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English
Etymology
Shortening.
Noun
divi (plural divis)
- (British, informal, dated) The dividend paid out by the Co-op
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdi.vi/
- Rhymes: -ivi
- Hyphenation: dì‧vi
Noun
divi m
- plural of divo
Anagrams
Latgalian
Pronunciation
Numeral
divi
- Alternative form of div
References
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 33
Latin
Noun
dīvī
- genitive singular of dīvum (“sky, open air”)
Adjective
dīvī
- inflection of dīvus:
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
- genitive masculine/neuter singular
Latvian
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Numeral
divi
- two (the cipher, the cardinal number two)
- viens, divi, trīs ― one, two, three (counting)
- divreiz divi ir četri ― two times two is four
- two (an amount equal to two)
- mēs bijām divi ― we were two
- divi āboli ― two apples
- divu gadu darbs ― two years' work
- nopirt divus kilogramus miltu ― to buy two kilos of flour
- uzrakstīt romāna divas nodaļas ― to write two chapters of a novel
- ierasties pēc divām stundām ― to come in, after two hours
- aizbraukt uz diviem gadiem ― to leave for two years
- two o'clock (a moment in time; two hours after midnight, or after noon)
- pulkstenis ir divi ― it is two o'clock
- atnākt divos ― to arrive at two o'clock
- ap pulksten diviem naktī ― around two o'clock at night
- sanāksme sākas divos pēc pusdienas ― the meeting starts at two o'clock after lunch (= in the afternoon, p.m.)
- the two (two previously mentioned people, objects, etc.)
- trīs puiši; viens darina zarus, divi zāģē ― three guys; one is doing the branches, the (other) two are sawing
- viens no diviem ― one of the two (= either this, or that, no other possibilities)
- pa diviem mums tur stundas laikā viss būs kārtībā ― the two of us will put everything in order there in one hour
Declension
Coordinate terms
Latvian cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
Derived terms
Related terms
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References