цетꙑри десѧте

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Old Novgorodian

Old Novgorodian numbers (edit)
400
 ←  30 40 50  → 
4
    Cardinal: цетꙑри десѧте (ćetyri desęte), сороке (soroke)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *četyre desęte. Cognate with Old East Slavic четꙑредесѧте (četyredesęte), Old Ruthenian чотыридесѧть (čotyridesjatʹ).

Numeral

цетꙑри десѧте (ćetyri desęte)

  1. forty (40)
    Synonym: сороке (soroke)
    • c. 1025‒1050, Schaeken, Jos (2019) Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, transl., Берестяная грамота № 247 [Birchbark letter no. 247]‎, Novgorod:
      … [п]о[клѣ](п)ает[ь] сего :м҃:ми рѣзанами
      … o[klě](p)ajet[ĭ] sego 40mi rězanami
      … accuses this (man) (of theft of property worth) forty rezanas.

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