восемьдесят

Russian

Russian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : во́семьдесят (vósemʹdesjat)
    Ordinal : восьмидеся́тый (vosʹmidesjátyj)

Etymology

Compounded from восемь + десять, or eight tens. Десят was the Old East Slavic genitive plural, which is required by numbers пять and up.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvosʲɪmʲdʲɪsʲɪt]
  • IPA(key): [ˈvosʲɪmdʲɪsʲɪt] (phonetic respelling: во́семдесят)
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Numeral

во́семьдесят (vósemʹdesjat)

  1. eighty (80)

Usage notes

восемьдесят (vosemʹdesjat) in the nominative case and accusative case governs the genitive plural of the noun. In other cases, it governs the corresponding plural case of the noun.

  • во́семьдесят ма́льчиковvósemʹdesjat málʹčikoveighty boys
  • с восемью́десятью ма́льчикамиs vosemʹjúdesjatʹju málʹčikamiwith eighty boys
  • ма́льчиков во́семьдесятmálʹčikov vósemʹdesjatapproximately eighty boys

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