չորք

Old Armenian

Old Armenian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : չորք (čʿorkʿ)
    Ordinal : չորրորդ (čʿorrord)
    Adverbial : չորիցս (čʿoricʿs)
    Multiplier : քառակի (kʿaṙaki)
    Collective : չորեքին (čʿorekʿin)

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Numeral

չորք • (čʿorkʿ) pl

  1. (cardinal) four
    չորք անգամ ― čʿorkʿ angam ― four times
    ի չորս գնալ ― i čʿors gnal ― to go upon all fours
    բարձեալ ի չորից ― barjeal i čʿoricʿ ― borne by four men
    որ օր չորք էին ամսոյն ― or ōr čʿorkʿ ēin amsoyn ― on the fourth, on the fourth of the month

Declension

Usage notes

The word has the following combining forms: չոր- (čʿor-), չորեք- (čʿorekʿ-), չորք- (čʿorkʿ-), չորս- (čʿors-).

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “չորք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “չորք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ 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, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “չորք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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