десятка

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деся́тка • (desjátka) f inan (genitive деся́тки, nominative plural деся́тки, genitive plural деся́ток)

1. ten (about numeral, card, bank note, bus number etc.)
   • 1930–1934, Н. А. Островский (N. A. Ostrovsky), Как закалялась сталь; translated as R. Prokofieva, transl., How the Steel Was Tempered, 1952:

     Деся́тку-две я тебе́ ещё дам, и ко́нчено, а не бу́дешь ду́рой ― ещё подрабо́таешь, я тебе́ проте́кцию соста́влю.

     Desjátku-dve ja tebé ješčó dam, i kónčeno, a ne búdešʹ dúroj ― ješčó podrabótaješʹ, ja tebé protɛ́kciju sostávlju.

     I'll give you another ten, maybe twenty, that's all―and if you're not a fool you can earn some more. I can help you.

2. top ten
3. (card games) ten

   козырна́я деся́тка ― kozyrnája desjátka ― ten of trumps

4. (slang) a sentence of ten years in prison

   Впаяли десятку за кражу. ― Vpajali desjatku za kražu. ― S/he was given ten years in prison for theft.

• деся́точка (desjátočka)

деся́тка • (desjátka) m inan

1. genitive singular of деся́ток (desjátok)

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From де́сять (désjatʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka).

деся́тка • (desjátka) f inan (genitive деся́тки, nominative plural деся́тки, genitive plural деся́ток, diminutive деся́точка)

1. ten (numeral)
2. ten (group of ten people)
3. (colloquial) ten (something numbered ten, e.g. bus)
4. (colloquial) ten, tenner (a denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units)
5. (card games) ten (a card in a given suit with a value of ten)
6. (archery) ten ring (the centre of the gold/bullseye, worth ten points)

   Near-synonym: я́блучко n (jáblučko)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

деся́тка • (desjátka) m inan

1. genitive singular of деся́ток (desjátok)

• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “десятка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 164
• “десятка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1971), “десятка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Г – Ж), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 256
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “десятка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “десятка”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “десятка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “десятка”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)