два

Belarusian

Belarusian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : два (dva)
    Ordinal : другі (druhi)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъva, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dva]

Numeral

два (dva) m and n, дзве f (dzvje)

  1. two (2)

Usage notes

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.

Declension

Coordinate terms

  • двухгадо́вы (dvuxhadóvy)
  • двухго́ддзе (dvuxhóddzje)
  • двухкра́тны (dvuxkrátny)

Bulgarian

Bulgarian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : два (dva)
    Ordinal : втори (vtori)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъva, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

два (dva)

  1. two

Inflection

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Coordinate terms


Macedonian

Macedonian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : два (dva)
    Ordinal : втор (vtor)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Numeral

два (dva)

  1. two

Inflection


Russian

Russian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : два (dva)
    Ordinal : второ́й (vtorój)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъva, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [dva]

Numeral

два (dva) m or n (feminine две)

  1. two (2)

Usage notes

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 came to be considered the genitive singular that it resembled. 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 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
    • If два is in accusative case, the adjective will be 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.

Declension

Coordinate terms

Derived terms


Rusyn

Rusyn cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : два (dva)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъva.

Numeral

два (dva)

  1. two (2)

See also


Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : два
    Ordinal : други

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъva, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʋâː/
  • (file)

Numeral

два̑ (Latin spelling dvȃ)

  1. two (2)

Declension


Ukrainian

Ukrainian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : два (dva)
    Ordinal : дру́гий (drúhyj)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъva, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʋɑ]
  • (file)

Numeral

два (dva) m or n, дві f (dvi)

  1. two (2)

Declension

Coordinate terms

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