Chuvash

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Chuvash numbers (edit)
30
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    Cardinal: виҫҫӗ (viśśĕ)
    Ordinal: виҫҫӗмӗш (viśśĕmĕš)
    Distributive: виҫшер (viśšer)

Etymology

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From виҫҫӗ (viśśĕ, three) +‎ -мӗш (-mĕš, ordinal suffix), compare Bulgar [script needed] (wecim, third).[1]

Cognate with Khalaj ü̂çminci, Turkish üçüncü, Uzbek uchinchi, Bashkir өсөнсө (ösönsö) and Yakut үһүс (ühüs).

Adjective

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виҫҫӗмӗш (viśśĕmĕš)

  1. third
    Вӑл килйышри виҫҫӗмӗш ывӑл.Văl k̬iljyšri viśśĕmĕš yvăl.He is the third son in the family.

References

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  1. ^ Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 40

Further reading

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  • виҫҫӗмӗш”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[2] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.