devet

See also: dévêt and devět

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French devoir être.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [devet]

Adverb

devet

1. maybe; perhaps

   Synonyms: bizin, kapav

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: devet     Ordinal: deveti     Multiplier: devetostruk     Collective: devetoro, devetorica     Fractional: devetina

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *devętь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dêʋet/

• Audio (Serbia)

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• Hyphenation: de‧vet

Numeral

dȅvet (Cyrillic spelling де̏вет)

1. nine (9)

Usage notes

• Nouns following the numbers 5-20 are in genitive plural.

Derived terms

• dèvētka

Slovene

Slovene numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: devet     Cardinal prefix: devet-     Ordinal: deveti     Ordinal prefix: deveto-     Number: devet     Digit: devetka     Digit place: devetica     Adverbial: devetič     Krat adverbial: devetikrat     Multiplier: deveteren     Krat multiplier: devetkrat     Fixed multiplier: devetkraten     Adverbial multiplier: deveterno     Multiplier verb: podeveteriti     Multiplier prefix: devetern-     Krat multiplier prefix: devetkratn-     Krat adverbial multiplier: devetkratno     Collective: devetero     Separable collective: deveter     Greek or Latinate collective: eneada, nonada     Greek collective prefix: enea-     Latinate collective prefix: nona-     Fractional: devetina     Fractional multiplier: devetinski     Elemental: deveterica     Number of musicians: nonet

Alternative forms

• deuet (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *devętь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛʋéːt/
• Rhymes: -eːt
• Hyphenation: de‧vet

Numeral

devẹ̑t

1. nine

Declension

First declension (hard), fixed accent
	masculine, feminine and neuter	following adjectives and nouns
nom pl	devẹ̑t	+ genitive
plural
	masculine, feminine and neuter	following adjectives and nouns
nominative imenovȃlnik	devẹ̑t	+ genitive
genitive rodȋlnik	devétih	+ genitive
dative dajȃlnik	devétim	+ dative
accusative tožȋlnik	devẹ̑t	+ genitive
locative mẹ̑stnik	devétih	+ locative
instrumental orọ̑dnik	devétimi	+ instrumental
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	devẹ̑t	+ circumflex genitive

• less common

Second declension (no endings), fixed accent
	masculine, feminine and neuter	following adjectives and nouns
nom pl	devẹ̑t	+ genitive
plural
	masculine, feminine and neuter	following adjectives and nouns
nominative imenovȃlnik	devẹ̑t	+ genitive
genitive rodȋlnik	devẹ̑t	+ genitive
dative dajȃlnik	devẹ̑t	+ dative
accusative tožȋlnik	devẹ̑t	+ genitive
locative mẹ̑stnik	devẹ̑t	+ locative
instrumental orọ̑dnik	devẹ̑t	+ instrumental
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	devẹ̑t	+ circumflex genitive

Noun

devẹ̑t n

1. number nine

Declension

Third neuter declension (no endings) , fixed accent (singularia tantum)
nom. sing.	devẹ̑t
gen. sing.	devẹ̑t
	singular
nominative imenovȃlnik	devẹ̑t
genitive rodȋlnik	devẹ̑t
dative dajȃlnik	devẹ̑t
accusative tožȋlnik	devẹ̑t
locative mẹ̑stnik	devẹ̑t
instrumental orọ̑dnik	devẹ̑t
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	devẹ̑t

To express dual and plural, the phrase število devet 'number nine' is used, e.g. dve števili devet sta napisani, or, informally, also devetka.

Further reading

• “devet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “devet”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references