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Translingual

Symbol

dva

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Duau.

See also

Czech

Czech numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: dva
    Ordinal: druhý
    Adverbial: dvakrát
    Repetition adjective: dvojnásobný
    Multiplier: dvojitý
    Collective: dvoje
    Substantivised collective: dvé
    Specific: dvojí
    Fractional: půl, polovina, polovice

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dva, from Proto-Slavic *dъva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdva]
  • Audio:(file)

Numeral

dva m (feminine and neuter dvě)

  1. two

Declension

More information plural, masculine ...

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Further reading

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Old Czech

Old Czech numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: dva
    Ordinal: druhý
    Adverbial: dvakrát, dvénásob
    Multiplier: dvojitý
    Collective: dvój
    Fractional: pól, polovicě

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dva

  1. two

Declension

More information dual, masculine ...

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Czech: dva

References

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Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: dva
    Ordinal: drugi
    Adverbial: dvaput, dvažde
    Multiplier: dvostruk, dupli, dvogub, dvojno
    Collective: dvoje, dvojica, oba, obojica
    Fractional: polovina

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dvȃ (Cyrillic spelling два̑)

  1. two

Usage notes

  • As a vestige of the Proto-Slavic dual number, nouns following the numbers 2-4 are in genitive singular.
  • In standard Serbo-Croatian, dva declines according to case, but this is not always done in speech.

Declension

Slovak

Slovak numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: dva
    Ordinal: druhý
    Adverbial: dva razy
    Multiplier: dvojitý, dvojnásobný
    Collective: dvoje
    Qualitative: dvojaký

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dva m inan

  1. two
    Synonyms: dvaja m anim, dve f or n

Declension

More information plural, masculine ...

Coordinate terms

Further reading

  • dva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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Slovene

Slovene numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: dva
    Cardinal prefix: dvo-
    Ordinal: drugi
    Fixed ordinal: drugoten
    Latinate ordinal: sekundaren
    Ordinal prefix: drugo-
    Number: dve, dva
    Digit: dvojka
    Digit place: dvojica
    Adverbial: drugič
    Krat adverbial: drugikrat
    Multiplier: dvojen
    Krat multiplier: dvakrat
    Fixed multiplier: dvakraten, dvokraten
    Adverbial multiplier: dvojno
    Latinate multiplier: dubleten
    Multiplier verb: podvojiti
    Latinate multiplier verb: duplirati, dublirati
    Multiplier prefix: dvojn-
    Krat multiplier prefix: dvakratn-, dvokratn-
    Krat adverbial multiplier: dvakratno, dvokratno
    Collective: dvoje
    Separable collective: dvoj
    Greek or Latinate collective: diada
    Greek collective prefix: di-, duo-
    Latinate collective prefix: bi-
    Fractional: polovica, pol
    Fractional prefix: pol-
    Latinate fractional prefix: semi-
    Fractional multiplier: polovinski
    Fractional krat multiplier: polkrat
    Fractional fixed multiplier: polkraten, polovičen
    Fractional multiplier verb: razpoloviti
    Elemental: dvojica
    Fractional adverbial multiplier: polkratno, polovično
    Greek prefix: devtero-
    Number of musicians: duo, duet

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dvȃ

  1. two
  2. (by extension) a relatively small number
    Če živiš v mestu imaš dva koraka do česarkoli.If you live in a city, everything is only a few steps away.

Usage notes

When counting or reciting numbers, the feminine form dvé is formally used.

Declension

More information First declension (hard), long mixed accent, special accent changes, irregular genitive and locative endings, masculine ...
  • The neuter nominative/accusative/vocative form dvȃ is a consequence of common loss of dual of neuter nouns. The form therefore binds with plural forms and is colloquial:
    • dve oknitwo windows (formally)
    • dva oknatwo windows (colloquially)

Noun

dvȃ n

  1. (informal) number two
    Synonyms: dve, dvojka

Declension


More information Third neuter declension (no endings) , fixed accent (singularia tantum), nom. sing. ...

To express dual and plural, the phrase število dve 'number two' is used, e.g. dve števili dve sta napisani, or, informally, also dvojka.

Further reading

  • dva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • dva”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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