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Noun

daus

1. plural of dau

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tøyːs/
• Rhymes: -øyːs

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dauss, from Old French dous, deus, deuz.

Noun

daus m ‎(genitive singular dauss, nominative plural dausar)

1. the side of a die marked two (in dice games, especially backgammon)

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Etymology 2

Origin uncertain, but possibly from daus (1), derived from the notion that two was a bad number to get, or perhaps because there are two buttocks and the two eyes on the two-eyed side of some dice may have resembled buttocks.

Noun

daus m ‎(genitive singular dauss, nominative plural dausar)

1. buttocks, arse

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