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500
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5
    Cardinal: пятьдеся́т (pjatʹdesját)
    Ordinal: пятидеся́тый (pjatidesjátyj)
    Ordinal abbreviation: 50-ый (50-yj)

Etymology

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Compounded from пять (pjatʹ) +‎ де́сять (désjatʹ), literally five 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): [pʲɪdʲ(ː)ɪˈsʲat]
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  • (colloquial or fast speech) IPA(key): [pʲɪ(j)ɪˈsʲat] (phonetic respelling: пееся́т)

Numeral

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пятьдеся́т (pjatʹdesját)

  1. fifty (50)

Usage notes

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пятьдесят (pjatʹdesjat) 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.

Declension

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