dúas

See also: duas and Duas

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese duas, from Latin duās, feminine accusative of duo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduas/

Numeral

dúas f (masculine dois)

1. two

Usage notes

• In Lagarteiru, when used before a feminine plural noun as part of a noun phrase, the apocopic form dus is used instead of dúas.

Further reading

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Galician numbers ^(edit)

	20
[a], [b], [c], [d], [e] ←  1	2	3  → [a], [b]
Cardinal (standard / feminine): dúas     Cardinal (reintegrationist / feminine): duas     Cardinal (masculine): dous     Ordinal: segundo     Ordinal abbreviation: 2º     Multiplier (standard): (noun) dobre     Multiplier (reintegrationist): (noun) dobro     Multiplier: (adjective) duplo     Fractional (standard): (adjective) medio     Fractional (reintegrationist): (adjective) meio     Fractional: (noun) metade
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese duas (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin duās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduɐs]

Numeral

dúas f (masculine dous)

1. two

Related terms

• dous

References

• “duas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “duas” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “dúas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “dúas” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “dúas” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.