девѧть

Church Slavonic

Numeral

девѧть (devętĭ)

  1. (Russian Church Slavonic) nine
    • Elizabeth Bible, Luke 17.17:
      Ѿвѣща́въ же і҆и҃съ речѐ: не де́сѧть ли ѡ҆чи́стишасѧ; да де́вѧть гдѣ̀;
      Otŭvěštávŭ že ii:sŭ rečè: ne désętĭ li očístišasę; da dévętĭ gdě̀;
      And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

Declension

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Old Church Slavonic

Old Church Slavonic numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 ѳ҃
9
10  → 
    Cardinal: девѧть (devętĭ)
    Ordinal: девѧтъ (devętŭ)
    Adverbial: девѧть кратъ (devętĭ kratŭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *devętь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Numeral

девѧть • (devętĭ)

  1. nine

Usage notes

The numbers единъ (edinŭ), дъва (dŭva), триѥ (trije), четꙑре (četyre) work as adjectives and must thus be in the same case and number as the word they are attached to, even if it's another number (as an example, съто (sŭto) means hundred, whereas дъвѣ сътѣ (dŭvě sŭtě) means two hundred, with сътѣ (sŭtě) being the dual form). All other numbers, instead, behave as substantives and are followed by the genitive plural: as an example, пѧть сътъ (pętĭ sŭtŭ, five hundred) uses сътъ (sŭtŭ), the genitive plural of съто (sŭto).

Declension

Declension of девѧть (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative девѧть
devętĭ


genitive девѧти
devęti


dative девѧти
devęti


accusative девѧть
devętĭ


instrumental девѧтьмь
devętĭmĭ


locative девѧти
devęti


vocative девѧти
devęti


Coordinate terms

Old East Slavic

Old East Slavic numbers (edit)
 ←  8 ѳ҃
9
10  → 
    Cardinal: девѧть (devętĭ)
    Ordinal: девѧтъ (devętŭ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *devętь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛʋɛ̃tɪ//ˈdʲɛʋʲatʲɪ//ˈdʲɛʋʲatʲ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdɛʋɛ̃tɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛʋʲatʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛʋʲatʲ/

Numeral

девѧть (devętĭ)

  1. nine (9)
    Synonym: ·ѳ҃· (9)
    • XI—XIII centuries, History of Judean war:
      єдинъ не смѣєть гл҃ати. не хотѧ́щимъ девѧти.
      jedinŭ ne smějetĭ gl:ati. ne xotę́ščimŭ devęti.
      one cannot dare to speak to unwilling nine.

Declension

Declension of девѧть (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative девѧть
devętĭ


genitive девѧти
devęti


dative девѧти
devęti


accusative девѧть
devętĭ


instrumental девѧтиѭ
devętijǫ


locative девѧти
devęti


vocative девѧти
devęti


Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: де́вѧть (dévjatʹ), де́вєть (dévjetʹ)
    • Belarusian: дзе́вяць (dzjévjacʹ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: де́вять (dévjatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: дев'ять (devʺjatʹ)
  • Russian: де́вять (dévjatʹ)

References

  • Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2019), “Drevnerusskoje udarenije: Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ.”, in Languages of Slavic Culture[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 679:де́вятьdévjatʹ

Old Ruthenian

Old Ruthenian numbers (edit)
90[a], [b]
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: девѧть (devjatʹ)
    Ordinal: девѧтый (devjatyj)

Alternative forms

  • де́вєть (dévjetʹ)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic де́вѧть (dévętĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dȅvętь, ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *néwin, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate with Russian де́вять (dévjatʹ), Old Church Slavonic девѧть (devętĭ).

Numeral

де́вѧть • (dévjatʹ)

  1. nine (9)
    Synonym: ·ѳ҃· (·f:·)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “девять”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 686
  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “деветь”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 685
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “девять, девѧть, деветь”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 291
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2000), “девять, девѧть, деветь”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 7 (головнѣйший – десѧтина), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 219
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1987), “девять, деветь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 8 (девичий – дорогость), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 8