From desmit (“ten”) + -niece, or desmitnieks (“manager of group of 10”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).
desmitniece m (1st declension, masculine form: desmitnieks)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | desmitniece | desmitnieces |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | desmitnieci | desmitnieces |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | desmitnieces | desmitnieču |
dative (datīvs) | desmitniecei | desmitniecēm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | desmitnieci | desmitniecēm |
locative (lokatīvs) | desmitniecē | desmitniecēs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | desmitniece | desmitnieces |