četiri

Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: četiri
    Ordinal: četvrti
    Multiplier: četvorostruk
    Collective: četvoro, četvorica
    Fractional: četvrtina

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *četyre, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃětri/, /t͡ʃětiri/, [t͡ʂětri], [t͡ʂětiri]
  • Audio (Serbia)(file)
  • Hyphenation: če‧ti‧ri

Numeral

čètiri (Cyrillic spelling чѐтири)

  1. four (4)

Usage notes
  • As a vestige of the Proto-Slavic dual number, nouns following the numbers 2-4 are in genitive singular.
  • In standard Serbo-Croatian, četiri declines according to case, but this is not always done in speech.

Declension
Declension of četiri
singular
nominative čètiri
genitive četirìjū
dative četirìma
accusative čètiri
vocative čètiri
locative četirìma
instrumental četirìma

Derived terms
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