desatery

Inherited from Old Czech desater, from Proto-Slavic *desętero. Doublet of desaterý and desatero.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛsatɛrɪ]

desatery

1. (collective) ten, ten groups of, ten sets of

   desatery modré kalhoty ― ten blue pants

   desatera stará kamna ― ten old stoves

   desatery silné ponožky ― ten pairs of thick socks

   desatero teplé prádlo ― ten sets of warm clothes

• Some dictionaries consider desatery and desaterý to be interchangable in both meanings.
• This word can be used with pluralia tantum to make them countable. If used with other nouns, it means groups or pairs. It can also be used with singular collective nouns (normally only in neuter) which do not have plural forms. The masculine singular and animate plural forms are no longer used.

• (collective numbers from two to ten) dvoje, troje, čtvery, patery, šestery, sedmery, osmery, devatery, desatery
• desatero
• desaterý

• “desatery”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026