dešimt

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *dešimtis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt with a suffix -(t)i-s marking collective number (“group of ten”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t (ten).

Cognates include Latvian desmit and Latgalian desmit.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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Lithuanian cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 11  > 
    Cardinal : dešimt
    Ordinal : dešimtas

dẽšimt m or f (not declinable)

  1. ten