сорок

Russian

Russian numbers (edit)
400
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4
    Cardinal: со́рок (sórok)
    Ordinal: сороково́й (sorokovój)
    Ordinal abbreviation: 40-ой (40-oj)
    Adverbial: сорока́ (soroká)
    Multiplier: сорокакра́тный (sorokakrátnyj)
    Collective: со́рокеро (sórokero)
    Fractional: сорока́я (sorokája)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic сорокъ (sorokŭ, a bunch of 40 sable pelts; forty), displaced четꙑредесѧте (četyredesęte, forty) (< Proto-Slavic *četyre desęte (forty)).

Further etymology is unclear. In the past regarded as borrowed from Byzantine Greek σαράκοντα (sarákonta, 40), but this etymology is dubious for phonetic and semantic reasons. The older meaning is a bunch of sable pelts. May be related to соро́чка (soróčka); compare Old Norse serkr (shirt; 200 furs), archaic Slovak meru (40) from Hungarian mérő (sack).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsorək]
  • (file)

Numeral

со́рок • (sórok)

  1. forty (40)
Usage notes

сорок (sorok) in the nominative case and accusative case governs the genitive plural of the noun. In other cases, it governs the corresponding plural case of the noun.

Declension
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References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сорок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɐˈrok]

Noun

соро́к • (sorók) f anim pl

  1. genitive/accusative plural of соро́ка (soróka)

Ukrainian

Ukrainian numbers (edit)
400
 ←  30  ←  39 40 41  →  50  → 
4
    Cardinal: со́рок (sórok)
    Ordinal: сороко́вий (sorokóvyj)
    Collective: сорока́ (soroká)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic сорокъ (sorokŭ, a bunch of 40 sable pelts), cognates include Russian со́рок (sórok) and Belarusian со́рак (sórak); further origin is unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɔrɔk]
  • (file)

Numeral

со́рок • (sórok)

  1. forty (40)

Declension

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

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