tveir
Faroese edit
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Cardinal : tveir Ordinal : annar Multiplier : tvífaldur Distributive : tvinnir Collective : báðir Fractional : hálvur | ||
Etymology edit
From Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
tveir
Declension edit
tveir, tvær, tvey (two) - numeral | |||
Normal form | m | f | n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | tveir | tvær | tvey |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | tveir, tvá†, tógva†, tóa† | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | tveimum, tveim† | ||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | (tveggja) | ||
Pair-form | m | f | n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | tvinnir | tvinnar | tvinni |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | tvinnar | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | tvinnum | ||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | (tvinna) |
Icelandic edit
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Cardinal : tveir Ordinal : annar Multiplier : tvöfalt | ||
Etymology edit
From Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai.[1] Cognates include Faroese tveir and Danish to.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
tveir (feminine tvær, neuter tvö)
Declension edit
declension of tveir
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 1076. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Old Norse edit
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Cardinal: tveir Ordinal: annarr Adverbial: tysvar, tvisvar, tvesor Multiplier: tvífaldr Distributive: tvennr Collective: báðir Fractional: halfr |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *twai, whence also Old English twā (English two), Old Frisian twā, Old Saxon twā, twō, Dutch twee, German zwei, Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai). Compare also Old English twēġen (English twain), Old Saxon twēne, Old High German zwēne (German zween). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁, whence also Latin duo, Ancient Greek δύο (dúo).
Numeral edit
tveir (feminine tvær, neuter tvau)
Declension edit
Declension of tveir
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: tveir m
- Faroese: tveir m
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tvo, to; tvei m
- Norwegian: (dialectal) tvó, tó; två, tveir m
- Dalian: tver, twèr m or f
- Old Swedish: tvēr, twē, tvā m
- Swedish: två
- Old Danish: twā, two, to
- Gutnish: tweir
- → Old Frisian: twēr
Note that undeclined forms två in Swedish and to in Danish, and tvo in Norwegian are derived from the Old Norse masculine accusative, tvá.
References edit
- “tveir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese numerals
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- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiːr
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- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic numerals
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- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Old Norse numerals
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