-mbëdhjetë

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Albanian

Etymology

Univerbation of mbë +‎ dhjetë, literally in ten. Compare parallel formation in Romanian -sprezece, Proto-Slavic *na desęte.

Suffix

-mbëdhjetë

  1. -teen (+10)
    një (one) + ‎-mbëdhjetë → ‎njëmbëdhjetë (eleven)
    gjashtë (six) + ‎-mbëdhjetë → ‎gjashtëmbëdhjetë (sixteen)
  2. (Portocannone) -ty (×10)[1]
    Synonym: (standard) -dhjetë
    katër (four) + ‎-mbëdhjetë → ‎katërmbëdhjetë (fourteen or forty)
    dhjetë (ten) + ‎-mbëdhjetë → ‎dhjetëmbëdhjetë (a hundred)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Eric P. Hamp (1992) “Albanian”, in Jadranka Gvozdanović, editor, Indo-European Numerals, Mouton de Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, page 876