Classical Laefêvëši numerals

Laefêvëši has several types of numerals.

Cardinal numerals

Numbers
0	mítta		10	śála
1	ýśa		11	sýśa					100	ǿse
2	vrâ		12	séva		20	vrála		200	vráse
3	lía		13	sélia		30	líala		300	ljáse
4	mâ		14	séma		40	mâla		400	máse
5	lúe		15	sélue		50	lúela		500	lêse
6	lâina		16	seína		60	lâinala		600	laínse
7	âlei		17	séina		70	léiala		700	léise
8	lêja		18	sélna		80	lêjala		800	jálejse
9	fará		19	séra		90	farála		900	faráse

Declensions

Cardinal numbers decline only for the basic cases. Numbers 1 (ýśa) and 2 (vrâ) have special suffixes, numbers 3 and above can be declined using suffixes or not. The basic cases replace sub-cases and additional cases according to the case hierarchy, or, alternatively, they take the usual nominal suffixes, in which case they have to agree in gender.

Case	1 (ýśa/ýśe)	2 (vrâ/vrê)	3 (lía) and up
Nom.	-/	-/	-/	-/
Gen.	-ma	-ta	-ha	-/
Dat.	-me	-te	-he	-/
Acc.	-mø	-tø	-hø	-/
Loc.	-mo	-to	-ho	-/
Inst.	-mu	-tu	-hu	-/

Ordinal numerals

#	masculine	feminine	neuter
0	mílli	mítvi	míddi
1	aśíli	aśívi	aśídi
2	adíli	adívi	áddi
3	lítli	lítvi	líddi
4	mátli	mátvi	máddi
5	lúeli	lúevi	lúedi
6	laíli	laívi	laídi
7	létli	létvi	léddi
8	leíli	leívi	leídi
9	faríli	farívi	farídi
10	śálli	śálvi	śáldi
11	sýśili	sýśivi	sýśidi
12	sévili	sévivi	sévidi
13	séliili	séliivi	séviidi
14	sémili	sémivi	sémidi
15	séluili	séluivi	séluidi
16	seínili	seínivi	seínidi
17	séinili	séinivi	séinidi
18	sélnili	sélnivi	sélnidi
19	sérili	sérivi	séridi
20	vrálli	vrálvi	vráldi
21	ýśaivrálli	ýśaivrálvi	ýśaivráldi
22	vrâivrálli	vrâivrálvi	vrâivráldi
23	líaivrálli	líaivrálvi	líaivráldi
24	mâivrálli	mâivrálvi	mâivráldi
25	lúeivrálli	lúeivrálvi	lúeivráldi
26	lâinaivrálli	lâinaivrálvi	lâinaivráldi
27	âleiivrálli	âleiivrálvi	âleiivráldi
28	lêjaivrálli	lêjaivrálvi	lêjaivráldi
29	faráivrálli	faráivrálvi	faráivráldi
30	líalli	líalvi	líaldi
40	mâlli	mâlvi	mâldi
50	lúelli	lúelvi	lúeldi
60	lâinalli	lâinalvi	lâinaldi
70	léialli	léialvi	léialdi
80	lêjalli	lêjalvi	lêjaldi
90	farálli	farálvi	faráldi
100	ǿśili	ǿśivi	ǿśidi
200	vrásili	vrásivi	vrásidi
300	ljásili	ljásivi	ljásidi
400	másili	másivi	másidi
500	lêsili	lêsivi	lêsidi
600	laísili	laísivi	laísidi
700	léisili	léisivi	léisidi
800	jálejsili	jálejsivi	jálejsidi
900	farásili	farásivi	farásidi
1000	aśímmili	aśímmivi	aśímmidi

Collective numerals

Formation - to the cardinal numeral add:

• masculine gender: -ši
• feminine gender: -še
• neuter gender: -šo

The following noun is in partitive plural or genitive plural.

Example:

• 5: lúe -> lúeši : lúeše : lúešo

Differential numerals

Formation - to the cardinal numeral add:

• masculine gender: -či
• feminine gender: -če
• neuter gender: -čo

The following noun is in nominative plural.

Example:

• 5: lúe -> lúeči : lúeče : lúečo

Multiplicative numerals

Formation from cardinal numerals, remove the final vowel and add:

• masculine gender: -jua
• feminine gender: -jue
• neuter gender: -juo

Example:

• 20: vrála -> vráljua : vráljue : vráljuo

Some numbers do not follow the above rules:

#	masculine	feminine	neuter
0	mítjua	mítjue	mítjuo
1	ýjua	ýjue	ýjuo
2	ádjua	ádjue	ádjuo
3	líjua	líjue	líjuo
4	mâjua	mâjue	mâjuo
5	lújua	lújue	lújuo
6	lâjua	lâjue	lâjuo
7	âljua	âljue	âljuo
8	lêjua	lêjue	lêjuo
9	fárjua	fárjue	fárjuo

Fractions

To the cardinal numeral add the suffix: -sia

Example:

• 1/4 (one fourth): ýśe mâsia

Decimal

Decimal numerals are written with a comma (,), also called decimal comma, which differentiate full numbers from the decimal numbers.

In speech, the decimal comma is read as máru and the decimal numbers are read digit by digit.

Example:

• 3.547: 3,547 -> lía máru lúe mâ âlei

Numerals in -pē

Formation from cardinal numerals, remove the final vowel and add the suffix: -pē

Example:

• 18: sélna -> sélnpē

Irregular forms

Numbers
0	míppē
1	ýppē
2	áppē
3	líppē
4	mâppē
5	lúppē
6	lâppē
7	álpē
8	lêppē
9	fáppē

Adjectival numerals

Adverbs of frequency

Formation from cardinal numerals, remove the final vowel, if it is preceded by a consonant, geminate it (if possible), and add the suffix: -en

Examples:

• eleven times: sýśa -> sýśen
• ten times: śála -> śállen

Irregular forms

Numbers
zero times	mítven
once	ýssen
twice	ádden
three times	lírren
four times	mârven
five times	êllen
six times	lâiven
seven times	âllen
eight times	lêjen
nine times	fárven

Adverbs of time

Formation from cardinal numerals, remove the final vowel and add the suffix: -þi If after removing the final vowel the word ends in -s, it turns to -þ, onto which the normal suffix -þi is added, thus forming a geminate consonant þþ.

Examples:

• fourteenth time: séma -> sémþi
• hundredth time: ǿse -> ǿþþi

Irregular forms

Numbers
zeroth time	míþþi
first time	ýþþi
second time	áþþi
third time	líþi
fourth time	mâþi
fifth time	líþi
sixth time	lâþþi
seventh time	léþþi
eighth time	lêþþi
ninth time	fáþþi
tenth time	śálþi
eleventh time	sýþþi