δέκα

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: δέκᾰ (déka)
    Ordinal: δέκᾰτος (dékatos)
    Adverbial: δεκᾰ́κῐς (dekákis)
    Collective: δεκᾰ́ς (dekás)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *dékə, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognates include Sanskrit दश (dáśa), Latin decem, Old Armenian տասն (tasn) and Old English tīen (English ten).

Pronunciation

 

Numeral

δέκᾰ (déka) (ordinal δέκᾰτος, adverbial δεκᾰ́κῐς)

  1. ten

Derived terms

Descendants

References


Greek

Greek cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : δέκα (déka)
    Ordinal : δέκατος (dékatos)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), from Proto-Hellenic *dékə, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈðe̞ka]
  • Hyphenation: δέ‧κα

Numeral

δέκα (déka) (invariable)

  1. ten

See also

  • Greek number and measurement
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