čtvery

Inherited from Old Czech čtver, from Proto-Slavic *četvero. Doublet of čtverý and čtvero.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃtvɛrɪ]

čtvery

1. (collective) four, four groups of, four sets of

   čtvery modré kalhoty ― four blue pants

   čtvera stará kamna ― four old stoves

   čtvery silné ponožky ― four pairs of thick socks

   čtvero teplé prádlo ― four sets of warm clothes

• Some dictionaries consider čtvery and čtverý to be interchangable in both meanings.
• This word can be used with pluralia tantum to make them countable. If used with other nouns, it means groups or pairs. It can also be used with singular collective nouns (normally only in neuter) which do not have plural forms. The masculine singular and animate plural forms are no longer used.

• (collective numbers from two to ten) dvoje, troje, čtvery, patery, šestery, sedmery, osmery, devatery, desatery
• čtvero
• čtverý

• “čtvery”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026