üheksateist

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Estonian

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    Cardinal: üheksateist
    Ordinal: üheksateistkümnes
    Fractional: üheksateistkümnendik

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ükteksä toicta kümmentä. Equivalent to üheksa (nine) +‎ teist (of second). Shortened from üheksateistkümmend ("nine of the second decade"), which is still evident in declension. Cognate with Finnish yhdeksäntoista.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈøheksɑˌtei̯st/,
  • Hyphenation: ü‧hek‧sa‧teist
  • Rhymes: -eist

Numeral

üheksateist

  1. nineteen
    Sõbrapäevani on veel üheksateist päeva.
    There's nineteen days to Valentine's Day.
    Üheksateistkümnest talust üksteist on tühjad.
    Eleven out of nineteen farms are empty.

Usage notes

There is also a shortened genitive singular, üheksateist and another alternative partitive singular üheksatteistkümmend.

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