девѧносъто

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• девѧносто (devęnosto)
• девѧсто (devęsto) — shortened form

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *devę(t)nòsъto, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *newin(t)śimta, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥dḱomt. Cognate with Old Novgorodian девѧносото (devęnosoto), Old Polish dziewiętnosto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛʋɛ̃ˈnoːsʊtɔ/→/dʲɛʋʲaˈnoːsʊtɔ/→/dʲɛʋʲaˈnɔːstɔ/, /dʲɛʋʲaˈnoːstɔ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /dɛʋɛ̃ˈnoːsʊtɔ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /dʲɛʋʲaˈnoːsʊtɔ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /dʲɛʋʲaˈnɔːstɔ/, /dʲɛʋʲaˈnoːstɔ/

• Hyphenation: де‧вѧ‧но́‧съ‧то

Numeral

девѧносъто (devęnosŭto)

1. ninety (90)

   Synonyms: девѧтьдесѧть (devętĭdesętĭ), ·ч҃· (90)

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: девѧно́сто (devjanósto), девєно́сто (devjenósto), девѧно́ста (devjanósta), девено́ста (devenósta) — Middle Belarusian
  • Belarusian: дзевяно́ста (dzjevjanósta)
  • Ukrainian: дев'яно́сто (devʺjanósto)
• Russian: девяно́сто (devjanósto)

Further reading

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “девѧносто”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 650
• Avanesov, R. I., editor (1989), “девѧносто”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 2 (възалкати – добродѣтельникъ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 452
• Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1977), “девяносто”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 4 (г – дяфинъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 199