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Old Novgorodian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *četỳre. Cognate with Old East Slavic четꙑре (četyre), Old Polish cztery.
Numeral
цетꙑри • (ćetyri)
- four (4)
c. 1140‒1160, Kovalev, Roman K., transl., Берестяная грамота № 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 , 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 , 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 , 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 , 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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