Serbo-Croatian

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Serbo-Croatian numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: četiri
    Ordinal: četvrti
    Multiplier: četvorostruk
    Collective: četvoro, četvorica
    Fractional: četvrtina

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *četyre, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃětri/, /t͡ʃětiri/, [t͡ʂětri], [t͡ʂětiri]
  • Audio (Serbia):(file)
  • Hyphenation: če‧ti‧ri

Numeral

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čètiri (Cyrillic spelling чѐтири)

  1. four (4)

Usage notes

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  • As a vestige of the Proto-Slavic dual number, nouns following the numbers 2-4 are in genitive singular.
  • In standard Serbo-Croatian, četiri declines according to case, but this is not always done in speech.

Declension

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Derived terms

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