tveir
Faroese
| < 1 | 2 | 3 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : tveir Ordinal : annar Multiplier : tvífaldur Distributive : tvinnir Collective : báðir Fractional : hálvur | ||
Etymology
From Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tvaiːɹ/
Declension
| tveir, 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
| < 1 | 2 | 3 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : tveir Ordinal : annar Multiplier : tvöfalt | ||
Etymology
From Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai.[1] Cognates include Faroese tveir and Danish to.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t̪v̥ei̯ːr̥]
- Rhymes: -eiːr
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 1076. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Old Norse
| 20[a], [b], [c], [d], [e], [f] | ||
| ← 1 | 2 | 3 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: tveir Ordinal: annarr Adverbial: tysvar, tvisvar, tvesor Multiplier: tvífaldr Distributive: tvennr Collective: báðir Fractional: halfr | ||
Etymology
From 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).
Declension
Descendants
- 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
- “tveir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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