-надцать

Russian

Alternative forms

  • -надсять (-nadsjatʹ) — archaic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *na desęte. Compare Old Church Slavonic на десѧте (na desęte), Polish -naście. By surface analysis, на (na) +‎ десять (desjatʹ), literally “on ten”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnat͡s(ː)ɨtʲ]
  • IPA(key): [nət͡s(ː)ɨtʲ][u 1]

Suffix

-на́дцать or -надцать • (-nádcatʹ or -nadcatʹ)[u 1]

  1. -teen (+10)
    ‎три (tri, “three”) + ‎-надцать (-nadcatʹ) → ‎трина́дцать (trinádcatʹ, “thirteen”)

Usage notes

  1. Stressed on the ante-penult in оди́ннадцать (odínnadcatʹ, “11”) and четы́рнадцать (četýrnadcatʹ, “14”).

Declension

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -надцать

Descendants

  • → English: Nadsat
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