divi

Shortening.

divi (plural divis)

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

• divi-divi (etymologically unrelated)

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

divi m

1. plural of divo

• vidi

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

divi

1. Alternative form of div

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

dīvī

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

dīvī

1. inflection of dīvus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

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]

• 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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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

• divskanis

• dvīnis, dvīne

• skaitlis