dúas

See also: duas and Duas

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese duas, from Latin duās, feminine accusative of duo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduas/
• Rhymes: -uas
• Syllabification: dú‧as

Numeral

dúas f (masculine dois)

1. two

Usage notes

• In Lagarteiru, when used before a feminine plural noun as part of a noun phrase, the apocopic form dus is used instead of dúas.

Further reading

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 119

Galician

Galician numbers ^(edit)

	20
[a], [b], [c], [d], [e] ←  1	2	3  → [a], [b]
Cardinal (standard / feminine): dúas     Cardinal (reintegrationist / feminine): duas     Cardinal (masculine): dous     Ordinal: segundo     Ordinal abbreviation: 2º     Multiplier (standard): (noun) dobre     Multiplier: (adjective) duplo     Multiplier (reintegrationist): (noun) dobro     Fractional (standard): (adjective) medio     Fractional: (noun) metade     Fractional (reintegrationist): (adjective) meio
Galician Wikipedia article on 2

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese duas (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin duās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduɐs]
• Rhymes: -uɐs
• Hyphenation: dú‧as

Numeral

dúas f (masculine dous)

1. two

Related terms

• dous

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “duas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “dúas”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dúas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dúas”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dúas”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Leonese

Alternative forms

• duas

Etymology

From Old Leonese dos, from Latin duās.

Numeral

dúas (masculine dous)

1. two

References

• “dúas”, in Pallabreiru Llïonés [Leonese Dictionary] (in Spanish), 2026

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin duās, feminine accusative of duo.

Numeral

dúas

1. feminine of dos