osmery

Inherited from Old Czech osmer, from Proto-Slavic *osmero. Doublet of osmerý and osmero.

• IPA^(key): [ˈosmɛrɪ]

osmery

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

   osmery modré kalhoty ― eight blue pants

   osmera stará kamna ― eight old stoves

   osmery silné ponožky ― eight pairs of thick socks

   osmero teplé prádlo ― eight sets of warm clothes

• Some dictionaries consider osmery and osmerý 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
• osmero
• osmerý

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