decas

See also: décas and DECAs

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdet͡sas/

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• Rhymes: -et͡sas
• Syllabification: de‧cas

Verb

decas

1. present of deci

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛ.kas]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.kas]

Noun

decas f (genitive decadis); third declension

1. a decade (period of ten years)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	decas	decadēs
genitive	decadis	decadum
dative	decadī	decadibus
accusative	decadem	decadēs
ablative	decade	decadibus
vocative	decas	decadēs

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: dekade
• → Albanian: dekada
• → Alemannic German: Dekade
• Aragonese: decada
• Asturian: década
• → Bavarian: Dekade
• → Belarusian: дэкада (dekada)
• → Breton: degad
• → Bulgarian: декада (dekada)
• Catalan: dècada
• → Czech: dekáda
• → Danish: dekade
• → Dutch: decade
• → English: decade
• → Esperanto: dekado
• → Estonian: dekaad
• → Finnish: dekadi
• French: décade
  • → Romanian: decadă
• → Galician: década
• → German: Dekade
• → Indonesian: dekade
• → Interlingua: decade
• Italian: decade, deca
• → Latvian: dekāde
• → Macedonian: декада (dekada)
• → Malay: dekad
• Neapolitan: decade
• → Norwegian: dekade
• Occitan: decada
• → Ossetian: декадӕ (dekadæ)
• → Polish: dekada
• → Portuguese: década
• → Russian: декада (dekada)
• → Scottish Gaelic: deichead
• → Serbo-Croatian: декада, dekada
• Sicilian: deca
• → Silesian: dekada
• → Slovak: dekáda
• → Slovene: dekada
• Spanish: década
• → Sundanese: dékade
• → Swedish: dekad
• → Tagalog: dekada
• → Ukrainian: декада (dekada)
• Venetan: decade
• → Welsh: degawd

References

• “decas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.