuter | following adjectives and nouns | |
| nominative imenovȃlnik |
devẹ̑t | + genitive |
| genitive rodȋlnik |
devétih | + genitive |
| dative dajȃlnik |
devétim | + dative |
| accusative tožȋlnik |
devẹ̑t | + genitive |
| locative mẹ̑stnik |
devétih | + locative |
| instrumental orọ̑dnik |
devétimi | + instrumental |
| (vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
devẹ̑t | + circumflex genitive |
- less common
| Second declension (no endings), fixed accent | ||
|---|---|---|
| masculine, feminine and neuter | following adjectives and nouns | |
| nom pl | devẹ̑t | + genitive |
| plural | ||
| masculine, feminine and neuter | following adjectives and nouns | |
| nominative imenovȃlnik |
devẹ̑t | + genitive |
| genitive rodȋlnik |
devẹ̑t | + genitive |
| dative dajȃlnik |
devẹ̑t | + dative |
| accusative tožȋlnik |
devẹ̑t | + genitive |
| locative mẹ̑stnik |
devẹ̑t | + locative |
| instrumental orọ̑dnik |
devẹ̑t | + instrumental |
| (vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
devẹ̑t | + circumflex genitive |
Noun
devẹ̑t n
- number nine
Declension
| Third neuter declension (no endings) , fixed accent (singularia tantum) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | devẹ̑t | ||
| gen. sing. | devẹ̑t | ||
| singular | |||
| nominative imenovȃlnik |
devẹ̑t | ||
| genitive rodȋlnik |
devẹ̑t | ||
| dative dajȃlnik |
devẹ̑t | ||
| accusative tožȋlnik |
devẹ̑t | ||
| locative mẹ̑stnik |
devẹ̑t | ||
| instrumental orọ̑dnik |
devẹ̑t | ||
| (vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
devẹ̑t | ||
To express dual and plural, the phrase število devet 'number nine' is used, e.g. dve števili devet sta napisani, or, informally, also devetka.