deviņi

Etymology
From a previous undeclinable Eastern Baltic, from (changed by analogy with , , from ), from , , probably from the same stem as : apparently  had a base 4 numeric system, so that, after two 4's (= 8), 9 was the first (“new”) to be part of a complex numeral (compare 🇨🇬 =  + ). The initial d in Eastern Baltic and Slavic is usually explained as dissimilation, given the two n's in, probably also under the influence of the initial d in. A more recent suggestion is that 🇨🇬 <, in which the h₁n sequence would yield an articulation similar to a d. This would have led to dialectal variation, with both forms preserved in parallel, the former giving rise to the Eastern Baltic terms, the latter to their 🇨🇬 counterpart. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (< ), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Numeral

 * 1) nine the cipher, the cardinal number nine
 * 2) nine an amount equal to nine
 * 3) nine o'clock a moment in time; nine hours after midnight, or after noon
 * 1) nine an amount equal to nine
 * 2) nine o'clock a moment in time; nine hours after midnight, or after noon
 * 1) nine an amount equal to nine
 * 2) nine o'clock a moment in time; nine hours after midnight, or after noon
 * 1) nine o'clock a moment in time; nine hours after midnight, or after noon
 * 1) nine o'clock a moment in time; nine hours after midnight, or after noon
 * 1) nine o'clock a moment in time; nine hours after midnight, or after noon
 * 1) nine o'clock a moment in time; nine hours after midnight, or after noon