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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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Adjective

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dīvī

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

Noun

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dīvī

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

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
     <  1 2 3  > 
        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

    Declension

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    Declension of divi
    masculine
    (vīriešu dzimte)
    feminine
    (sieviešu dzimte)
    nominative divi divas
    genitive divu divu
    dative diviem divām
    accusative divus divas
    instrumental diviem divām
    locative divos divās
    vocative

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    References

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