devet

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See also: dévêt and devět

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French devoir être.

Pronunciation

Adverb

devet

  1. maybe; perhaps
    Synonyms: bizin, kapav

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: devet
    Ordinal: deveti
    Multiplier: devetostruk
    Collective: devetoro, devetorica
    Fractional: devetina

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *devętь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dêʋet/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧vet

Numeral

dȅvet (Cyrillic spelling де̏вет)

  1. nine (9)

Usage notes

  • Nouns following the numbers 5-20 are in genitive plural.

Derived terms

Slovene

Slovene numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: devet
    Cardinal prefix: devet-
    Ordinal: deveti
    Ordinal prefix: deveto-
    Number: devet
    Digit: devetka
    Digit place: devetica
    Adverbial: devetič
    Krat adverbial: devetikrat
    Multiplier: deveteren
    Krat multiplier: devetkrat
    Fixed multiplier: devetkraten
    Adverbial multiplier: deveterno
    Multiplier verb: podeveteriti
    Multiplier prefix: devetern-
    Krat multiplier prefix: devetkratn-
    Krat adverbial multiplier: devetkratno
    Collective: devetero
    Separable collective: deveter
    Greek or Latinate collective: eneada, nonada
    Greek collective prefix: enea-
    Latinate collective prefix: nona-
    Fractional: devetina
    Fractional multiplier: devetinski
    Elemental: deveterica
    Number of musicians: nonet

Alternative forms

  • deuet (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *devętь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛʋéːt/
  • Rhymes: -eːt
  • Hyphenation: de‧vet

Numeral

devẹ̑t

  1. nine

Declension

First declension (hard), fixed accent
masculine, feminine and neuter following adjectives and nouns
nom pl devẹ̑t + genitive
plural
masculine, feminine and neuter following adjectives and nouns
nominative
imenovȃlnik
devẹ̑t + genitive
genitive
rodȋlnik
devétih + genitive
dative
dajȃlnik
devétim + dative
accusative
tožȋlnik
devẹ̑t + genitive
locative
mẹ̑stnik
devétih + locative
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
devétimi + instrumental
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
devẹ̑t + circumflex genitive
  • less common
Second declension (no endings), fixed accent
masculine, feminine and neuter following adjectives and nouns
nom pl devẹ̑t + genitive
plural
masculine, feminine and neuter following adjectives and nouns
nominative
imenovȃlnik
devẹ̑t + genitive
genitive
rodȋlnik
devẹ̑t + genitive
dative
dajȃlnik
devẹ̑t + dative
accusative
tožȋlnik
devẹ̑t + genitive
locative
mẹ̑stnik
devẹ̑t + locative
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
devẹ̑t + instrumental
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
devẹ̑t + circumflex genitive

Noun

devẹ̑t n

  1. number nine

Declension

Third neuter declension (no endings) , fixed accent (singularia tantum)
nom. sing. devẹ̑t
gen. sing. devẹ̑t
singular
nominative
imenovȃlnik
devẹ̑t
genitive
rodȋlnik
devẹ̑t
dative
dajȃlnik
devẹ̑t
accusative
tožȋlnik
devẹ̑t
locative
mẹ̑stnik
devẹ̑t
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
devẹ̑t
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
devẹ̑t

To express dual and plural, the phrase število devet 'number nine' is used, e.g. dve števili devet sta napisani, or, informally, also devetka.


Further reading

  • devet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • devet”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references