četiri

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian numbers ^(edit)

	40
←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: četiri     Ordinal: četvrti     Multiplier: četvorostruk     Collective: četvoro, četvorica     Fractional: četvrtina

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃětri/, /t͡ʃětiri/, [t͡ʂětri], [t͡ʂětiri]

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• 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

• četvorica