цетꙑри

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Old Novgorodian

Old Novgorodian numbers (edit)
40[a], [b]
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: цетꙑри (ćetyri)
    Ordinal: цетвьрте (ćetvĭrte), цетвьртьне (ćetvĭrtĭne)
    Fractional: цетвьртина (ćetvĭrtina), цетвьрть (ćetvĭrtĭ), цетвьртъка (ćetvĭrtŭka)

Alternative forms

Etymology

PIE word
*kʷetwóres

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *četỳre. Cognate with Old East Slavic четꙑре (četyre), Old Polish cztery.

Numeral

цетꙑри • (ćetyri)

  1. four (4)
    • c. 1140‒1160, Kovalev, Roman K., transl., Берестяная грамота № 630 [Birchbark letter no. 630]‎, Novgorod:
      оу станьмира оу жоуцьковицѧ цьтьри бьрьковьскь і шьсь коуно
      u stanĭmira u žućĭkovićę ćĭtĭri bĭrĭkovĭskĭ i šĭsĭ kuno
      Stan'mir Zhuchkovich owes four berkovets and six kunas.
    • c. 1160‒1180, Kovalev, Roman K., transl., Берестяная грамота № 335 [Birchbark letter no. 335]‎, Novgorod:
      мѣни же ми : кълътъкѣ : цетꙑри : по полоу гривнѣ : кълътъкъ : ꙁолотꙑхъ
      měni že mi : kŭlŭtŭkě : ćetyri : po polu grivně : kŭlŭtŭkŭ : zolotyxŭ
      Exchange 4 pendants (koltok) for me out of the gold ones – each priced at ½ a grivna.
    • c. 1160‒1180, Берестяная грамота № 1110 [Birchbark letter no. 1110]‎, Novgorod:
      крьнь кожоухъ гривьною : и цетꙑри ожьрелиѧ паволоцита
      krĭnĭ kožuxŭ grivĭnoju : i ćetyri ožĭreliję pavoloćita
      Buy a fur coat for a hryvnia and four collars made of canvas.
    • c. 1200‒1220, Kovalev, Roman K., transl., Берестяная грамота № 439 [Birchbark letter no. 439]‎, Novgorod:
      воложи олова со цетꙑри беꙁмене полотенеца со дова цереленаѧ
      voloži olova so ćetyri bezmene poloteneća so dova ćerelenaję
      Take about 4 bezmen of lead about 2 red towels (apparently, sheets of red copper).
    • c. 1340‒1360, Берестяная грамота № 1068 [Birchbark letter no. 1068]‎, Novgorod:
      оу тимошки цьтꙑрь катци ржи ꙁа дви гривнꙑ …
      u timoški ćĭtyrĭ katći rži za dvi grivny …
      Timoshka has four buckets of rye for two hryvnias …
Category Old Novgorodian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *цетꙑри not found
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Further reading

  • “цетꙑри”, in Берестяные грамоты – Национальный корпус русского языка [Birchbark Letters – Russian National Corpus], https://ruscorpora.ru/, 2003–2024
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