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семьдесят

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Russian

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Russian numbers (edit)
700
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7
    Cardinal: се́мьдесят (sémʹdesjat)
    Ordinal: семидеся́тый (semidesjátyj)
    Ordinal abbreviation: 70-ый (70-yj)

Etymology

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Compounded from семь (semʹ) +‎ де́сять (désjatʹ), literally seven tens. Де́сят was the Old East Slavic genitive plural, which is required by numbers пять (pjatʹ, 5) and up.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲemʲdʲɪsʲɪt]
  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲemdʲɪsʲɪt] (phonetic respelling: се́мдесят)
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  • (colloquial or fast speech) IPA(key): [ˈsʲemʲɪsʲɪt] (phonetic respelling: се́месят)
  • (colloquial or fast speech) IPA(key): [ˈsʲemʲɪst] (phonetic respelling: се́мест)

Numeral

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се́мьдесят (sémʹdesjat)

  1. seventy (70)

Usage notes

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семьдесят (semʹdesjat) in the nominative case and accusative case governs the genitive plural of the noun. In other cases, it governs the corresponding plural case of the noun.

Declension

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