divi

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English

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Etymology

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Shortening.

Noun

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divi (plural divis)

  1. (British, informal, dated) The dividend paid out by the Co-op

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.vi/
  • Rhymes: -ivi
  • Hyphenation: dì‧vi

Noun

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divi m

  1. plural of divo

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Latgalian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdʲivʲi]
  • Hyphenation: di‧vi

Numeral

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divi

  1. Alternative form of div

References

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  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 33

Latin

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Noun

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dīvī

  1. genitive singular of dīvum (sky, open air)

Adjective

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dīvī

  1. inflection of dīvus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Latvian

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Etymology

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Originally an old dual feminine form, from an older *duwi, from *duwu, from Proto-Baltic and Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁, *dwóu (two (masc.)), *dwéi, *dwái (two (fem., neut.)).

Cognates include Lithuanian du, dvi, Old Prussian dwai, Sudovian duo (< *dwuo), Old Church Slavonic дъва (dŭva), Old Church Slavonic дъвѣ (dŭvě), Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian два (dva), две (dve) (Ukrainian дві (dvi, (fem.))), Czech dva, dvě, Polish dwa, dwie, Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai), 𐍄𐍅𐍉𐍃 (twōs), 𐍄𐍅𐌰 (twa), Old High German zwēne, zwā, zwō, zwei, German zwei, English two, Sanskrit द्व (dvá), Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), δύω (dúō) (Homeric δύω (dúō)/δύϝω (dúwō), dú(w)ō), Latin duo (< *duō), duae.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [divi]
  • Hyphenation: di‧vi
Latvian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : divi
    Ordinal : otrais
    Multiplier : divreiz
    Nominal : divnieks
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Numeral

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divi

  1. two (the cipher, the cardinal number two)
    viens, divi, trīsone, two, three (counting)
    divreiz divi ir četritwo times two is four
  2. two (an amount equal to two)
    mēs bijām diviwe were two
    divi ābolitwo apples
    divu gadu darbstwo years' work
    nopirt divus kilogramus miltuto buy two kilos of flour
    uzrakstīt romāna divas nodaļasto write two chapters of a novel
    ierasties pēc divām stundāmto come in, after two hours
    aizbraukt uz diviem gadiemto leave for two years
  3. two o'clock (a moment in time; two hours after midnight, or after noon)
    pulkstenis ir diviit is two o'clock
    atnākt divosto arrive at two o'clock
    ap pulksten diviem naktīaround two o'clock at night
    sanāksme sākas divos pēc pusdienasthe meeting starts at two o'clock after lunch (= in the afternoon, p.m.)
  4. the two (two previously mentioned people, objects, etc.)
    trīs puiši; viens darina zarus, divi zāģēthree guys; one is doing the branches, the (other) two are sawing
    viens no diviemone of the two (= either this, or that, no other possibilities)
    pa diviem mums tur stundas laikā viss būs kārtībāthe two of us will put everything in order there in one hour

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “divi”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN