pieci

Latvian

Etymology

From *piek- (whence ordinal piektais, q.v.), with k > c because of the following plural -i, extended to this previously undeclinable stem by analogy; from Proto-Baltic *penk-, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five”), a word about which several theories have been proposed (old word for “thumb;” “hand (= five fingers together);” *pen-kʷe “and pen”, perhaps from kʷetwores pen-kʷe “four and pen (= 1, one?).” Cognates include Lithuanian penki̇̀, Sudovian pank (< *penk-), Old Prussian penckts (“fifth”), Proto-Slavic *pętь (Russian пять (pjatʹ), Belarusian пяць (pjacʹ), Ukrainian п'ять (pʺjatʹ), Bulgarian пет (pet), Czech pět, Slovak päť, Polish pięć), Proto-Germanic *fimf (< *pempe; Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 (fimf), Old High German funf, finf, German fünf, Old English fīf, English five), Hittite paⁿta, Sanskrit पञ्चन् (pañcan), Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte), Latin quinque (< *penkʷe), Tocharian A pëñ, Tocharian B piš.

Pronunciation

Latvian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : pieci     Ordinal : piektais     Multiplier : piecreiz     Nominal : piecnieks     Fractional : piektdaļa
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• IPA^(key): [piɛ̯tsi]

Numeral

pieci

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

   pieci un pieci ir desmit ― five plus five is ten

   no pieciem atņemt četrus ― to subtract four from five

2. five (A, excellent, the best school grade; syn. piecnieks)

   saņemt matemātikā pieci ― to get an A (lit. five) in mathematics

3. five (an amount equal to five)

   pieci litri ― five liters

   piecas glāzes ― five glasses

   izlasīt piecas grāmatas ― to read five books

   satikties ar pieciem cilvēkiem ― to meet with five people

   piecus gadus vecs bērns ― a five-year-old boy

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

   pulkstenis ir pieci ― it is five o'clock

   trīs minūtes pirms pieciem ― three minutes to five

   lekcija beidzas piecos pēc pusdienas ― the lecture finished at five o'clock after lunch (= in the afternoon)

Declension

Declension of pieci

	masculine	feminine
nominative	pieci	piecas
genitive	piecu	piecu
dative	pieciem	piecām
accusative	piecus	piecas
instrumental	pieciem	piecām
locative	piecos	piecās
vocative	—	—

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