tveir
Faroese
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Cardinal : tveir Ordinal : annar Multiplier : tvífaldur Distributive : tvinnir Collective : báðir Fractional : hálvur | ||
Etymology
editFrom Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
edittveir
Declension
edittveir, tvær, tvey (two) - numeral | |||
Normal form | m | f | n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | tveir | tvær | tvey |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | tveir, tvá†, tógva†, tóa† | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | tveimum, tveim† | ||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | (tveggja) | ||
Pair-form | m | f | n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | tvinnir | tvinnar | tvinni |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | tvinnar | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | tvinnum | ||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | (tvinna) |
Icelandic
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Cardinal : tveir Ordinal : annar Multiplier : tvöfalt | ||
Etymology
editFrom Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai.[1] Cognates include Faroese tveir and Danish to.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
edittveir (feminine tvær, neuter tvö)
Declension
editdeclension of tveir
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 1076 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Old Norse
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Cardinal: tveir Ordinal: annarr Adverbial: tysvar, tvisvar, tvesor Multiplier: tvífaldr Distributive: tvennr Collective: báðir Fractional: halfr |
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *twai, whence also Old English twā (English two), Old Frisian twā, Old Saxon twā, twō, Dutch twee, German zwei, Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai). Compare also Old English twēġen (English twain), Old Saxon twēne, Old High German zwēne (German zween). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁, whence also Latin duo, Ancient Greek δύο (dúo).
Numeral
edittveir (feminine tvær, neuter tvau)
Declension
edit Declension of tveir
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: tveir m
- Faroese: tveir m
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tvo, to; tvei m
- Norwegian: (dialectal) tvó, tó; två, tveir m
- Dalian: tver, twèr m or f
- Old Swedish: tvēr, twē, tvā m
- Swedish: två
- Old Danish: twā, two, to
- Gutnish: tweir
- → Old Frisian: twēr
Note that undeclined forms två in Swedish and to in Danish, and tvo in Norwegian are derived from the Old Norse masculine accusative, tvá.
References
edit- “tveir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese numerals
- Faroese cardinal numbers
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiːr
- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiːr/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic numerals
- Icelandic cardinal numbers
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse numerals
- Old Norse cardinal numbers
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