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քառ

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Old Armenian

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Old Armenian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : քառ (kʻaṙ)
    Ordinal : քառորդ (kʻaṙord)
    Adverbial : քառիցս (kʻaṙicʻs)
    Multiplier : քառակի (kʻaṙaki)

Etymology

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From Proto-Armenian *kʷtwr̥-, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (four), whence also չորք (čʻorkʻ).

Numeral

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քառ (kʻaṙ)

  1. four

Usage notes

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Classically used only in compounds, post-classically also independently, meaning “four”.

Declension

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i-type
singular plural
nominative քառ (kʻaṙ) քառք (kʻaṙkʻ)
genitive քառի (kʻaṙi) քառից (kʻaṙicʻ)
dative քառի (kʻaṙi) քառից (kʻaṙicʻ)
accusative քառ (kʻaṙ) քառս (kʻaṙs)
ablative քառէ (kʻaṙē) քառից (kʻaṙicʻ)
instrumental քառիւ (kʻaṙiw) քառիւք (kʻaṙiwkʻ)
locative քառի (kʻaṙi) քառս (kʻaṙs)
i-a-type
singular plural
nominative քառ (kʻaṙ) քառք (kʻaṙkʻ)
genitive քառի (kʻaṙi) քառաց (kʻaṙacʻ)
dative քառի (kʻaṙi) քառաց (kʻaṙacʻ)
accusative քառ (kʻaṙ) քառս (kʻaṙs)
ablative քառէ (kʻaṙē) քառաց (kʻaṙacʻ)
instrumental քառաւ (kʻaṙaw) քառաւք = քառօք (kʻaṙawkʻ = kʻaṙōkʻ)
locative քառի (kʻaṙi) քառս (kʻaṙs)

the plural genitive can also be քառեաց (kʻaṙeacʻ)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քառ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քառ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*k‘aṙ-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 656