восемьдесят

Russian edit

Russian numbers (edit)
800
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8
    Cardinal: во́семьдесят (vósemʹdesjat)
    Ordinal: восьмидеся́тый (vosʹmidesjátyj)
    Ordinal abbreviation: 80-ый (80-yj)

Etymology edit

Compounded from во́семь (vósemʹ) +‎ де́сять (désjatʹ), literally eight tens. Де́сят was the Old East Slavic genitive plural, which is required by numbers пять (pjatʹ, 5) and up.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvosʲɪmdʲɪsʲɪt] (phonetic respelling: во́семдесят)
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  • (colloquial or fast speech) IPA(key): [ˈvosʲɪmʲɪst] (phonetic respelling: во́семест)

Numeral edit

во́семьдесят (vósemʹdesjat)

  1. eighty (80)

Usage notes edit

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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