devatery

Czech

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    Cardinal: devět
    Ordinal: devátý
    Adverbial: devětkrát
    Repetition adjective: devítinásobný
    Collective: devatery
    Substantivised collective: devatero
    Specific: devaterý
    Fractional: devítina
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech devater, from Proto-Slavic *devętero. Doublet of devaterý and devatero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛvatɛrɪ]

Numeral

devatery

  1. (collective) nine, nine groups of, nine sets of
    devatery modré kalhoty ― nine blue pants
    devatera stará kamna ― nine old stoves
    devatery silné ponožky ― nine pairs of thick socks
    devatero teplé prádlo ― nine sets of warm clothes

Usage notes

  • Some dictionaries consider devatery and devaterý 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.

Declension

Declension of devater (irregular)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative devater1 devatera1 devatero
genitive devaterého devateré1 devaterého
dative devaterému devateré1 devaterému
accusative devaterého devater1 devateru1 devatero
locative devaterém devateré1 devaterém
instrumental devaterým devaterou1 devaterým
plural
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative devateři1 devatery devatera
genitive devaterých
dative devaterým
accusative devatery devatera
locative devaterých
instrumental devaterými, devaterýma

1Obsolete.

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