četri

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Latgalian

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Latgalian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : četri
    Ordinal : caturts

Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ketū́res, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Cognates include Latvian četri and Lithuanian keturi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛtri]
  • Hyphenation: če‧tri

Numeral

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četri

  1. four

Declension

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References

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  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 33

Latvian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *ketur-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (four) (stem *kʷetwer-, *kʷetur-), apparently an old compound, from *kʷa-, *kʷe- (and), and *tʷer-, *tur-, the same stem found in turēt (to hold, to keep), tvert (to grasp) (q.v.). In Latvian, Proto-Baltic *ketur- yielded at first cetri (IPA(key): [tsætri]), conserved in 16-18th century texts (as caetr, czaettri, czettri). The c was conserved in ceturtais, certurkārt, ceturksnis, but changed to č in četri perhaps under Slavic influence, helped by the final i (which also caused [æ] → [ɛ]). Cognates include Lithuanian keturì, Sudovian teter (from *kʲeter, from *ketur-), Old Prussian kettwirts (fourth), Old Church Slavonic четꙑре (četyre), Russian четы́ре (četýre), Belarusian чаты́ры (čatýry), Ukrainian чоти́рі (čotýri), Bulgarian че́тири (čétiri), Czech čtyři, Polish cztery, Sanskrit चतुर् (catur), Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares) (Homeric τέσσαρες (téssares), Doric τέτορες (tétores)), Latin quattuor.[1]

Pronunciation

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Latvian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : četri
    Ordinal : ceturtais
    Multiplier : četrreiz
    Nominal : četrinieks
    Fractional : ceturtdaļa
  • IPA(key): [tʃɛtri]
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Numeral

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četri

  1. four (the cipher, the cardinal number four; sometimes undeclined)
    divi un divi ir četritwo plus two is four
    skaitīt līdz četrito count to four
    uzrakstīt uz tāfeles četrito write a four on the blackboard
    pie četriem pielikt piecusto add five to four
  2. four (B, good, a school grade; syn. četrinieks)
    saņemt četrito get a B (lit. four)
  3. four (an amount equal to four)
    četri kilometri, kilogramifour kilometers, kilograms (= kilos)
    ierasties pēc četrām stundāmto come in, after four hours
    aizbraukt uz četriem gadiemto leave for four years
    izlasīt četras grāmatas nodaļasto read four book chapters
    ar, uz visām četrāmon all four (hands and feet)
  4. four o'clock (a moment in time; four hours after midnight, or after noon)
    pulkstenis ir četriit is four o'clock
    beigt darbu četros pēc pusdienasto finish work at four o'clock after lunch (= in the afternoon)
    gaidīt no četriem līdz pieciemto wait from four to five o'clock
    ap četriemat about four o'clock

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “četri”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

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Numeral

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četri (Cyrillic spelling четри)

  1. (colloquial) four
    Synonym: (Standard) četiri