No. 165 in Icelandic
tveggja
"Of two" or "two's" (genitive plural form of "tveir," meaning "two").
In a sentence
Það tekur mig tveggja klukkustunda að keyra þangað.
It takes me two hours to drive there.
Here, "tveggja" is in the genitive plural form, used to express possession or measure of 'two hours'.
Hún er eigandi tveggja hunda.
She is the owner of two dogs.
"Tveggja" is in the genitive plural to indicate 'two' as it relates to ownership of 'dogs'.
Við fengum herbergi með tveggja manna rúmi.
We received a room with a two-person bed.
In this sentence, "tveggja" describes 'a bed for two people' in a genitive plural possessive construction.
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