decas

See also: décas

Esperanto

Verb

decas

1. present of deci

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈde.kaːs/, [ˈd̪ɛkäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.kas/, [ˈd̪ɛːkäs]

Noun

decās f (genitive decādis); third declension

1. a decade (period of ten years)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	decās	decādēs
Genitive	decādis	decādum
Dative	decādī	decādibus
Accusative	decādem	decādēs
Ablative	decāde	decādibus
Vocative	decās	decādēs

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dekade
• Albanian: dekada
• Alemannic German: Dekade
• Aragonese: decada
• Asturian: década
• Bavarian: Dekade
• Belarusian: дэкада (dekada)
• Breton: degad

• Bulgarian: декада (dekada)
• Catalan: dècada
• Czech: dekáda
• Danish: dekade
• Dutch: decade
• English: decade
• Esperanto: dekado
• Estonian: dekaad
• Finnish: dekadi
• French: décade

• Galician: década
• German: Dekade
• Indonesian: dekade
• Interlingua: decade
• Italian: decade, deca
• Latvian: dekāde
• Macedonian: декада (dekada)
• Malay: dekad
• Neapolitan: decade
• Norwegian: dekade

• Occitan: decada
• Ossetian: декадӕ (dekadæ)
• Polish: dekada
• Portuguese: década
• Romanian: decadă
• Russian: декада (dekada)
• Scottish Gaelic: deichead
• Serbo-Croatian: декада (dekada)
• Sicilian: deca

• Silesian: dekada
• Slovak: dekáda
• Slovene: dekada
• Spanish: década
• Sundanese: dékade
• Swedish: dekad
• Tagalog: dekada
• Ukrainian: декада (dekada)
• Venetian: decade
• Welsh: degawd

References

• “decas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.