двадесет

Bulgarian

Bulgarian numbers ^(edit)

		200
←  10	[a], [b] ←  19	20	21  → [a], [b]	30  → [a], [b]
		2
Cardinal: два́десет (dvádeset), два́йсет (dvájset)     Male person cardinal: двайсети́ма (dvajsetíma)     Ordinal: два́десети (dvádeseti), два́йсети (dvájseti)     Ordinal abbreviation: 20-и (20-i)     Approximative: два́десетина (dvádesetina)     Fractional: една́ два́йсета (edná dvájseta)

Alternative forms

• два́йсет (dvájset) — colloquial, spoken

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwōˀ

Proto-Slavic *dъva

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t

Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt

Proto-Slavic *desęti

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Proto-Slavic *dъva desęti

Bulgarian двадесет

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva desęti. By surface analysis, univerbation of два (dva) +‎ де́сет (déset).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdvadɛsɛt]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -adɛsɛt
• Syllabification^(key): два‧де‧сет

Numeral

два́десет • (dvádeset)

1. twenty

References

• “двадесет”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “двадесет”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “двадесет, двайсе(т)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 323 of 323-324

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From два̑ (“two”) +‎ де̏сет (“ten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʋǎːdeset/

Numeral

два́десет (Latin spelling dvádeset)

1. twenty