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From deviņi (nine) +‎ -nieks.

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Deviņnieks

deviņnieks m (1st declension)

  1. nine, number nine (digit or figure; syn. deviņi)
    uzrakstīt deviņniekuto write a number nine (i.e., 9)
  2. something with the number nine on it
    pīķa deviņnieksthe nine of spades (playing card)
  3. nine (people, animals, objects) together; a sports team consisting of nine people
    bērni sadalījās grupās pa deviņi, viens deviņnieks gāja pa labi, otrs - pa kreisithe children split up into groups of nine, one group of nine went on the right, the other one on the left

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