չորք

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Old Armenian[edit]

Old Armenian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : չորք (čʻorkʻ)
    Ordinal : չորրորդ (čʻorrord)
    Adverbial : չորիցս (čʻoricʻs)
    Multiplier : քառակի (kʻaṙaki)
    Collective : չորեքին (čʻorekʻin)

Alternative forms[edit]

  • չորս (čʻors) (the accusative form, post-classically adopted as nominative)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (four).

Numeral[edit]

չորք (čʻorkʻpl

  1. four
    չորք անգամčʻorkʻ angamfour times
    ի չորս գնալi čʻors gnalto go upon all fours
    բարձեալ ի չորիցbarjeal i čʻoricʻborne by four men
    որ օր չորք էին ամսոյնor ōr čʻorkʻ ēin amsoynon the fourth, on the fourth of the month

Usage notes[edit]

The word has the following combining forms: չոր- (čʻor-), չորեք- (čʻorekʻ-), չորք- (čʻorkʻ-), չորս- (čʻors-).

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: չորս (čʻors)

References[edit]

  • Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “չորք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “չորք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 385
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “չորք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy