два

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Belarusian[edit]

Belarusian numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: два (dva)
    Ordinal: другі́ (druhí)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

два (dvam or n (feminine дзве)

  1. two (2)

Usage notes[edit]

два and дзве, when in the nominative case or accusative case, even in compounds (22, 32, 42, 102, etc.), govern the genitive of the noun.

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Bulgarian[edit]

Bulgarian numbers (edit)
20[a], [b]
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    Cardinal: два (dva)
    Ordinal: вто́ри (vtóri)
    Adverbial: дваж (dvaž)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [dva]
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Numeral[edit]

два (dva) (feminine/neuter две)

  1. two

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References[edit]

  • два”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • два”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian[edit]

Macedonian numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: два (dva)
    Ordinal: втор (vtor)
    Adverbial: двапати (dvapati)
    Multiplier: двоен (dvoen), двократен (dvokraten)
    Multiplier verb: удвои (udvoi), удвојува (udvojuva)
    Collective: двајца (dvajca)
    Fractional: половина (polovina)

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

два (dva)

  1. two

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Old Ruthenian[edit]

Old Ruthenian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : два (dva)

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old East Slavic два (dva), дъва (dŭva), from Proto-Slavic *dъ̏va, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognate with Russian два (dva).

Numeral[edit]

два (dvam or n (feminine двѣ or дви)

  1. two (2)
    Synonym: ·в҃· (2)

Descendants[edit]

  • Belarusian: два (dva)
  • Rusyn: два (dva)
  • Ukrainian: два (dva)

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Russian[edit]

Russian numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: два (dva)
    Ordinal: второ́й (vtorój)
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2-о́й (2-ój)
    Adverbial: два́жды (dváždy)
    Multiplier: двойно́й (dvojnój), двоя́кий (dvojákij), двукра́тный (dvukrátnyj)
    Collective: дво́е (dvóje), о́ба (óba)
    Fractional: полови́на (polovína)

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

два (dvam or n (feminine две)

  1. two (2)
  2. (mark) two (out of five), poor; D mark, D grade
    Synonyms: дво́йка (dvójka), двоя́к (dvoják), неудовлетвори́тельно (neudovletvorítelʹno), не́уд (néud), два ба́лла (dva bálla), па́ра (pára)

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.
  • 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 was reanalyzed as the genitive singular. This was extended to include the numbers три (tri) and четы́ре (četýre), and eventually it was applied by analogy to feminine nouns as well.
  • While the noun 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
    • If два is in accusative case, the adjective will be accusative plural (the same as the nominative plural) only if the noun is feminine inanimate.
    • Another way of seeing this is:
  • Nominative feminine is две + nominative plural adjective + genitive singular noun
  • Nominative masculine is два + genitive plural adjective + genitive singular noun.
  • Cases other than nominative and accusative (genitive, dative, instrumental, and prepositional) use plural forms, and agree in number and case with the noun.
  • Accusative animate is the same as the genitive, and accusative inanimate is the same as the nominative.

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Rusyn[edit]

Rusyn cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : два (dva)
    Ordinal : дру́гый (drúhŷj)

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Ukrainian два (dva), from Old East Slavic два (dva), дъва (dŭva), from Proto-Slavic *dъ̏va (two). Compare with Ukrainian два (dva), Polish dwa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

два (dva)

  1. two (2)

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Serbo-Croatian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : два
    Ordinal : други

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

два̑ (Latin spelling dvȃ)

  1. two (2)

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Ukrainian[edit]

Ukrainian numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: два (dva)
    Ordinal: дру́гий (drúhyj)
    A.o.: вдру́ге (vdrúhe)
    Sequence adverb: по-дру́ге (po-drúhe)
    Multiplier: дві́чі (dvíči)
    Collective: дво́є (dvóje)
    Fractional: пів (piv), полови́на (polovýna)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

два (dvam or n, дві f (dvi)

  1. two (2)

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