kahdeksan

Finnish

Finnish numbers (edit)
80
 ←  7 8 9  → 
    Cardinal: kahdeksan
    Colloquial counting form: kasi
    Ordinal: kahdeksas
    Colloquial ordinal: kakki
    Ordinal abbreviation: 8.
    Adverbial: kahdeksasti
    Multiplier: kahdeksankertainen
    Fractional: kahdeksasosa, kahdeksannes
Finnish Wikipedia article on 8

Alternative forms

  • kaheksan (colloquial)
  • kahreksan, kahleksan (dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kakteksa, from Proto-Finno-Permic *kakteksa (cognate with Erzya кавксо (kavkso), Moksha кафкса (kafksa)). The initial component is kaksi (two), but the nature of the latter component (shared with yhdeksän (nine)) remains disputed (see the Proto-Finno-Permic entry for more).

The original nominative kahdeksa was replaced by the genitive form due to seitsen and kymmen ending in -n (which is also the genitive ending), but is attested in older texts, particularly in compounds. Alternatively the final *-n may in fact be regular and originally a part of the suffix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑhdeksɑn/, [ˈkɑxde̞ks̠ɑn]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhdeksɑn
  • Syllabification(key): kah‧dek‧san

Numeral

kahdeksan

  1. eight

Usage notes

  • See Appendix:Finnish numbers.

Declension

Declension is the same as type koira (number 10), except of the nominative singular form (*), where an -n is added at the end.

Compounds

Descendants

  • Kven: kahđeksen, kaheksan

See also

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