Belarusian edit

Belarusian numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: два (dva)
    Ordinal: другі́ (druhí)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [dva]
  • (file)

Numeral edit

два (dvam or n (feminine дзве)

  1. two (2)

Usage notes edit

два and дзве, when in the nominative case or accusative case, even in compounds (22, 32, 42, 102, etc.), govern the genitive of the noun.

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Bulgarian edit

Bulgarian numbers (edit)
20[a], [b]
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    Cardinal: два (dva)
    Male person cardinal: два́ма (dváma)
    Ordinal: вто́ри (vtóri)
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2-ри (2-ri)
    Adverbial: два́ пъти (dvá pǎti), дваж (dvaž), двукра́тно (dvukrátno)
    Fractional: полови́на (polovína), една́ вто́ра (edná vtóra)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

два (dva) (feminine/neuter две)

  1. two

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References edit

  • два”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • два”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Carpathian Rusyn edit

Carpathian Rusyn cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : два (dva)
    Ordinal : дру́гый (drúhŷj)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Ukrainian два (dva), from Old East Slavic два (dva), дъва (dŭva), from Proto-Slavic *dъ̏va (two). Compare with Ukrainian два (dva), Polish dwa.

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два (dva)

  1. two (2)

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Macedonian edit

Macedonian numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: два (dva)
    Ordinal: втор (vtor)
    Adverbial: двапати (dvapati)
    Multiplier: двоен (dvoen), двократен (dvokraten)
    Multiplier verb: удвои (udvoi), удвојува (udvojuva)
    Collective: двајца (dvajca)
    Fractional: половина (polovina)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

два (dva)

  1. two

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Old Ruthenian edit

Old Ruthenian numbers (edit)
20[a], [b]
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    Cardinal: два (dva)
    Ordinal: другїй (druhij), вторый (vtoryj)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic два (dva), дъва (dŭva), from Proto-Slavic *dъ̏va, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognate with Russian два (dva).

Numeral edit

два (dvam or n (feminine двѣ or дви)

  1. two (2)
    Synonym: ·в҃· (2)

Descendants edit

  • Belarusian: два (dva)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: два (dva)
  • Ukrainian: два (dva)

Further reading edit

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “два”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, issue 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 673
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “два”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 286
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2000), “два”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 7 (головнѣйший – десѧтина), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 193
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “два”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 7 (гляденье – девичество), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 272

Russian edit

Russian numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: два (dva)
    Ordinal: второ́й (vtorój)
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2-о́й (2-ój)
    Adverbial: два́жды (dváždy)
    Multiplier: двойно́й (dvojnój), двоя́кий (dvojákij), двукра́тный (dvukrátnyj)
    Collective: дво́е (dvóje), о́ба (óba)
    Fractional: полови́на (polovína)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

два (dvam or n (feminine две)

  1. two (2)
  2. (mark) two (out of five), poor; D mark, D grade
    Synonyms: дво́йка (dvójka), двоя́к (dvoják), неудовлетвори́тельно (neudovletvorítelʹno), не́уд (néud), два ба́лла (dva bálla), па́ра (pára)

Usage notes edit

два and две , when in the nominative case or accusative case, even in compounds (22, 32, 42, 102, etc.), govern the genitive of the noun.

  • In the nominative case, all nouns become genitive singular. In the accusative case, animate nouns become genitive plural and inanimate nouns remain in genitive singular.
  • The reason behind the genitive singular here is that in Old Russian два governed the dual number, and the old nominative dual form was the same as the masculine genitive singular. When the dual number was lost in Russian, the form was reanalyzed as the genitive singular. This was extended to include the numbers три (tri) and четы́ре (četýre), and eventually it was applied by analogy to feminine nouns as well.
  • While the noun is in the genitive singular following два or две, an intervening adjective or adjectival participle will be in the genitive plural or nominative plural
    • If два is in nominative case, the adjective will be nominative plural when the noun is feminine
    • If два is in accusative case, the adjective will be accusative plural (the same as the nominative plural) only if the noun is feminine inanimate.
    • Another way of seeing this is:
  • Nominative feminine is две + nominative plural adjective + genitive singular noun
  • Nominative masculine is два + genitive plural adjective + genitive singular noun.
  • Cases other than nominative and accusative (genitive, dative, instrumental, and prepositional) use plural forms, and agree in number and case with the noun.
  • Accusative animate is the same as the genitive, and accusative inanimate is the same as the nominative.

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Serbo-Croatian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : два
    Ordinal : други

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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два̑ (Latin spelling dvȃ)

  1. two (2)

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Ukrainian edit

Ukrainian numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: два (dva)
    Ordinal: дру́гий (drúhyj)
    A.o.: вдру́ге (vdrúhe)
    Sequence adverb: по-дру́ге (po-drúhe)
    Multiplier: дві́чі (dvíči), вдві́чі (vdvíči), вдво́є (vdvóje)
    Collective: дво́є (dvóje)
    Fractional: пів (piv), полови́на (polovýna)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

два (dvam or n, дві f (dvi)

  1. two (2)

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