tvennur

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛnːʏr === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse tvinnr, from Proto-Germanic *twinaz. ==== Adjective ==== tvennur (not comparable) two Genesis 6 (Icelandic, English) (in the plural) two pairs ===== Usage notes ===== Used when counting singular nouns, pluralia tantum or groupings (especially pairs) of items, or when the item counted is missing from the sentence or separated by the preposition af (“of”). ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== í tvennu lagi (“in two parts”) skipta í tvennt (“to divide into two”) tvenna tvennd tvenning tvenns konar (“of two different kinds, two different kinds”) Með tvenns konar menningu. Bicultural. ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== tvennur f indefinite nominative plural of tvenna indefinite accusative plural of tvenna === References === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “tvennur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)