Latvian

Numeral

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 divdesmit‎ ― ten plus ten is twenty

2. ten (an amount equal to ten)

   desmit ābolu‎ ― ten 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

Declension

See also

• desmits
• skaitlis

Coordinate terms

References

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