Old Ruthenian edit

Old Ruthenian numbers (edit)
100
[a], [b], [c] ←  1  ←  9 10 11  → [a], [b] 20  → [a], [b]
1[a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: десѧть (desjatʹ)
    Ordinal: десѧтый (desjatyj)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

PIE word
*deḱm̥tós

Inherited from Old East Slavic десѧтъ (desętŭ), from Proto-Slavic *desę̃tъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *deśimtás, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱm̥tós, from *déḱm̥. Cognate with Russian деся́тый (desjátyj), Old Novgorodian десѧте (desęte).

Adjective edit

десѧтый (desjatyj)

  1. tenth (10th)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Belarusian: дзяся́ты (dzjasjáty)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: деся́тый (desjátŷj)
  • Ukrainian: деся́тий (desjátyj)

Further reading edit

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “десятый”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 705