osem

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osmь.

osem

1. eight
   • 1473, “ŽK 1473”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 3, Bratislava: VEDA, published 1994, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     ten vtery po s. Dusse, kdyz osm dni se skona

     that Tuesday after All Souls' Day, when eight days are completed

   • 1480, “L. JÁN 1480”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 3, Bratislava: VEDA, published 1994, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     tych osem dobrich lidy magy sprawu sprawedliwost meczy nimy vczinyty

     those eight good people are to bring about a just settlement between them

   • 1543, “KREMNICA 1543 CM”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 3, Bratislava: VEDA, published 1994, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     každá šichta aby se osem hodin delala a vykonavala

     each shift is to be worked and performed for eight hours

   • 1573, “s. l. 1573”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 3, Bratislava: VEDA, published 1994, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     ya was prosym o muog lohn... kazdich osiem tyznov

     I ask you for my wage... every eight weeks

   • 1650–1660, “RAJEC 1650-60”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 3, Bratislava: VEDA, published 1994, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     czepecz geden perlowy, w kterem gest osem zlatych boglaru

     a pearl bonnet, in which there are eight golden buckles

   • 1718, “ŽILINA 1718”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 3, Bratislava: VEDA, published 1994, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     Zawodcom, kteri drewo wozili... osmom chleba den 20

     to the drivers who hauled wood... for the eight [of them], 20 denars for bread

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “osem”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Inherited from Old Slovak osem.

• IPA^(key): /ɔsem/, [ˈɔsem]

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• Rhymes: -ɔsem
• Hyphenation: o‧sem

osem

1. eight

   Narodil sa ako posledný z ôsmich detí v chudobnej rodine. ― He was born as the last of eight children in a poor family.

Numerals from 5 to 999,999 can either be declined or used as indeclinable words, with the exception of those ending in -jeden, -sto, or -tisíc (excluding the word tisíc itself), which are strictly indeclinable. When a numeral in this range is used in its basic lemma form in the nominative or accusative, the associated noun must be in the genitive plural (e.g., osem chlapov). If such a numeral-noun phrase serves as the subject of a sentence, the verb takes the third-person neuter singular form (e.g., osem chlapov prišlo). In grammatical cases other than the nominative and accusative, the declined forms of the numeral are more common.

• “osem”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

• oſſem, oſem (Bohorič alphabet)

From Proto-Slavic *osmь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aśtō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

• IPA^(key): /òːsəm/
• Rhymes: -oːsəm
• Hyphenation: os‧em

ọ́səm

1. eight

• less common

ọ́səm n

1. number eight

To express dual and plural, the phrase število osem 'number eight' is used, e.g. dve števili osem sta napisani, or, informally, also osemka.

• “osem”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “osem”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references