seitseteist

Estonian

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    Cardinal: seitseteist
    Ordinal: seitsmeteistkümnes
    Fractional: seitsmeteistkümnendik

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *säic'en toicta kümmentä. Equivalent to seitse (seven) + teist (of second). Shortened from seitseteistkümmend ("seven of the second decade"), which is still evident in declension. Cognate with Finnish seitsemäntoista.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsei̯tseˌtei̯st/
  • Hyphenation: seit‧se‧teist
  • Rhymes: -eist

Numeral

seitseteist

  1. seventeen

Usage notes

There is also a shortened genitive singular, seitsmeteist and another alternative partitive singular seitsetteistkümmend.

Declension

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