divi

See also: diví

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

divi (plural divis)

1. (British, informal, dated) The dividend paid out by the Co-op

See also

• divi-divi (etymologically unrelated)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.vi/
• Rhymes: -ivi
• Hyphenation: dì‧vi

Noun

divi m

1. plural of divo

Anagrams

• vidi

Latgalian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲivʲi]
• Hyphenation: di‧vi

Numeral

divi

1. Alternative form of div

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 33

Latin

Noun

dīvī

1. genitive singular of dīvum (“sky, open air”)

Adjective

dīvī

1. inflection of dīvus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. 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.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [divi]
• Hyphenation: di‧vi

Latvian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : divi     Ordinal : otrais     Multiplier : divreiz     Nominal : divnieks
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Numeral

divi

1. two (the cipher, the cardinal number two)

   viens, divi, trīs ― one, two, three (counting)

   divreiz divi ir četri ― two times two is four

2. 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

3. 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.)

4. 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

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)	feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
nominative (nominatīvs)	divi	divas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	divus	divas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	divu	divu
dative (datīvs)	diviem	divām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	diviem	divām
locative (lokatīvs)	divos	divās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—

declension of divi

Coordinate terms

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	nulle	viens	divi	trīs	četri	pieci	seši	septiņi	astoņi	deviņi
1—	desmit	vienpadsmit	divpadsmit	trīspadsmit	četrpadsmit	piecpadsmit	sešpadsmit	septiņpadsmit	astoņpadsmit	deviņpadsmit
2—	divdesmit	divdesmit viens	divdesmit divi	divdesmit trīs	divdesmit četri	divdesmit pieci	divdesmit seši	divdesmit septiņi	divdesmit astoņi	divdesmit deviņi
3—	trīsdesmit	trīsdesmit viens	trīsdesmit divi	trīsdesmit trīs	trīsdesmit četri	trīsdesmit pieci	trīsdesmit seši	trīsdesmit septiņi	trīsdesmit astoņi	trīsdesmit deviņi
4—	četrdesmit	četrdesmit viens	četrdesmit divi	četrdesmit trīs	četrdesmit četri	četrdesmit pieci	četrdesmit seši	četrdesmit septiņi	četrdesmit astoņi	četrdesmit deviņi
5—	piecdesmit	piecdesmit viens	piecdesmit divi	piecdesmit trīs	piecdesmit četri	piecdesmit pieci	piecdesmit seši	piecdesmit septiņi	piecdesmit astoņi	piecdesmit deviņi
6—	sešdesmit	sešdesmit viens	sešdesmit divi	sešdesmit trīs	sešdesmit četri	sešdesmit pieci	sešdesmit seši	sešdesmit septiņi	sešdesmit astoņi	sešdesmit deviņi
7—	septiņdesmit	septiņdesmit viens	septiņdesmit divi	septiņdesmit trīs	septiņdesmit četri	septiņdesmit pieci	septiņdesmit seši	septiņdesmit septiņi	septiņdesmit astoņi	septiņdesmit deviņi
8—	astoņdesmit	astoņdesmit viens	astoņdesmit divi	astoņdesmit trīs	astoņdesmit četri	astoņdesmit pieci	astoņdesmit seši	astoņdesmit septiņi	astoņdesmit astoņi	astoņdesmit deviņi
9—	deviņdesmit	deviņdesmit viens	deviņdesmit divi	deviņdesmit trīs	deviņdesmit četri	deviņdesmit pieci	deviņdesmit seši	deviņdesmit septiņi	deviņdesmit astoņi	deviņdesmit deviņi

Latvian cardinal numbers from 0 to 99

Derived terms

• divskanis

Related terms

• dvīnis, dvīne

See also

• skaitlis

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “divi”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN