desmitnieks - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From desmit (“ten”) + -nieks.
desmitnieks m (1st declension)
- ten, number ten (digit or figure; syn. desmit)
- uzrakstīt desmitnieku ― to write a number ten (i.e., 10)
- something with the number ten on it
- izspēlēt pīķa desmitnieku ― to play the ten of spades (playing card)
- samainīt desmitnieku divos piecniekos ― to changer a tenner (10-lat bill, banknote) into two fivers
- maksāt ar desmitniekiem ― to pay with tenners
- ten (people, animals, objects) together; a sports team consisting of ten people
- pie mērķa pienāca pirmais desmitnieks ― the first ten (athletes) approached the goal
desmitnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: desmitniece)
- (male) leader, manager of a group of ten (e.g., people, houses, etc.)
- skolu beidzot, audzēkņi iegūst tiesības strādāt par celtniecības darbu vadītājiem, desmitniekiem vai brigadieriem... ― (after) finishing school, the students have the right to work as construction managers, as managers of groups of ten (workers) or as brigadiers (managers of larger groups)...
- Nominal numerals:
- 1 vieninieks, 2 divnieks, 3 trijnieks, 4 četrinieks, 5 piecnieks, 6 sešnieks, 7 septiņnieks, septītnieks, 8 astoņnieks, astotnieks, 9 deviņnieks, devītnieks, 10 desmitnieks