два
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Belarusian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Slavic *dva, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /dva/
Numeral [edit]
два (dva)
Russian [edit]
| < 1 | 2 | 3 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : два Ordinal : второй |
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Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Slavic *dva, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Pronunciation [edit]
Cardinal numeral [edit]
два (dva) m/n, две (dve) f
- two (2)
Usage notes [edit]
два and две, when in the nominative case or accusative case, even in compounds (22, 32, 42, 102, etc.), govern the genitive of the noun.
- In the nominative case, all nouns become genitive singular. In the accusative case, animate nouns become genitive plural and inanimate nouns remain in genitive singular.
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- Две собаки, два кота, две книги и два журнала свалились со стола — Two dogs, two cats, two books and two journals fell from the table ("два" transforms all nouns from nominative to genitive singular).
- Я вижу двух собак, двух котов, две книги и два журнала — I see two dogs, two cats, two books and two journals (the verb "вижу" governs accusative case, and "два" transforms dogs and cats from accusative to genitive plural).
- Я скачал два редактора и пригласил на обед двух редакторов. — I downloaded two editors and invited two editors for lunch.
- Заземлив два проводника, электрик спас двух проводников.
- The reason behind the genitive singular here is that, in Old Russian, два governed the dual number, and the old nominative dual form was the same as the masculine genitive singular. When the dual number was lost in Russian, the form came to be considered the genitive singular that it resembled. This was extended to include the numbers три and четыре, and eventually it was applied by analogy to feminine nouns as well.
- While the noun in a nominative construction is in the genitive singular following два or две, an intervening adjective or adjectival participle will be in the genitive plural or nominative plural
- If два is in nominative case, the adjective will be nominative plural when the noun is feminine
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- If два is in accusative case, the adjective will be nominative plural only if the noun is feminine inanimate
Declension [edit]
| Masc. & neut. | Feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | два | две |
| genitive | двух | двух |
| dative | двум | двум |
| accusative | два, двух | две, двух |
| instrumental | двумя́ | двумя́ |
| prepositional | о двух | о двух |
Related terms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
- вдвое
- вдвоём
- вдвойне
- во-вторых
- двое
- оба
- пара
- двухмиллионный (1/2,000,000)
- двухтысячный (1/2000)
- двухсотый (1/200)
- половина (½)
- полтора (1½)
- двенадцать (12)
- двадцать (20)
- двести (200)
See also [edit]
- (cardinals from zero to forty-nine) количественное числительное от нуля до сорока девяти; ноль/нуль, один, два, три, четыре, пять, шесть, семь, восемь, девять, десять, одиннадцать, двенадцать, тринадцать, четырнадцать, пятнадцать, шестнадцать, семнадцать, восемнадцать, девятнадцать, двадцать, двадцать один, двадцать два, двадцать три, двадцать четыре, двадцать пять, двадцать шесть, двадцать семь, двадцать восемь, двадцать девять, тридцать, тридцать один, тридцать два, тридцать три, тридцать четыре, тридцать пять, тридцать шесть, тридцать семь, тридцать восемь, тридцать девять, сорок, сорок один, сорок два, сорок три, сорок четыре, сорок пять, сорок шесть, сорок семь, сорок восемь, сорок девять
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Slavic *dva, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Pronunciation [edit]
Numeral [edit]
два̑ (Roman spelling dvȃ)
- (cardinal) two (2)
Ukrainian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Slavic *dva, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Pronunciation [edit]
Numeral [edit]
два m/n
- (cardinal) two (2)
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