dúas

See also: duas and Duas

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese duas, from Latin duās, feminine accusative of duo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduas/
• Rhymes: -uas
• Syllabification: dú‧as

Numeral

dúas f (masculine dois)

1. two

Usage notes

• In Lagarteiru, when used before a feminine plural noun as part of a noun phrase, the apocopic form dus is used instead of dúas.

Further reading

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Galician numbers ^(edit)

	20
[a], [b], [c], [d], [e] ←  1	2	3  → [a], [b]
Cardinal (standard / feminine): dúas     Cardinal (reintegrationist / feminine): duas     Cardinal (masculine): dous     Ordinal: segundo     Ordinal abbreviation: 2º     Multiplier (standard): (noun) dobre     Multiplier (reintegrationist): (noun) dobro     Multiplier: (adjective) duplo     Fractional (standard): (adjective) medio     Fractional (reintegrationist): (adjective) meio     Fractional: (noun) metade
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese duas (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin duās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduɐs]

Numeral

dúas f (masculine dous)

1. two

Related terms

• dous

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “duas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “duas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dúas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dúas”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dúas”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Leonese

Alternative forms

• duas

Etymology

From Old Leonese dos, from Latin duās.

Numeral

dúas (masculine dous)

1. two

References

• Pallabreiru Llïonés