dvanajst

Serbo-Croatian

Numeral

dvanajst (Cyrillic spelling дванајст)

1. (colloquial) twelve

   Synonym: (Standard) dvanaest

Slovene

Slovene numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: dvanajst     Cardinal prefix: dvanajst-     Ordinal: dvanajsti     Ordinal prefix: dvanajsto-     Digit: dvanajstka     Digit place: dvanajstica     Adverbial: dvanajstič     Krat adverbial: dvanajstikrat     Multiplier: dvanajsteren     Krat multiplier: dvanajstkrat     Fixed multiplier: dvanajstkraten     Adverbial multiplier: dvanajsterno     Multiplier prefix: dvanajstern-     Krat multiplier prefix: dvanajstkratn-     Krat adverbial multiplier: dvanajstkratno     Collective: dvanajstero     Separable collective: dvanajster     Greek collective prefix: dodeka-     Latinate collective prefix: duodeka-     Fractional: dvanajstina     Fractional multiplier: dvanajstinski     Elemental: dvanajsterica     Number of musicians: duodecet

Alternative forms

• dvanajſt (Bohorič spelling)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъva na desęte (“two on ten”). Equivalent to dva +‎ -najst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʋanàːjst/
• (parts with greater German influence) IPA^(key): /dʋáːnajst/
• Rhymes: -aːjst, -aːnajst
• Hyphenation: dva‧najst

Numeral

dvanájst or dvȃnajst

1. (for countable nouns) twelve

   Synonym: dvanajstero

2. (for uncountable nouns, colloquial) twelve

   Synonym: dvanajstero

Declension

First declension (hard), fixed accent
	masculine, feminine and neuter	following adjectives and nouns
nom pl	dvanájst	+ genitive
plural
	masculine, feminine and neuter	following adjectives and nouns
nominative imenovȃlnik	dvanájst	+ genitive
genitive rodȋlnik	dvanájstih	+ genitive
dative dajȃlnik	dvanájstim	+ dative
accusative tožȋlnik	dvanájst	+ genitive
locative mẹ̑stnik	dvanájstih	+ locative
instrumental orọ̑dnik	dvanájstimi	+ instrumental
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	dvanȃjst	+ circumflex genitive

First declension (hard), fixed accent
	masculine, feminine and neuter	following adjectives and nouns
nom pl	dvȃnajst	+ genitive
plural
	masculine, feminine and neuter	following adjectives and nouns
nominative imenovȃlnik	dvȃnajst	+ genitive
genitive rodȋlnik	dvȃnajstih	+ genitive
dative dajȃlnik	dvȃnajstim	+ dative
accusative tožȋlnik	dvȃnajst	+ genitive
locative mẹ̑stnik	dvȃnajstih	+ locative
instrumental orọ̑dnik	dvȃnajstimi	+ instrumental
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	dvȃnajst	+ circumflex genitive

• less common

Second declension (no endings), fixed accent
	masculine, feminine and neuter	following adjectives and nouns
nom pl	dvanájst	+ genitive
plural
	masculine, feminine and neuter	following adjectives and nouns
nominative imenovȃlnik	dvanájst	+ genitive
genitive rodȋlnik	dvanájst	+ genitive
dative dajȃlnik	dvanájst	+ dative
accusative tožȋlnik	dvanájst	+ genitive
locative mẹ̑stnik	dvanájst	+ locative
instrumental orọ̑dnik	dvanájst	+ instrumental
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	dvanȃjst	+ circumflex genitive

Second declension (no endings), fixed accent
	masculine, feminine and neuter	following adjectives and nouns
nom pl	dvȃnajst	+ genitive
plural
	masculine, feminine and neuter	following adjectives and nouns
nominative imenovȃlnik	dvȃnajst	+ genitive
genitive rodȋlnik	dvȃnajst	+ genitive
dative dajȃlnik	dvȃnajst	+ dative
accusative tožȋlnik	dvȃnajst	+ genitive
locative mẹ̑stnik	dvȃnajst	+ locative
instrumental orọ̑dnik	dvȃnajst	+ instrumental
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	dvȃnajst	+ circumflex genitive

Noun

dvanájst or dvȃnajst n

1. number twelve

   Synonyms: dvanajstica, dvanajstka

Declension

Third neuter declension (no endings) , fixed accent (singularia tantum)
nom. sing.	dvanájst
gen. sing.	dvanájst
	singular
nominative imenovȃlnik	dvanájst
genitive rodȋlnik	dvanájst
dative dajȃlnik	dvanájst
accusative tožȋlnik	dvanájst
locative mẹ̑stnik	dvanájst
instrumental orọ̑dnik	dvanájst
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	dvanȃjst

Third neuter declension (no endings) , fixed accent (singularia tantum)
nom. sing.	dvȃnajst
gen. sing.	dvȃnajst
	singular
nominative imenovȃlnik	dvȃnajst
genitive rodȋlnik	dvȃnajst
dative dajȃlnik	dvȃnajst
accusative tožȋlnik	dvȃnajst
locative mẹ̑stnik	dvȃnajst
instrumental orọ̑dnik	dvȃnajst
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	dvȃnajst

To express dual and plural, the phrase število dvanajst 'number twelve' is used, e.g. dve števili dvanajst sta napisani, or, informally, also dvanajstka or dvanajstica.

Derived terms

• dvanajststo (“twelve hundred”)

Related terms

Slovene terms suffixed with -najst

Further reading

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