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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
деся́тка • (desjátka) f inan (genitive деся́тки, nominative plural деся́тки, genitive plural деся́ток)
- ten (about numeral, card, bank note, bus number etc.)
1930–1934, Н. А. Островский (N. A. Ostrovsky), Как закалялась сталь; translated as R. Prokofieva, transl., How the Steel Was Tempered, 1952:
- top ten
- (card games) ten
- козырна́я деся́тка ― kozyrnája desjátka ― ten of trumps
- (slang) a sentence of ten years in prison
- Впаяли десятку за кражу. ― Vpajali desjatku za kražu. ― S/he was given ten years in prison for theft.
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Etymology 2
Noun
деся́тка • (desjátka) m inan
- genitive singular of деся́ток (desjátok)