dvi

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Pali

Pali cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dvi
    Ordinal : dutiya

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit द्वि (dvi).

Numeral

dvi

  1. two
    • c. 420 AD, Buddhaghosa, Pāthikavaɡɡaṭṭhakathā‎, page 4; republished Yanɡon, Myanmar: Ministry of Reliɡious Affairs, 2008:
      Catukkuṇḍikoti catusaṅghaṭṭito dve jāṇūni dve ca kappare bhūmiyaṁ ṭhapetvā vicarati.
      'Catukkuṇḍiko': He moves with four points of contact, having placed two knees and two elbows on the ground.
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, page 251; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      तासं सब्बासं विभत्तीनं परस्सपदानं अत्तनोपदानञ्च द्वे द्‍वे पदानि पठममज्झम-उत्तम पुरिससञ्ञानि होन्ति।
      Tāsaṃ sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ parassapadānaṃ attanopadānañca dve dve padāni paṭhamamajjhima-uttama purisasaññāni honti.
      Of all the endings, active and middle, they are called, two by two, the third, second and first person endings.

Declension

Declension table of "dvi"
Case \ NumberPlural
Nominative (first)dve or duve
Accusative (second)dve or duve
Instrumental (third)dvīhi
Dative (fourth)dvinnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)dvīhi
Genitive (sixth)dvinnaṃ
Locative (seventh)dvīsu

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