восемнадцать

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    Cardinal: восемна́дцать (vosemnádcatʹ)
    Ordinal: восемна́дцатый (vosemnádcatyj)
    Ordinal abbreviation: 18-ый (18-yj)

Etymology

From во́семь (vósemʹ, eight) +‎ -на́дцать (-nádcatʹ, -teen).

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восемна́дцать (vosemnádcatʹ)

  1. eighteen (18)
    • 1860, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “II”, in Накануне; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., On the Eve, 1895:
      — Вот он всегда́ так: обхо́дится со мной как с ребё́нком; а мне уж восемна́дцать лет мину́ло. Я уже́ больша́я.
      — Vot on vsegdá tak: obxóditsja so mnoj kak s rebjónkom; a mne už vosemnádcatʹ let minúlo. Ja užé bolʹšája.
      'There, he's always like that; he treats me like a child; and I am eighteen. I am grown-up now.'

Usage notes

восемнадцать (vosemnadcatʹ) in the nominative case and accusative case governs the genitive plural of the noun. In other cases, it governs the corresponding plural case of the noun.

  • восемна́дцать ма́льчиковvosemnádcatʹ málʹčikoveighteen boys
  • с восемна́дцатью ма́льчикамиs vosemnádcatʹju málʹčikamiwith eighteen boys
  • ма́льчиков восемна́дцатьmálʹčikov vosemnádcatʹapproximately eighteen boys

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