See also: Dwa, dwA, and d̪wa

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French droit (right).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dwa

  1. right (legal or moral entitlement)

Kashubian edit

Kashubian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dwa

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdva/
  • Syllabification: dwa

Numeral edit

dwa

  1. two

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “dwa”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2]
  • dwa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Lower Sorbian edit

Lower Sorbian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dwa
    Ordinal : drugi

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

dwa (feminine/neuter dwě)

  1. two

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈdva]
  • Syllabification: dwa

Numeral edit

dwa

  1. two

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

  1. (transitive) to do

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: du
    Mooring: düünj
  • Saterland Frisian: dwo
  • West Frisian: dwaan

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

  1. two

Declension edit

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

References edit

Polish edit

Polish numbers (edit)
20
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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

  1. two

Declension edit

Noun edit

dwa n (indeclinable)

  1. (education) two (grade in school)

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Related terms edit

adjectives
nouns
prefix
verbs

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

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “dwa”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 95

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

Silesian cardinal numbers
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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

  • IPA(key): /ˈdva/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: dwa

Numeral edit

dwa

  1. two

Related terms edit

noun

Further reading edit

  • dwa in silling.org

Slovincian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdva/
  • Syllabification: dwa

Numeral edit

dwa

  1. two

References edit

Xhosa edit

Etymology edit

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Adverb edit

-dwa

  1. (with quantitative concord) alone, only

Derived terms edit

Zulu edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /dwa/

Adverb edit

-dwa

  1. (with quantitative concord) alone, just, only, solely
  2. (with quantitative and relative concords) one, only, sole

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