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Finnish
Etymology
yksi + -s
Pronunciation
Numeral
yhdes
- (only in compounds) first (ordinal of "one"; also in the word for 11th)
- yhdestoista ― eleventh
- sadasyhdestoista ― one hundred eleventh
- kolmaskymmenesyhdes ― thirty-first
- sadaskolmaskymmenesyhdes ― one hundred thirty-first
- neljäskymmenesyhdesosa ― one forty-first (part)
Usage notes
- Used only in compound numerals, only very rarely alone (e.g. for some speakers to refer to the first month, i.e. January, in dates).
- Not used in front of sadas (“hundredth”), tuhannes (“thousandth”) etc.
- sadas ― hundredth
- sadastuhannesyhdes ― one hundred one thousand first
- miljoonas ― millionth
- kahdestuhannessadas ― two thousand one hundredth
- kaksituhattasadas ― two thousand one hundredth
- Interchangeable with ensimmäinen (“first”) at the end of an ordinal, i.e. when indicating ones (except with 11th); ensimmäinen is currently more commonly used.
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