𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dwitiya (“second”), built on Proto-Iranian *dwi (“double”), itself derived from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (“double”). Compare Sanskrit द्वितीय (dvitī́ya, “second, second part”), Persian دیگر (“other one of two”) from Proto-Iranian *dwitī́yakarah, Zoroastrian Dari به (be, “otherwise, other”, discourse particle), with a *-ti- abstract suffix and a *-ya- adjectival suffix.

Adjective

𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 • (daⁱbitiia)

1. second

Noun

𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 • (daⁱbitiia) m

1. second time

   Gathas, 45:1

   at̰ fravaxšiiā nū gūšōdūm nū sraotā / yaēcā asnāt̰ yaēcā dūrāt̰ išaϑā / nū īm vīspā ciϑrē zī mazdåŋhōdūm / nōit̰ daibitīm duš-sastiš ahūm mərąš́iiāt̰ / akā varanā drəguuå hizuuā āvarətō.

   "I will teach: now hear, now listen / You who came from near and from afar / Conceive now of this life as bright / The Evil Teacher shall not destroy it a second time / By their evil choice, the perverts have invoked him with their tongues."

Declension of 𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 (YAv, masculine a-stem)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬋 daibitiiō	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 daibitiia	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 daibitiia
Vocative	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 daibitiia	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 daibitiia	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 daibitiia
Accusative	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬆𐬨 daibitiiəm	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 daibitiia	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬄 daibitiią
Instrumental	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 daibitiia	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 daibitiiaēibiia	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌𐬱 daibitiiāiš
Dative	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌 daibitiiāi	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 daibitiiaēibiia	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 daibitiiaēibiiō
Ablative	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬝 daibitiiāt̰	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬀 daibitiiaēibiia	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 daibitiiaēibiiō
Genitive	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵𐬈 daibitiiahe	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬃 daibitiiaiiā̊	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬨 daibitiianąm
Locative	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬈 daibitiie	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬋 daibitiiaiiō	𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬎 daibitiiaēšu