daus
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Noun[edit]
daus
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse dauss, from Old French dous, deus, deuz.
Noun[edit]
daus m (genitive singular dauss, nominative plural dausar)
- the side of a die marked two (in dice games, especially backgammon)
Declension[edit]
declension of daus
Etymology 2[edit]
Origin uncertain, but possibly from daus (1), derived from the notion that two was a bad number to get, or perhaps because there are two buttocks and the two eyes on the two-eyed side of some dice may have resembled buttocks.
Noun[edit]
daus m (genitive singular dauss, nominative plural dausar)
