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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian обадва (obadva), from Old East Slavic оба два (oba dva), from Proto-Slavic *oba dъva. By surface analysis, univerbation of оба́ (obá) + два (dva).
Pronunciation
Numeral
оби́два • (obýdva) m pl or n pl (feminine оби́дві)
- both
- Synonyms: обо́є (obóje), оби́двоє (obýdvoje), оба́ (obá), (colloquial) обо́йко (obójko), (colloquial) обо́єчко (obóječko)
Declension
Declension of оби́два
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plural
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masculine/neuter
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feminine
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| nominative
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оби́два
obýdva
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оби́дві
obýdvi
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| genitive
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обо́х
obóx
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| dative
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обо́м
obóm
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| accusative
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animate
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обо́х
obóx
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| inanimate
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оби́два
obýdva
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оби́дві
obýdvi
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| instrumental
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обома́
obomá
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| locative
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обо́х
obóx
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Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “обидва”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “обидва”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “обидва”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “оби́два”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)