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Translingual

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Symbol

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dva

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

See also

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Czech

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Czech numbers (edit)
20
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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

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈdva]
    • Audio:(file)

    Numeral

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    dva m (feminine and neuter dvě)

    1. two

    Declension

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    Declension of dva
    plural
    masculine feminine/neuter
    nominative dva dvě
    genitive dvou
    dative dvěma
    accusative dva dvě
    locative dvou
    instrumental dvěma

    Coordinate terms

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    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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    Old Czech

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

    Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

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      Numeral

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      dva

      1. two

      Declension

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      Declension of dva
      dual
      masculine feminine/neuter
      nominative dva dvě
      genitive dvú
      dative dvěma
      accusative dva dvě
      locative dvú
      instrumental dvěma

      Coordinate terms

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      Descendants

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      • Czech: dva

      References

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      Old Slovak

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      Etymology

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        Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

        Numeral

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        dva

        1. two
          • 1453, “ŽK 1453”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 1, Bratislava: VEDA, published 1991, →ISBN, →OCLC:
            ty dwa su tak wyznaly
            those two have confessed so
          • 1579, “P. ĽUPČA 1579”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 1, Bratislava: VEDA, published 1991, →ISBN, →OCLC:
            dwom bratrom
            to two brothers
          • 1609, “L. TRNOVEC 1609”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 1, Bratislava: VEDA, published 1991, →ISBN, →OCLC:
            rychtar ze dwema boženyky
            the magistrate with two sworn men
          • 1706, “KRUPINA 1706”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 1, Bratislava: VEDA, published 1991, →ISBN, →OCLC:
            dwagia, cžuo seno obraczaly
            two [men], who were turning the hay

        Further reading

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        • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “dva”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

        Serbo-Croatian

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

        Etymology

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

        Pronunciation

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        Numeral

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        dvȃ (Cyrillic spelling два̑)

        1. two

        Usage notes

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        • 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

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        declension of dva
        masculine neuter feminine*
        nominative dvȃ dvȉje, dvȅ
        genitive dvàju dvìjū
        dative dvàma dvjèma, dvèma
        accusative dvȃ dvȉje, dvȅ
        vocative dvȃ dvȉje, dvȅ
        locative dvàma dvjèma, dvèma
        instrumental dvàma dvjèma, dvèma

        * Feminine forms listed in Ijekavian and Ekavian pairs.

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        Slovak

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        Slovak numbers (edit)
        20
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            Cardinal: dva
            Ordinal: druhý
            Multiplier: dvakrát, dva razy
            Adv. ord. mult. (-krát): druhýkrát
            Adv. ord. mult. (raz): druhý raz
            Adjectival multiplier: dvojnásobný
            Adverbial multiplier: dvojnásobne
            Generic adjectival: dvojaký
            Generic adverbial: dvojako
            Collective: dvoje
            Fractional: polovica
            Noun: dvojka

        Etymology

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          Inherited from Old Slovak dva.

          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /dva/, [ˈdʋa]
          • Audio (Bratislava):(file)
          • Rhymes: -a

          Numeral

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          dva

          1. two
            žiť ako dva holúbkyto live like lovebirds (literally, “to live like two little pigeons”)
            byť medzi dvoma mlynskými kameňmito be between a rock and a hard place (literally, “to be between two millstones”)
            tárať dve na trito talk nonsense (literally, “to babble two on three”)
            zabiť dve muchy jednou ranouto kill two birds with one stone (literally, “to kill two flies with one blow”)
            sedieť na dvoch stoličkáchto try to have it both ways (literally, “to sit on two chairs”)
            človek dvoch tváría two-faced person (literally, “a person of two faces”)
            hriať si dve želiezka v ohnito have two irons in the fire (literally, “to warm two little irons in the fire”)
            urobiť niečo raz-dvato do something in a heartbeat (literally, “to do something once-two”)
            mám len dve rukyI can't do everything at once (literally, “I have only two hands”)
            Na lavičke v parku sedeli dvaja starí priatelia.Two old friends were sitting on a bench in the park.
            Kúpil som dve fľaše vína a dve kilá jabĺk.I bought two bottles of wine and two kilos of apples.

          Usage notes

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          • Unlike the numerals 5 and above, the numeral dva is always fully declined and the noun must agree in case, gender, and number (e.g., dvaja chlapi in the masculine personal nominative). Likewise, when the numeral dva is part of the subject of a sentence, the verb must instead agree with the plural subject (e.g., dvaja chlapi prišli).
          • The numeral dva is the only cardinal number, with the exception of jeden and the related forms oba and obidva, that maintains two separate nominative and accusative non-virile forms: the form dva is used with masculine inanimate nouns, while the form dve is used for both feminine and neuter nouns. For all other cardinal numerals from three upwards, a single form is used for all non-virile genders.
          • In the instrumental case, the form dvomi was until recently considered a non-standard or colloquial variant.[1] In modern standard Slovak, however, it has analogically achieved the same status as the historically original dual form dvoma. A similar shift had happened earlier in the numeral three, where the form tromi is now considered a fully standard alternative to the original form troma.[2]

          Declension

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          Declension of dva
          masculinefeminine / neuter
          virilenonvirile
          nominativedvajadvadve
          genitivedvoch
          dativedvom
          accusativedvochdvadve
          locativedvoch
          instrumentaldvoma,
          dvomi

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          References

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          1. ^ Ružička, Jozef et al. (1966), Morfológia slovenského jazyka [Morphology of the Slovak Language]‎[1] (in Slovak), Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo SAV, page 321
          2. ^ Ružička, Jozef et al. (1966), Morfológia slovenského jazyka [Morphology of the Slovak Language]‎[2] (in Slovak), Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo SAV, page 322

          Further reading

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          • 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, 2003–2026

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          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

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

            Pronunciation

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            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

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

            Declension

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            First declension (hard), long mixed accent, special accent changes, irregular genitive and locative endings
            masculine feminine neuter
            nom sg dvȃ dvẹ̑ dvẹ̑, dvȃ
            dual
            masculine feminine neuter
            nominative
            imenovȃlnik
            dvȃ dvẹ̑ dvẹ̑, dvȃ
            genitive
            rodȋlnik
            dvẹ̄h dvẹ̄h dvẹ̄h
            dative
            dajȃlnik
            dvẹ̄ma dvẹ̄ma dvẹ̄ma
            accusative
            tožȋlnik
            dvȃ dvẹ̑ dvẹ̑, dvȃ
            locative
            mẹ̑stnik
            dvẹ̄h dvẹ̄h dvẹ̄h
            instrumental
            orọ̑dnik
            dvẹ̄ma dvẹ̄ma dvẹ̄ma
            (vocative)
            (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
            dvȃ dvẹ̑ dvẹ̑, dvȃ
            • 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)

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            dvȃ n

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

            Declension

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            Third neuter declension (no endings) , fixed accent (singularia tantum)
            nom. sing. dvȃ
            gen. sing. dvȃ
            singular
            nominative
            imenovȃlnik
            dvȃ
            genitive
            rodȋlnik
            dvȃ
            dative
            dajȃlnik
            dvȃ
            accusative
            tožȋlnik
            dvȃ
            locative
            mẹ̑stnik
            dvȃ
            instrumental
            orọ̑dnik
            dvȃ
            (vocative)
            (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
            dvȃ

            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

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