восемьдесят

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

Etymology

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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

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

Numeral

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во́семьдесят (vósemʹdesjat)

  1. eighty (80)

Usage notes

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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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