devetoro

1. (of mixed groups or children) nine people; nine
   Na večeri nas je bilo devetoro. — There were nine of us at dinner.
   Moja baka je imala devetoro dece. — My grandmother had nine children.

Takes the genitive plural (devetoro učenika) or the genitive singular of a collective noun (devetoro dece); the verb is usually neuter singular: devetoro dece je došlo.