виҫҫӗмӗш

Chuvash
Chuvash numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: виҫҫӗ (viśśĕ)
    Ordinal: виҫҫӗмӗш (viśśĕmĕš)
    Distributive: виҫшер (viśšer)

Etymology

From виҫҫӗ (viśśĕ, “three”) +‎ -мӗш (-mĕš, “ordinal suffix”), compare Bulgar [script needed] (wecim, “third”).[1]

Cognate with Khalaj ü̂çminci, Turkish üçüncü, Uzbek uchinchi, Bashkir өсөнсө (ösönsö) and Yakut үһүс (ühüs).

Adjective

виҫҫӗмӗш • (viśśĕmĕš)

  1. third
    Вӑл килйышри виҫҫӗмӗш ывӑл. ― Văl k̬iljyšri viśśĕmĕš yvăl. ― He is the third son in the family.

References
  1. Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 40

Further reading
  • “виҫҫӗмӗш”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎ (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
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