This is the 4287th most frequent Polish word.
dziesięć
"Ten."
In this sentence, 'dziesięć' represents a quantity, informing about the number of cats present.
Mam dziesięć kotów w domu.
I have ten cats at home.
Here, 'dziesięć' denotes a measure of time, specifying how many minutes passed since the event occurred.
Dziesięć minut temu zadzwonił telefon.
The phone rang ten minutes ago.
In this case, 'dziesięć' is used to indicate the number of occurrences of the action of reading the book.