desmit

From the noun desmits (“group of ten”), from *desimtis by metathesis, from Proto-Baltic *dešimtis, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t (“ten”) with a suffix -(t)i-s marking collective number (“group of ten”). The Proto-Indo-European form is itself complex, including an element *ḱm̥t, possibly from *ḱomt (“hand”) (> German Hand, Dutch, English hand), in which case *de-ḱm̥t would mean originally “two hands.” Cognates include Lithuanian dẽšimt, Old Prussian dessimpts, Old Church Slavonic десѧть (desętĭ), Russian, Ukrainian де́сять (désjatʹ), Belarusian дзе́сяць (dzjésjacʹ), Bulgarian де́сет (déset), Czech deset, Polish dziesięć, Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (taihun), Old Norse tiund, Old High German zëhan, German zehn, English ten, Sanskrit दश (dáśa), Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), Latin decem.[1]

• IPA^(key): [dɛsmit]

desmit

1. ten (the cipher, the cardinal number ten)

   skaitīt līdz desmit ― to count to ten

   pieci un pieci ir desmit ― five plus five is ten

   desmit un desmit ir divdesmit ― ten plus ten is twenty

2. ten (an amount equal to ten)

   desmit ābolu ― ten apples

   samaksāt desmit latu ― to pay ten lats

   nobraukt desmit kilometru ― to travel ten kilometers

   desmit gados man jāapmāca... ― in ten years I have to train, instruct...

3. ten o'clock (a moment in time; ten hours after midnight, or after noon)

   pulkstenis ir desmit ― it is ten o'clock

   lekcija sākas desmitos ― the lesson begnis at ten o'clock

   jāgaida līdz desmitiem ― (we) must wait until ten o'clock

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