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czwarty

Czwarty is the Polish ordinal numeral meaning “the fourth” in a sequence. It functions as an adjective and agrees with the gender and number of the noun it modifies: masculine singular czwar­ty, feminine singular czwar­ta, neuter singular czwarte. In plural it takes the forms czwarci for masculine personal nouns and czwarte for feminine or neuter nouns. Like other ordinals, it is declined for case.

Common uses include indicating position in a series, ranking, or order in a list. For example, czwarty

In grammar, czwarty is part of the system of Polish ordinal numerals. It shares this role with

Etymology traces czwarty to the cardinal cztery (four) with a derivational suffix that forms ordinal numerals.

dzień
tygodnia
refers
to
the
fourth
day
of
the
week,
and
czwarta
osoba
would
describe
the
fourth
person
in
a
group.
In
phrases
describing
dates,
the
form
changes
to
the
genitive,
as
in
czwartego
lipca,
meaning
“the
fourth
of
July.”
other
ordinals
such
as
pierwszy,
drugi,
and
trzeci,
and
follows
the
same
pattern
of
gender
and
case
agreement
as
adjectives.
The
word
is
commonly
used
in
standard
Polish
and
appears
across
everyday
language,
official
text,
and
literature
to
denote
order
or
position.