Дев’ятий платіж можна скасувати.

The ninth payment can be canceled.

Breakdown of Дев’ятий платіж можна скасувати.

• можна: can
• платіж: the payment
• скасувати: to cancel
• дев’ятий: ninth

Questions & Answers about Дев’ятий платіж можна скасувати.

What does Дев’ятий mean, and why does it end in -ий?

Дев’ятий means ninth.

It is an ordinal number (like first, second, third, ninth), and here it is behaving like an adjective, because it describes the noun платіж (payment).

The ending -ий is used because:

• платіж is masculine
• it is singular
• it is in the nominative case (the basic dictionary form, used here as the subject-like element of the sentence)

So:

• дев’ятий платіж = the ninth payment

If the noun changed, the ordinal would change too:

• дев’ята сторінка = ninth page
• дев’яте місце = ninth place
• дев’яті дні = ninth days / the ninth days

What is the role of the apostrophe in Дев’ятий?

The apostrophe in дев’ятий is a normal part of Ukrainian spelling.

It shows that the following я is pronounced more like ya, rather than simply softening the previous consonant.

So в’я is pronounced roughly like vya.

Without getting too technical, the apostrophe helps preserve the y-sound in я, ю, є, ї after certain consonants. It is not like an English apostrophe showing possession or contraction.