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)

	20
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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. 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

• milli tveggja elda
• tvistur

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, tó; två, tveir m
• Dalian: tver, twèr m or f
• Old Swedish: tvēr, twē, tvā m
  • Swedish: två
• 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