tiotal
Scottish Gaelic
editNoun
edittiotal m (genitive singular tiotal, plural tiotalen)
- title (of a book etc)
Derived terms
edit- fo-thiotal - subtitle
Swedish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNoun
edittiotal n
- around ten, some ten
- Ett tiotal människor fick föras till sjukhus
- Some ten people had to be taken to hospital
- tens
- Om summan av entalen är större än tio läggs en minnessiffra till tiotalen
- If the sum of the ones is greater than ten, a carry is added to the tens
- (usually in the definite "tiotalet") the oneties, the 10s or 10's, the second decade of a century (especially the 1910s or 2010s)
Usage notes
editThe -tal suffix is only used for even tens in (sense 1).
Declension
editDeclension of tiotal | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tiotal | tiotalet | tiotal | tiotalen |
Genitive | tiotals | tiotalets | tiotals | tiotalens |
Related terms
edit- tiotals (“tens of”)
See also
editFurther reading
edit- tiotal in Svensk ordbok.