četrnaest
Serbo-Croatian
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| Cardinal: četrnaest Ordinal: četrnaesti Multiplier: četrnaestostruk Collective: četrnaestoro, četrnaestorica Fractional: četrnaestina | ||
Etymology
From čètiri (“four”) + na (“on”) + dȅset (“ten”). Cognates include Slovene štirinájst. First attested in the 15th century.[1]
Numeral
četr̀naēst (Cyrillic spelling четр̀нае̄ст)
Usage notes
This number is indeclinable. It governs the genitive plural of the noun.
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “četrnaest”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 129