četri
Latgalian edit
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Cardinal : četri Ordinal : caturts | ||
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ketū́res, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Cognates include Latvian četri and Lithuanian keturi.
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četri
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References edit
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 33
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
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Cardinal : četri Ordinal : ceturtais Multiplier : četrreiz Nominal : četrinieks Fractional : ceturtdaļa | ||
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Numeral edit
četri
- four (the cipher, the cardinal number four; sometimes undeclined)
- divi un divi ir četri ― two plus two is four
- skaitīt līdz četri ― to count to four
- uzrakstīt uz tāfeles četri ― to write a four on the blackboard
- pie četriem pielikt piecus ― to add five to four
- four (B, good, a school grade; syn. četrinieks)
- saņemt četri ― to get a B (lit. four)
- four (an amount equal to four)
- četri kilometri, kilogrami ― four kilometers, kilograms (= kilos)
- ierasties pēc četrām stundām ― to come in, after four hours
- aizbraukt uz četriem gadiem ― to leave for four years
- izlasīt četras grāmatas nodaļas ― to read four book chapters
- ar, uz visām četrām ― on all four (hands and feet)
- four o'clock (a moment in time; four hours after midnight, or after noon)
- pulkstenis ir četri ― it is four o'clock
- beigt darbu četros pēc pusdienas ― to finish work at four o'clock after lunch (= in the afternoon)
- gaidīt no četriem līdz pieciem ― to wait from four to five o'clock
- ap četriem ― at about four o'clock
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “četri”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian edit
Numeral edit
četri (Cyrillic spelling четри)
- (colloquial) four
- Synonym: (Standard) četiri