divi
English edit
Etymology edit
Shortening.
Noun edit
divi (plural divis)
See also edit
- divi-divi (etymologically unrelated)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
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divi m
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Latgalian edit
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divi
- Alternative form of div
References edit
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 33
Latin edit
Noun edit
dīvī
Adjective edit
dīvī
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Originally an old dual feminine form, from an older *duwi, from *duwu, from Proto-Baltic and Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁, *dwóu (“two (masc.)”), *dwéi, *dwái (“two (fem., neut.)”).
Cognates include Lithuanian du, dvi, Old Prussian dwai, Sudovian duo (< *dwuo), Old Church Slavonic дъва (dŭva), Old Church Slavonic дъвѣ (dŭvě), Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian два (dva), две (dve) (Ukrainian дві (dvi, “(fem.)”)), Czech dva, dvě, Polish dwa, dwie, Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai), 𐍄𐍅𐍉𐍃 (twōs), 𐍄𐍅𐌰 (twa), Old High German zwēne, zwā, zwō, zwei, German zwei, English two, Sanskrit द्व (dvá), Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), δύω (dúō) (Homeric δύω (dúō)/δύϝω (dúwō), dú(w)ō), Latin duo (< *duō), duae.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Cardinal : divi Ordinal : otrais Multiplier : divreiz Nominal : divnieks | ||
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Numeral edit
divi
- two (the cipher, the cardinal number two)
- viens, divi, trīs ― one, two, three (counting)
- divreiz divi ir četri ― two times two is four
- two (an amount equal to two)
- mēs bijām divi ― we were two
- divi āboli ― two apples
- divu gadu darbs ― two years' work
- nopirt divus kilogramus miltu ― to buy two kilos of flour
- uzrakstīt romāna divas nodaļas ― to write two chapters of a novel
- ierasties pēc divām stundām ― to come in, after two hours
- aizbraukt uz diviem gadiem ― to leave for two years
- two o'clock (a moment in time; two hours after midnight, or after noon)
- pulkstenis ir divi ― it is two o'clock
- atnākt divos ― to arrive at two o'clock
- ap pulksten diviem naktī ― around two o'clock at night
- sanāksme sākas divos pēc pusdienas ― the meeting starts at two o'clock after lunch (= in the afternoon, p.m.)
- the two (two previously mentioned people, objects, etc.)
- trīs puiši; viens darina zarus, divi zāģē ― three guys; one is doing the branches, the (other) two are sawing
- viens no diviem ― one of the two (= either this, or that, no other possibilities)
- pa diviem mums tur stundas laikā viss būs kārtībā ― the two of us will put everything in order there in one hour
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “divi”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN