degtelat

Volapük

Noun

degtelat (nominative plural degtelats)

1. dozen
   • 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:

     Dü lif vobafulik oka ekanom tuvön timi ad studön pükis e dialegis 88 difikis, ed ad pläyön degtelati musigömas.

     During his working life, he managed to find the time to study 88 different languages and dialects, and to play a dozen musical instruments.

Declension

declension of degtelat

	singular	plural
nominative	degtelat	degtelats
genitive	degtelata	degtelatas
dative	degtelate	degtelates
accusative	degtelati	degtelatis
vocative 1	o degtelat!	o degtelats!
predicative 2	degtelatu	degtelatus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only