четверо

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Russian

Russian numbers (edit)
40
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    Cardinal: четы́ре (četýre)
    Ordinal: четвёртый (četvjórtyj)
    Ordinal abbreviation: 4-ый (4-yj)
    Adverbial: четы́режды (četýreždy)
    Multiplier: четверно́й (četvernój), четырехкра́тный (četyrexkrátnyj)
    Collective: че́тверо (čétvero)
    Fractional: четвёртая (četvjórtaja), четверти́на (četvertína), че́тверть (čétvertʹ)

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че́тверо (čétvero)

  1. four (in a group together), four of them
    че́тверо дете́йčétvero detéjfour children
    че́тверо часо́вčétvero časóvfour watches
    че́тверо очко́вčétvero očkóvfour pairs of glasses
    че́тверо из насčétvero iz nasfour of us
    нас бы́ло че́твероnas býlo čétverothere were four of us
    • 1925, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], chapter 2, in Собачье сердце; English translation from Avril Pyman, transl., The Heart of a Dog, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
      Че́тверо мо́лча вы́шли из кабине́та, мо́лча прошли́ приёмную, мо́лча — пере́днюю, и за ни́ми слы́шно бы́ло, как закры́лась тяжело́ и зву́чно пара́дная дверь.
      Čétvero mólča výšli iz kabinéta, mólča prošlí prijómnuju, mólča — perédnjuju, i za ními slýšno býlo, kak zakrýlasʹ tjaželó i zvúčno parádnaja dverʹ.
      The four filed silently out of the study, silently traversed the reception room and the hall, then you could hear the front door closing heavily and resonantly behind them.

Usage notes

  • The nominative of a collective numeral governs the genitive plural of the noun, pronoun, or adjective. For the other cases the noun, pronoun, or adjective will be in the same case (except when meaning "a pair of"). Not used with feminine nouns. Used mostly when speaking of children and with a few nouns that are used in the plural only, such as часы́ (časý), очки́ (očkí), or with pronouns.

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Ukrainian

Ukrainian numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: чоти́ри (čotýry)
    Ordinal: четве́ртий (četvértyj)
    A.o.: вчетве́рте (včetvérte), учетве́рте (učetvérte)
    Sequence adverb: по-четве́рте (po-četvérte)
    Multiplier: вче́тверо (včétvero)
    Collective: че́тверо (čétvero)
    Fractional: чверть (čvertʹ), четверти́на (četvertýna)

Pronunciation

Numeral

че́тверо (čétvero)

  1. (collective number) four

Declension

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