desatero

Czech

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Cardinal: deset     Ordinal: desátý     Adverbial: desetkrát     Repetition adjective: desetinásobný     Collective: desatery     Neuter collective: desatero     Fractional: desetina, desítina
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Etymology

From deset.

Noun

desatero n

1. (literary) ten (group consisting of ten)

Usage notes

• It is sometimes considered a numeral.
• It is most often used in the expression desatero přikázání (“Decalogue, Ten Commandments”).

Declension

Declension of desatero (hard neuter // indeclinable neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	desatero	desatera, desatero
genitive	desatera, desatero	desater, desatero
dative	desateru, desatero	desaterům, desatero
accusative	desatero	desatera, desatero
vocative	desatero	desatera, desatero
locative	desateru, desatero	desaterech, desatero
instrumental	desaterem, desatero	desatery, desatero

See also

• desatery
• desaterý

Further reading

• “desatero”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “desatero”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “desatero”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)