keturi

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ketur-,[1] Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

Lithuanian cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : keturi
    Ordinal : ketvirtas

keturì m (feminine kẽturios, stress pattern 3b) [2]

  1. four (4)
    keturi šimtai - four hundred
    keturios dienos - four days

Declension

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87
  2. ^ “keturi” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.