dwa
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dwa
- right (legal or moral entitlement)
Kashubian edit
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Cardinal : dwa | ||
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.
Pronunciation edit
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dwa
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Lower Sorbian edit
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Cardinal : dwa Ordinal : drugi | ||
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
dwa (feminine/neuter dwě)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “dwa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “dwa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Masurian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish dwa.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
dwa
Further reading edit
- Piotr Szatkowski (Psioter ôt Sziatków) (2019) “dwa”, in MAZURSKI FÉBEL abo MAZURSKÁ FIBLA, czyli ELEMENTARZ mowy mazurskiej[3] (in Masurian), Ełk: Ełckie Centrum Kultury, →ISBN, archived from the original on 18 November 2023, page 46
- Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “dwa”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur[4], volume 2, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 136-138
Old Frisian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-. Cognates include Old English dōn, Old Saxon dōn and Old Dutch duon.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dwā
- (transitive) to do
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
dwa
Declension edit
This numeral needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
References edit
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “dwa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish edit
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Cardinal: dwa Ordinal: drugi Adverbial: dwukrotnie, dwakroć Multiplier: podwójny, dwukrotny Distributive: podwójnie Adverbial qualitative: dwojako, dwoiście Multiplier qualitative: dwojaki, dwoisty Collective: dwoje, oboje, obydwoje Additional collective: oba, obydwa, para, duet Fractional: pół, połowa, połówka Numeral noun: dwójka Relational adjective: dwójkowy Related verb: dwoić Prefix: dwu-, dwój- |
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish dwa.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
dwa
Declension edit
Noun edit
dwa n (indeclinable)
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Trivia edit
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), dwa is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 199 times in scientific texts, 322 times in news, 157 times in essays, 147 times in fiction, and 111 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 936 times, making it the 42nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References edit
Further reading edit
- dwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “dwa”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Włodzimierz Gruszczyński (16.07.2010) “DWA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “dwa”, in Słownik języka polskiego[5]
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “dwa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[6]
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “dwa”, in Słownik języka polskiego[7] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 590
Silesian edit
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Cardinal : dwa Ordinal : drugi Adverbial : dwakroć Multiplier : dwojisty Collective : dwoje Fractional : pōłowa | ||
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish dwa.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
dwa
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- dwa in silling.org
Slovincian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
dwa
References edit
- Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “dvã”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch[8] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 220
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb edit
-dwa
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Zulu edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
-dwa
- (with quantitative concord) alone, just, only, solely
- (with quantitative and relative concords) one, only, sole
Derived terms edit
References edit
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-dwa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-dwa”