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Czech
Etymology
From deset (“ten”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
deseti-
- deca-
- deseti- + boj (“fight”) → desetiboj (“decathlon”)
- deseti- + léto (“year”) + -í → desetiletí (“decade”)
- deseti- + stěna (“face”) → desetistěn (“decahedron”)
- deseti- + úhel (“angle”) + -ník → desetiúhelník (“decagon”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “deseti-”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “deseti-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “deseti-” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz