четверня

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Russian

Etymology

че́тверо (čétvero) +‎ -ня (-nja)

Pronunciation

Noun

четверня́ (četvernjáf inan (genitive четверни́, nominative plural четверни́, genitive plural четверне́й)

  1. a team of four horses
    • 1880, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин [Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin], “По-родственному”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:
      Не успе́ла Ари́на Петро́вна сойти́ вниз, как на бугре́ у дубро́винской це́ркви показа́лась коля́ска, запряжённая четвернёй.
      Ne uspéla Arína Petróvna sojtí vniz, kak na bugré u dubróvinskoj cérkvi pokazálasʹ koljáska, zaprjažónnaja četvernjój.
      Arina Petrovna had not reached the bottom of the stairs when on the hill by the church at Dubrovino a carriage and four came into view.

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