devatery

Czech

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    Cardinal: devět
    Ordinal: devátý
    Adverbial: devětkrát
    Repetition adjective: devítinásobný
    Collective: devatery
    Substantivised collective: devatero
    Specific: devaterý
    Fractional: devítina
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Etymology

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Proto-Slavic *devętero
Old Czech devater
Czech devatery

    Inherited from Old Czech devater, from Proto-Slavic *devętero. Doublet of devaterý and devatero.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈdɛvatɛrɪ]

    Numeral

    devatery

    1. (collective) nine, nine groups of, nine sets of
      devatery modré kalhoty ― nine blue pants
      devatera stará kamna ― nine old stoves
      devatery silné ponožky ― nine pairs of thick socks
      devatero teplé prádlo ― nine sets of warm clothes

    Usage notes

    • Some dictionaries consider devatery and devaterý to be interchangable in both meanings.
    • This word can be used with pluralia tantum to make them countable. If used with other nouns, it means groups or pairs. It can also be used with singular collective nouns (normally only in neuter) which do not have plural forms. The masculine singular and animate plural forms are no longer used.

    Declension

    Declension of devater (irregular)
    singular
    masculine feminine neuter
    animate inanimate
    nominative devater devatera devatero
    genitive devaterého devateré devaterého
    dative devaterému devateré devaterému
    accusative devaterého devater devaterou devatero
    locative devaterém devateré devaterém
    instrumental devaterým devaterou devaterým
    plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    animate inanimate
    nominative devateři devatery devatera
    genitive devaterých
    dative devaterým
    accusative devatery devatera
    locative devaterých
    instrumental devaterými, devaterýma1

    1This form is used when describing dual nouns, e.g. očima, rukama.

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