See also: Dwa, dwA, d̪wa, and DWA

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French droit (right).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dwa

  1. right (legal or moral entitlement)

Kashubian

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Kashubian numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: dwa

Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

    Pronunciation

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

    Numeral

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    dwa

    1. two

    Declension

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    Declension of dwa (irregular)
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    personal nonpersonal
    nominative dwaj, dwaji dwa dwie dwa
    genitive dwùch
    dative dwùma, dwùm
    accusative dwùch dwa dwie dwa
    instrumental dwùm
    locative dwùch

    Further reading

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    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “dwa”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
    • dwa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

    Lower Sorbian

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    Lower Sorbian cardinal numbers
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        Cardinal : dwa
        Ordinal : drugi

    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

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    Numeral

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    dwa (feminine/neuter dwě)

    1. two

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    Further reading

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    • 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

    Old Frisian

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    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.

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    Verb

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    dwā

    1. (transitive) to do

    Conjugation

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    Conjugation of dwā (irregular)
    infinitive dwā
    indicative present past
    1st person singular dwē dēde
    2nd person singular dēst dēde
    3rd person singular dēt(h) dēde
    plural dwāt(h), dwā dēden
    subjunctive present past
    singular dwē dēde
    plural dwā dēden
    imperative present
    singular -
    plural dwāt(h)
    participle present past
    - (e)dēn, dīen

    Descendants

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

    References

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    • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

    Old Polish

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva. First attested in the 14th century.

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      dwa

      1. two

      Declension

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      This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

      Descendants

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      References

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      • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “dwa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

      Old Sundanese

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      Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa. Not related with Sanskrit द्व (dva)

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      dwa

      1. two
        • 1518, Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian:
          "Upama urang mandi, cai pitemu urang héngan ta na cai dwa piliheun(a)na; nu keruh deungeun nu hérang."
          Like when we bathe, the water we find will only have two choices: the turbid one, and the clear one."

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      Polish

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      Polish numbers (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

      Etymology

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        Inherited from Old Polish dwa.

        Pronunciation

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        • Rhymes: -a
        • Syllabification: dwa

        Numeral

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        dwa

        1. two

        Declension

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        Noun

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        dwa n (indeclinable)

        1. (education) two (grade in school)

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        adjectives
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        prefix

        Trivia

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        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]

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

        Further reading

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        • 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
        • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “dwa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
        • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “dwa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 590

        Silesian

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        Silesian cardinal numbers
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            Cardinal : dwa
            Ordinal : drugi
            Adverbial : dwakroć
            Multiplier : dwojisty
            Collective : dwoje
            Fractional : pōłowa

        Etymology

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          Inherited from Old Polish dwa.

          Pronunciation

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

          Numeral

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          dwa

          1. two
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          Further reading

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          • dwa in silling.org

          Slovincian

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          Etymology

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            Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

            Pronunciation

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

            Numeral

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            dwa

            1. two

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            Xhosa

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            Etymology

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            (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

            Adverb

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            -dwa

            1. (with quantitative concord) alone, only

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            Zulu

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            Etymology

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            (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

            Pronunciation

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            IPA(key): /dwa/

            Adverb

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            -dwa

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

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