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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/četyre
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ketures, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. The source of the acute long -ūˀ- (> -ỳ- in Slavic) is unclear.
Declension
Declension of *četyre (r-stem)
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *četyre | *četyri | *četyri |
Accusative | *četyri | *četyri | *četyri |
Genitive | *četyrъ | *četyrъ | *četyrъ |
Locative | *četyrьxъ | *četyrьxъ | *četyrьxъ |
Dative | *četyrьmъ | *četyrьmъ | *četyrьmъ |
Instrumental | *četyrьmi | *četyrьmi | *četyrьmi |
Alternative forms
- *čьtyre (unaccented *е reduced to *ь)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*četỳre”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87: “num. (a) ‘four’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “četyre”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a fire (PR 133)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “štírje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*čety̋re, *čьty̋re”
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