deviņi

Latvian

Etymology

From a previous undeclinable Eastern Baltic *dewin-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *néwin (changed by analogy with septiņi, astoņi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aśtṓ), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥, *néwn̥ (“nine”), probably from the same stem as *néwos (“new”): apparently Proto-Indo-European had a base 4 numeric system, so that, after two 4's (= 8), 9 was the first (“new”) to be part of a complex numeral (compare Ossetian фараст (farast, “nine”) = фар (far, “over”) + аст (ast, “eight”)). The initial d in Eastern Baltic and Slavic is usually explained as dissimilation, given the two n's in *newin-, probably also under the influence of the initial d in desmit. A more recent suggestion is that Proto-Indo-European *néwn̥ < *h₁néwn̥, in which the h₁n sequence would yield an articulation similar to a d. This would have led to dialectal variation (*néwn, *déwn), with both forms preserved in parallel, the former giving rise to the Eastern Baltic terms, the latter to their Old Prussian counterpart. Cognates include Lithuanian devynì, Old Prussian newīnts (“ninth”), Old Church Slavonic девѧть (devętĭ), Russian, Ukrainian де́вять (dévjatʹ), Belarusian дзе́вяць (dzjévjacʹ), Bulgarian де́вет (dévet), Czech devět, Polish dziewięć, Gothic, Old High German 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun), German neun, English nine, Sanskrit नवन् (návan), Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa) (< *en néwa), Latin novem, Tocharian A, Tocharian B ñu.

Pronunciation

Latvian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : deviņi     Ordinal : devītais     Multiplier : deviņreiz     Nominal : deviņnieks     Fractional : devītdaļa
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Numeral

deviņi

1. nine (the cipher, the cardinal number nine)

   skaitīt līdz deviņi ― to count to nine

   četri un pieci ir deviņi ― four plus five is nine

   trīsreiz trīs ir deviņi ― three times three is nine

   uzrakstīt ciparu deviņi ― to write the number nine

   no deviņiem atņemt četrus ― to subtract four from nine

2. nine (an amount equal to nine)

   samaksāt deviņus latus ― to pay nine lats

   deviņi kilogrami ― nine kilos

   deviņas grāmatas ― nine books

3. nine o'clock (a moment in time; nine hours after midnight, or after noon)

   pulkstenis ir deviņi ― it is nine o'clock

   darbs sākas deviņos ― work begins at nine o'clock

   seanss sākas deviņos vakarā ― the seance begins at nine o'clock in the evening

   viņš gaidīja līdz deviņiem ― he waited until nine o'clock

Declension

declension of deviņi

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)	feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
nominative (nominatīvs)	deviņi	deviņas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	deviņus	deviņas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	deviņu	deviņu
dative (datīvs)	deviņiem	deviņām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	deviņiem	deviņām
locative (lokatīvs)	deviņos	deviņās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—

Coordinate terms

Latvian cardinal numbers from 0 to 99

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	nulle	viens	divi	trīs	četri	pieci	seši	septiņi	astoņi	deviņi
1—	desmit	vienpadsmit	divpadsmit	trīspadsmit	četrpadsmit	piecpadsmit	sešpadsmit	septiņpadsmit	astoņpadsmit	deviņpadsmit
2—	divdesmit	divdesmit viens	divdesmit divi	divdesmit trīs	divdesmit četri	divdesmit pieci	divdesmit seši	divdesmit septiņi	divdesmit astoņi	divdesmit deviņi
3—	trīsdesmit	trīsdesmit viens	trīsdesmit divi	trīsdesmit trīs	trīsdesmit četri	trīsdesmit pieci	trīsdesmit seši	trīsdesmit septiņi	trīsdesmit astoņi	trīsdesmit deviņi
4—	četrdesmit	četrdesmit viens	četrdesmit divi	četrdesmit trīs	četrdesmit četri	četrdesmit pieci	četrdesmit seši	četrdesmit septiņi	četrdesmit astoņi	četrdesmit deviņi
5—	piecdesmit	piecdesmit viens	piecdesmit divi	piecdesmit trīs	piecdesmit četri	piecdesmit pieci	piecdesmit seši	piecdesmit septiņi	piecdesmit astoņi	piecdesmit deviņi
6—	sešdesmit	sešdesmit viens	sešdesmit divi	sešdesmit trīs	sešdesmit četri	sešdesmit pieci	sešdesmit seši	sešdesmit septiņi	sešdesmit astoņi	sešdesmit deviņi
7—	septiņdesmit	septiņdesmit viens	septiņdesmit divi	septiņdesmit trīs	septiņdesmit četri	septiņdesmit pieci	septiņdesmit seši	septiņdesmit septiņi	septiņdesmit astoņi	septiņdesmit deviņi
8—	astoņdesmit	astoņdesmit viens	astoņdesmit divi	astoņdesmit trīs	astoņdesmit četri	astoņdesmit pieci	astoņdesmit seši	astoņdesmit septiņi	astoņdesmit astoņi	astoņdesmit deviņi
9—	deviņdesmit	deviņdesmit viens	deviņdesmit divi	deviņdesmit trīs	deviņdesmit četri	deviņdesmit pieci	deviņdesmit seši	deviņdesmit septiņi	deviņdesmit astoņi	deviņdesmit deviņi

See also

• skaitlis