rvaus

Radestrian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rvaus/
• Rhyme: -aus ⁽⁶⁾

Etymology 1

From Middle Radestrian rvaus, from Old Radestrian rwaws, inherited from Proto-Radic *rwaws, from Proto-Hirdic *rwáḇəs, from Proto-Laenkean *rwabas.

Radestrian numbers · tvoíre

	20 sjavate
1 às	2 rvaus	3 ljere
Cardinal: rvaus Ordinal: atíș, atỉ Cardinal noun: rvavír Cardinal adjective: rvaviș Cardinal prefix: ate· Ordinal prefix: atie· Temporal noun: atír Temporal adverb: ateúr Multiplicative noun: ategjárír Multiplicative adjective: ategjaoriș Multiplicative adverb: ategjaorí Multiplicative verb: ategjáreķ Fractional noun: varbír Fractional verb: varbeķ

Numeral

rvaus (genitive singular rvo, rvau, dative singular rvá)

1. two (2)

   Ven hruks-aș rvo lyejðis.

   I need two people.

   —Byvitú gjøș ran hruks?
   —Ven rvau vaș hruks.

   —How many do you need?
   —I need two. (noun implied)

Usage notes

• Followed by the short genitive plural.
• The genitive form rvo is used before a noun, whereas rvau is used on its own.

Declension

Declension of rvaus (heavy, singulare tantum)
	singular
nominative	rvaus /rvaus/
vocative	rvause /ˈrvausɛ/
genitive	rvo, rvau /rvɔ/ /rvau/
dative	rvá /rvaː/
accusative	rvaud /rvaud/
instrumental	rvavúr /ˈrvavuːr/

Translations

two (numerical value of 2)

Laefevian: vrô

Etymology 2

Deverbal from rvalt (“to stand”).

Noun

rvaus inan (countable, genitive singular rvavu, nominative plural rvoe)

1. (archaic) place, stead, stance

   Synonym: lorávs

2. (archaic) state, condition

   Synonym: yrrvaus

Declension

Declension of rvaus (heavy)
		singular	plural
nominative		rvaus /rvaus/	rvoe /ˈrvɔ.ɛ/
vocative		rvause /ˈrvausɛ/
genitive	proper	rvavu /ˈrvavu/	rvaviris /ˈrvaviris/
	constructive		rvavis /ˈrvavis/
dative		rvá, rvava /rvaː/ /ˈrvava/	rvavirín /ˈrvaviriːn/
accusative		rvaud /rvaud/	rvavirid /ˈrvavirid/
instrumental		rvavúr /ˈrvavuːr/	rvaviríe /ˈrvaviriːɛ/

Derived terms

• -rvaus
• ervá