чацвёра
Belarusian edit
Etymology edit
Cognates include Ukrainian че́тверо (čétvero) and Russian че́тверо (čétvero).
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
чацвёра • (čacvjóra)
- four
- (with pluralia tantum) У нас чацвёра сане́й
- U nas čacvjóra sanjéj
- We have four sleds
- (with people) У яго́ чацвёра дзяце́й
- U jahó čacvjóra dzjacjéj
- He has four children
- (with pluralia tantum)
- four of...
- Чацвёра з іх
- Čacvjóra z ix
- Four of them
Usage notes edit
Чацвёра is used with nouns that only have a plural form (pluralia tantum). It can also be used to denote a number of people. The nominative and accusative cases of a collective numeral govern the genitive plural of the noun, pronoun, or adjective. The other cases agree with that of the noun, pronoun, or adjective.
Declension edit
Declension of чацвёра
| plural | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | чацвёра čacvjóra | |
| genitive | чацвяры́х čacvjarýx | |
| dative | чацвяры́м čacvjarým | |
| accusative | animate | чацвяры́х čacvjarýx |
| inanimate | чацвёра čacvjóra | |
| instrumental | чацвяры́мі čacvjarými | |
| locative | чацвяры́х čacvjarýx | |
See also edit
- (collective numerals) дво́е (dvóje), тро́е (tróje), чацвёра (čacvjóra), пяцёра (pjacjóra), шасцёра (šascjóra), сямёра (sjamjóra), васьмёра (vasʹmjóra), дзявя́цера (dzjavjácjera), дзяся́цера (dzjasjácjera)