четвьртъ

Old East Slavic

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    Cardinal: четꙑре (četyre)
    Ordinal: четвьртъ (četvĭrtŭ)
    Adverbial: четꙑрешьдꙑ (četyrešĭdy)
    Collective: четверо (četvero)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *četvьrtъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ketwirtas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕɛˈtʋɪrtʊ//t͡ɕɛˈtʋʲɪrtʊ//t͡ɕɛˈtʋʲɛrt/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɛˈtʋɪrtʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɛˈtʋʲɪrtʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɛˈtʋʲɛrt/

Adjective

четвьртъ (četvĭrtŭ)

  1. fourth
    • late 1110s, Hypatian Codex:
      и таиша его · г҃ · дн҃и · и в четвертыи дн҃ь повѣдаша и на вѣч[ѣ]и · и рекоша людье
      i taiša jego · g: · dn:i · i v četvertyi dn:ĭ povědaša i na věč[jě]i · i rekoša ljudĭje
      and hid him for three days and on the fourth day let know, and folks said on veche

Declension

Descendants

  • Belarusian: чацвёрты (čacvjórty)
  • Russian: четвёртый (četvjórtyj)
  • Ukrainian: четве́ртий (četvértyj)

References

  • Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2019) “Drevnerusskoje udarenije: Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ.”, in Languages of Slavic Culture[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 492:четве́ртыиčetvértyi