Numerals

Numerals

Numerals denote a quantity, order or part and answer the questions: how many, which? e.g.: one, two, three... third, fifth... one third, three-fifths etc.
Cardinals
Ordinals
Numerals in attributive function

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Cardinals

The vigesimal system is characteristic for Georgian numerals, where the word for "20" is used as a basis. Numerals from 11 to 19 are composed in the following way: "10- -met'i", where meti met'i means "more", as in t-otx-met'i (< at-otx-met'i = ten-four-more). "Fourteen", thus, could be considered as "more than 10 by 4". Numerals from 1 to 19:

1	erTi	erti
2	ori	ori
3	sami	sami
4	oTxi	otxi
5	xuTi	xuti
6	eqvsi	ekvsi
7	Svidi	shvidi
8	rva	rva
9	cxra	cxra
10	aTi	ati

11	TerTmeti (<aT-erT-meti)	tertmet'i (<at-ert-met'i)
12	Tormeti (<aT-or-meti)	tormet'i (<at-or-met'i)
13	cameti (< aT-sam-meti)	camet'i (<at-sam-met'i)
14	ToTxmeti (<aT-oTx-meti)	totxmet'i (< at-otx-met'i)
15	TxuTmeti (<aT-xuT-meti)	txutmet'i (< at-xut-met'i)
16	Teqvsmeti (<aT-eqvs-meti)	tekvsmet'i (< at-ekvs-met'i)
17	Cvidmeti (<aT-Svid-meti)	chvidmet'i(< at-shvid-met'i)
18	Tvrameti (aT-rva-meti)	tvramet'i (< at-rva-met'i)
19	cxrameti (aT-cxra-meti)	cxramet'i (< at-cxra-met'i)

Numerals "20-99" are composed using "20" as a basis and combined with units and tens. e.g., "55" is composed as (2 x 20 + (10+5).

20	oci	oci
21	ocdaerTi (<oc-da-erTi)	ocdaerti (<oc-da-erti)
22	ocdaori (<oc-da-ori)	ocdaori (<oc-da-ori)
23	ocdasami (<oc-da-sami)	ocdasami (<oc-da-sami)
30	ocdaaTi (<oc-da-aTi)	ocdaati (<oc-da-ati)
31	ocdaTerTmeti (< oc-da-(aT-erT-meti))	ocdatertmet'i (< oc-da-(at-ert-met'i))
34	ocdaToTxmeti (< oc-da-(aT-oTx-meti))	ocdatotxmet'i (< oc-da-(at-otx-met'i))
40	ormoci (< or-(m)-oci)	ormoci (<or-(m)-oci)
50	ormocdaaTi (<or-(m)-oc-da-aTi)	ormocdaati (<or-(m)-oc-da-ati)
60	samoci (< sam-(m)-oci)	samoci (< sam-(m)-oci)
70	samocdaaTi (<sam-(m)-oc-da-aTi)	samocdaati (<sam-(m)-oc-da-ati)
80	oTxmoci (< oTx-(m)-oci)	otxmoci (< otx-(m)-oci)
90	oTxmocdaaTi (< oTx-(m)-oc-da-aTi)	otxmocdaati (< otx-(m)-oc-da-ati)
100	asi	asi

Hundreds are composed using "100" as a basis combined with units. The word for 1000 is derived in Georgian. It is denoted as "ten-hundreds":

100	asi	asi
200	orasi (<or-asi)	orasi (<or-asi)
300	samasi	samasi
400	oTxasi	otxasi
500	xuTasi	xutasi
600	eqvsasi	ekvsasi
700	Svidasi	shvidasi
800	rvaasi	rvaasi
900	cxraasi	cxraasi
1000	aTasi (<aT-asi)	atasi (< at-asi)

Numerals in attributive function

When a numeral is used as an attribute, the noun is used in singular: ori Zma ori dzma "two brothers"; xuTi cxeni xuti cxeni "five horses". Numerals as attributes are declined like adjectives as attributes:
When a numeral is presented within an ordinary (prepositional) sequence of numeral (attribute) + noun (head), the noun is declined, and the numeral (attribute) with the consonantal stem is declined partly. In particular:

When a consonantal numeral and a noun are inflected together, both adjective and noun take case markers in nominative, ergative and vocative cases:

or-i saxl-i
or-ma saxl-ma
or-o saxl-o

In other cases:

When the head of a noun phrase is followed by a suffix (a case marker or a postposition) beginning with the vowel -i-, the numeral in the attributive position also takes the suffix -i:

or-i saxl-is or-i saxl-is two house-genitive
or-i saxl-idan or-i saxl-idan two house-from).

