tveir

Faroese

Faroese cardinal numbers
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    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/

Numeral

tveir

  1. two

Declension

normal form masculine feminine neuter
nominative tveir tvær tvey
accusative tveir, tvá†, tógva†, tóa
dative tveimum, tveim
genitive (tveggja)
pair-form masculine feminine neuter
nominative tvinnir tvinnar tvinni
accusative tvinnar
dative tvinnum
genitive (tvinna)

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: tveir
    Ordinal: annar
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2.
    Adverbial: tvisvar, tvívegis
    Multiplier: tvöfaldur
    Collective: báðir
    Fractional: hálfur

Etymology

From Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai.[1] Cognates include Faroese tveir and Danish to.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t̪v̥ei̯ːr̥]
    Rhymes: -eiːr

Numeral

tveir (plural only, feminine tvær, neuter tvö)

  1. two

Declension

Positive forms of tveir (pl-only strong-only)
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tveir tvær tvö
accusative tvo
dative tveimur, tveim
genitive tveggja

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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

Old Norse numbers (edit)
20[a], [b], [c], [d], [e], [f]
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    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).

Numeral

tveir (feminine tvær, neuter tvau)

  1. (cardinal number) two

Declension

Declension of tveir
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tveir tvær tvau
accusative tvá tvær tvau
dative tveim, tveimr tveim, tveimr tveim, tveimr
genitive tveggja tveggja tveggja

Descendants

  • Icelandic: tveir m
  • Faroese: tveir m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tvo, to; tvei m
  • Norwegian: (dialectal) tvó, ; två, tveir m
  • Dalian: tver, twèr m or f
  • Old Swedish: tvēr, twē, tvā m
  • Old Danish: twā, two, to
    • Danish: to
      • Norwegian Bokmål: to
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: 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.

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tveir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive