numbers and related words such as íÿêîëêî ("several"), masculine nouns use a separate count form in –à / –ÿ , which stems from the proto-Slavonic dual : äâàìà/òðèìà ó÷åíèêà (two/three students) versus òåçè ó÷åíèöè (these students); cf. feminine äâå/òðè/òåçè æåíè (two/three/these women) and neuter ä âå/òðè/òåçè äåöà (two/three/these children). However, a