чверть

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Ukrainian

Ukrainian numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: чоти́ри (čotýry)
    Ordinal: четве́ртий (četvértyj)
    A.o.: вчетве́рте (včetvérte)
    Sequence adverb: по-четве́рте (po-četvérte)
    Multiplier: вче́тверо (včétvero)
    Collective: че́тверо (čétvero)
    Fractional: чверть (čvertʹ), четверти́на (četvertýna)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *četvьrtь, nominalization of *četvьrtъ (fourth). Compare Belarusian чвэрць (čvercʹ), Polish ćwierć.

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Noun

чверть (čvertʹf inan (genitive чве́рті or чве́рти, nominative plural чве́рті, genitive plural чве́ртей)

  1. quarter, fourth (one of four equal parts)
    чверть годи́ниčvertʹ hodýnya quarter of an hour
    о чверть на во́сьмуo čvertʹ na vósʹmuat a quarter past seven (literally, “at a quarter onto the eighth”)
    за чверть до во́сьмоїza čvertʹ do vósʹmojiat a quarter to eight
  2. term (part of an academic year)

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