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    Cardinal : өс (ös)
    Ordinal : өсөнсө (ösönsö)

Etymology edit

From *üčünčü (third), from Proto-Turkic *üč (three).

Cognates include Old Uyghur [script needed] (üčünčü), Old Uyghur [script needed] (üčünči, third);[1] Tatar өченче (öçençe), Kazakh үшінші (üşınşı), Kyrgyz үчүнчү (ücüncü), Turkmen üçünji, Azerbaijani üçüncü, Turkish üçüncü (third).

Numeral edit

өсөнсө (ösönsö)

  1. third
    Өсөнсө көн генә Мәскәүҙән ҡайттым.
    Ösönsö kön genə Məskəwźən qayttım.
    It's only the third day since I returned from Moscow (=I returned from Moscow just three days ago).
    Бер йәшниктә – 16, икенсеһендә 14 кг кәнфит бар. Өсөнсө йәшниктә беренсе һәм икенсе йәшниктә күпме булһа, шунса кәнфит.
    Ber yəşniktə – 16, ikensehendə 14 kg kənfit bar. Ösönsö yəşniktə berense həm ikense yəşniktə küpme bulha, şunsa kənfit.
    There are 16 kg of candies in one box (and) 14 kg in the second. In the third box, there are as many candies as there are in the first and in the second box.
    (From an elementary math textbook)

References edit

  1. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 622