Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъvojь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dwajás, from Proto-Indo-European *dwoyos. Cognate with Lithuanian dvejí, Ancient Greek δοιός (doiós), Sanskrit द्वय (dvayá).

Numeral

Proto-Slavic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: *dъva     Ordinal: *vъtorъ     Adverbial: *dъva šьdy, *dъvojьťi, *dъva kortь     Multiplier: *dъvojakъ, *dъvojьnъ, *dъva kortьnъ, *dъvogubъ     Collective: *dъvojь     Fractional: *polъ, *polovina

*dъvojь

1. (collective) two

Inflection

Indefinite declension of *dъvojь (soft)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*dъvojь	*dъvoja	*dъvoje
genitive	*dъvoja	*dъvoję̇	*dъvoja
dative	*dъvoju	*dъvoji	*dъvoju
accusative	*dъvojь	*dъvojǫ	*dъvoje
instrumental	*dъvojemь	*dъvojejǫ	*dъvojemь
locative	*dъvoji	*dъvoji	*dъvoji
vocative	*dъvoju	*dъvoje	*dъvoje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*dъvoja	*dъvoji	*dъvoji
genitive	*dъvoju	*dъvoju	*dъvoju
dative	*dъvojema	*dъvojama	*dъvojema
accusative	*dъvoja	*dъvoji	*dъvoji
instrumental	*dъvojema	*dъvojama	*dъvojema
locative	*dъvoju	*dъvoju	*dъvoju
vocative	*dъvoja	*dъvoji	*dъvoji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*dъvoji	*dъvoję̇	*dъvoja
genitive	*dъvojь	*dъvojь	*dъvojь
dative	*dъvojemъ	*dъvojamъ	*dъvojemъ
accusative	*dъvoję̇	*dъvoję̇	*dъvoja
instrumental	*dъvoji	*dъvojami	*dъvoji
locative	*dъvojixъ	*dъvojaxъ	*dъvojixъ
vocative	*dъvoji	*dъvoję̇	*dъvoja

Derived terms

• *dъvojanъ
• *dъvojica
• *dъvojiti
• *dъvojьka
• *dъvojьnъ (“dual”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дъвои (dŭvoi)
    • Old Ruthenian: двоє (dvoje)
      • Belarusian: дво́е (dvóje)
      • Ukrainian: дво́є (dvóje)
    • Russian: дво́е (dvóje)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: дъвои (dŭvoi)
  • Bulgarian: двое (dvoe), двои (dvoi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: дво̀ји, дво̏је

    Latin script: dvòji, dvȍje

  • Slovene: dvọ̑j, dvoje (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: dvoje, dvojí
  • Kashubian: dwòje
  • Old Polish: dwoje
    • Polish: dwoje
  • Slovak: dvoje, dvojí
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: dwojí
    • Lower Sorbian: dwoji

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*d(ъ)vojь, *d(ъ)voja, *d(ъ)voje, *d(ъ)voji”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 192
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*d(ъ)vojь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 131