When the head of a noun phrase is followed by a suffix (a case marker or a postposition) beginning either with the vowel -a- or a consonant, the numeral in the attributive position is presented as a bare stem (in other words, it takes a zero-marker):

or saxl-s or saxl-s two house-Dative
or saxl-Si or saxl-shi two house-in
or saxl-amde or saxl-amde two house-to

Nominative	or-i megobar-i	or-i megobar-i (two friends)
Ergative	or-ma megobar-ma	or-ma megobar-ma
Dative	or-ø megobar-s	or-ø megobar-s
Genitive	or-i megobr-is	or-i megobr-is
Instrumental	or-i megobr-iT	or-i megobr-it
Adverbial	or-ø megobr-ad	or-ø megobr-a

The numerals (attributes) with the vocalic stem in the analogous position are not declined and do not change their form at all:

rva saxl-is rva saxl-is eight house-genitive
rva saxl-idan rva saxl-idan eight house-from).
rva saxl-s rva saxl-s eight house-Dative
rva saxl-Si rva saxl-shi eight house-in

More information:
Numerals in attributive function in Old Georgian

Ordinal numerals
Ordinal numerals are formed from the cardinal numerals by means of the prefix me- me- and the suffix -e -e.
The suffix -e -e is always added to the end of the stem. The prefix me- me- may be added either:

A) to the beginning of the whole stem,
B) or to the last component of the stem.

A) The affix me- me- is added to the beginning of the stem, if the ordinal numeral is formed:

with the numerals from two to twenty:


ori	meore
or-i	me-or-e
two	second

sami	mesame
sam-i	me-sam-e
three	third

TxuTmeti	meTxuTmete
txutmet'i	me-txutmet'-e
fifteen	fifteenth

oc-i	me-oc-e
oc-i	me-oc-e
twenty	twentieth

with the compound numerals formed by the numeral oci oci (twenty):

ormoci	meormoce
or-m-oc-i	me-ormoc-e
forty	fortieth

with the compound numerals formed by means of the numerals asi asi (hundred):

orasi	meorase
or-as-i	me-oras-e
two hundred	two hundredth

with the compound numerals formed by means of aTasi at-as-i (thousand) - me-aTas-e me-atas-e (thousandth), ori aTasi ori atasi (two thousand) - me-oriaTas-e me-oriatas-e (two thousandth), asi aTasi asi atasi (one hundred thousand) - me-asiaTas-e me-asiatas-e (one hundred thousandth)


aTasi	meaTase
at-as-i	me-atas-e
thousand	thousandth

ori aTasi	meoriaTase
ori atasi	me-oriatas-e
two thousand	two thousandth

asi aTasi	measiaTase
asi atasi	me-asiatas-e
one hundred thousand	one hundred thousandth

B) The affix -me -me is added to the last component of the numerals in all other cases; e. g.:

ocdaerTi	ocdameerTe
oc-da-ert-i	ocda-me-ert-e
twenty one	twenty first

oTxmocdacameti	oTxmocdamecamete
otxmoc-da-camet'i	otxmocda-me-camt'-e
ninety three	ninety third

aTascxraasocdaSvidi	aTascxraasocdameSvide
at-as-cxra-as-oc-da-shvid-e	atascxraasocda-me-shvid-e
one thousand nine hundredand twenty-seven	one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seventh

oriaTasocdaSvidi	oriaTasocdameSvide
ori-at-as-oc-da-shvid-i	oriatasocda-me-shvid-e
two thousand twenty seven	two thousand twenty seventh

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