Czech

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

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]
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Numeral

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dva m (feminine and neuter dvě)

  1. two

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • dva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • dva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • dva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

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Old Czech numbers (edit)
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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

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Descendants

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  • Czech: dva

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Serbo-Croatian

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Serbo-Croatian numbers (edit)
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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.

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Slovak

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Slovak numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: dva
    Ordinal: druhý
    Adverbial: dva razy
    Multiplier: dvojitý, dvojnásobný
    Collective: dvoje
    Qualitative: dvojaký

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

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Numeral

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dva m inan

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

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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, 2024

Slovene

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Slovene numbers (edit)
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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)

Noun

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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