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desmit

desmit

Latvian

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desmit

  1. ten (the cipher, the cardinal number ten)
    skaitīt līdz desmit ― to count to ten
    pieci un pieci ir desmit ― five plus five is ten
    desmit un desmit ir divdesmitten plus ten is twenty
  2. ten (an amount equal to ten)
    desmit āboluten apples
    samaksāt desmit latu ― to pay ten lats
    nobraukt desmit kilometru ― to travel ten kilometers
    desmit gados man jāapmāca... ― in ten years I have to train, instruct...
  3. ten o'clock (a moment in time; ten hours after midnight, or after noon)
    pulkstenis ir desmit ― it is ten o'clock
    lekcija sākas desmitos ― the lesson begnis at ten o'clock
    jāgaida līdz desmitiem ― (we) must wait until ten o'clock

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), desmit”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), volume I, Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7, pages 210–211