dvoje
Czech
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| Cardinal: dva Ordinal: druhý Adverbial: dvakrát Repetition adjective: dvojnásobný Multiplier: dvojitý Collective: dvoje Substantivised collective: dvé Specific: dvojí Fractional: půl, polovina, polovice | ||
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Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech dvój, from Proto-Slavic *dъvojь. Doublet of dvojí and dvé.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdvojɛ]
Numeral
dvoje
- (collective) two, two groups of, two sets of
- dvoje modré kalhoty ― two blue pants
- dvoje stará kamna ― two old stoves
- dvoje silné ponožky ― two pairs of thick socks
- dvoje teplé prádlo ― two sets of warm clothes
Usage notes
- Some dictionaries consider dvoje and dvojí to be interchangable in both meanings.
- This word can be used with pluralia tantum to make them countable. If used with other nouns, it means groups or pairs. It can also be used with singular collective nouns (normally only in neuter) which do not have plural forms. The masculine singular and animate plural forms are no longer used.
Declension
| singular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| animate | inanimate | |||
| nominative | dvůj1 | dvoje1 | dvoje | |
| genitive | dvojího | dvojí1 | dvojího | |
| dative | dvojímu | dvojí1 | dvojímu | |
| accusative | dvojího | dvůj1 | dvoji1 | dvoje |
| locative | dvojím | dvojí1 | dvojím | |
| instrumental | dvojím | dvojí1 | dvojím | |
| plural | ||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| animate | inanimate | |||
| nominative | dvoji1 | dvoje | dvoje | |
| genitive | dvojích | |||
| dative | dvojím | |||
| accusative | dvoje | dvoje | ||
| locative | dvojích | |||
| instrumental | dvojími, dvojíma | |||
1Obsolete.
See also
- (collective numbers from two to ten) dvoje, troje, čtvery, patery, šestery, sedmery, osmery, devatery, desatery
Further reading
- “dvoje”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “dvoje”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “dvoje”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʋôje/
- Hyphenation: dvo‧je
Numeral
dvȍje (Cyrillic spelling дво̏је)
- (collective) two (for mixed pairs)
Declension
Declension of dvoje
Related terms
Noun
dvȍje n (Cyrillic spelling дво̏је)
Declension
Declension of dvoje
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | dvȍje |
| genitive | dvóga |
| dative | dvojim(a) / dvóm(a) |
| accusative | dvȍje |
| vocative | dvȍje |
| locative | dvojim(a) / dvóm(a) |
| instrumental | dvojim(a) / dvóm(a) |