dva

dva

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Duau.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Duau terms

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈdva]

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dva m (feminine and neuter dvě)

1. two

• “dva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “dva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

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

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈdʋa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈdva/

dva

1. two

• Czech: dva

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “dva”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъva.

dva

1. two
   • 1453, “ŽK 1453”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 1, Bratislava: VEDA, published 1991, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     ty dwa su tak wyznaly

     those two have confessed so

   • 1579, “P. ĽUPČA 1579”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 1, Bratislava: VEDA, published 1991, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     dwom bratrom

     to two brothers

   • 1609, “L. TRNOVEC 1609”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 1, Bratislava: VEDA, published 1991, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     rychtar ze dwema boženyky

     the magistrate with two sworn men

   • 1706, “KRUPINA 1706”, in Majtán, Milan et al., editor, Historický slovník slovenského jazyka, volume 1, Bratislava: VEDA, published 1991, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     dwagia, cžuo seno obraczaly

     two [men], who were turning the hay

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “dva”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

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

• IPA^(key): /dʋâː/

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dvȃ (Cyrillic spelling два̑)

1. two

• As a vestige of the Proto-Slavic dual number, nouns following the numbers 2-4 are in genitive singular.
• In standard Serbo-Croatian, dva declines according to case, but this is not always done in speech.

• dvȉje/dvȅ (for feminine pairs)
• dvȍje (for mixed pairs)

Inherited from Old Slovak dva.

• IPA^(key): /dva/, [ˈdʋa]

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• Rhymes: -a

dva

1. two

   žiť ako dva holúbky ― to live like lovebirds (literally, “to live like two little pigeons”)

   byť medzi dvoma mlynskými kameňmi ― to be between a rock and a hard place (literally, “to be between two millstones”)

   tárať dve na tri ― to talk nonsense (literally, “to babble two on three”)

   zabiť dve muchy jednou ranou ― to kill two birds with one stone (literally, “to kill two flies with one blow”)

   sedieť na dvoch stoličkách ― to try to have it both ways (literally, “to sit on two chairs”)

   človek dvoch tvárí ― a two-faced person (literally, “a person of two faces”)

   hriať si dve želiezka v ohni ― to have two irons in the fire (literally, “to warm two little irons in the fire”)

   urobiť niečo raz-dva ― to do something in a heartbeat (literally, “to do something once-two”)

   mám len dve ruky ― I can't do everything at once (literally, “I have only two hands”)

   Na lavičke v parku sedeli dvaja starí priatelia. ― Two old friends were sitting on a bench in the park.

   Kúpil som dve fľaše vína a dve kilá jabĺk. ― I bought two bottles of wine and two kilos of apples.

• Unlike the numerals 5 and above, the numeral dva is always fully declined and the noun must agree in case, gender, and number (e.g., dvaja chlapi in the masculine personal nominative). Likewise, when the numeral dva is part of the subject of a sentence, the verb must instead agree with the plural subject (e.g., dvaja chlapi prišli).
• The numeral dva is the only cardinal number, with the exception of jeden and the related forms oba and obidva, that maintains two separate nominative and accusative non-virile forms: the form dva is used with masculine inanimate nouns, while the form dve is used for both feminine and neuter nouns. For all other cardinal numerals from three upwards, a single form is used for all non-virile genders.
• In the instrumental case, the form dvomi was until recently considered a non-standard or colloquial variant.^[1] In modern standard Slovak, however, it has analogically achieved the same status as the historically original dual form dvoma. A similar shift had happened earlier in the numeral three, where the form tromi is now considered a fully standard alternative to the original form troma.^[2]

• “dva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

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

• IPA^(key): /dʋáː/
• Rhymes: -aː
• Hyphenation: dva

dvȃ

1. two
2. (by extension) a relatively small number

   Če živiš v mestu imaš dva koraka do česarkoli. ― If you live in a city, everything is only a few steps away.

When counting or reciting numbers, the feminine form dvé is formally used.

• The neuter nominative/accusative/vocative form dvȃ is a consequence of common loss of dual of neuter nouns. The form therefore binds with plural forms and is colloquial:
  • dve okni ― two windows (formally)
  • dva okna ― two windows (colloquially)

dvȃ n

1. (informal) number two

   Synonyms: dve, dvojka

To express dual and plural, the phrase število dve 'number two' is used, e.g. dve števili dve sta napisani, or, informally, also dvojka.

• “dva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “dva”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references