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