Editing Fortnight (section)

==Analogs and translations==
In many languages, there is no single word for a two-week period, and the equivalent terms "two weeks", "14 days", or "15 days" ([[inclusive counting|counting inclusively]]) have to be used.

* [[Celtic languages]]: in [[Welsh language|Welsh]], the term ''pythefnos'', meaning "15 nights", is used. This is in keeping with the Welsh term for a week, which is ''wythnos'' ("eight nights").<ref>{{cite web |author1=BBC |title=BBC Wales - Catchphrase|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/catchphrase/ysbyty_brynaber/lessons/language/lang45.shtml|website=BBC Wales|access-date=18 November 2016|date=16 October 2014|quote=Wythnos is a week.}}</ref> In [[Irish language|Irish]], the term is ''coicís''.
* Similarly, in [[Greek language|Greek]], the term δεκαπενθήμερο (''dekapenthímero''), meaning "15 days", is used.
* The [[Hindu calendar]] uses the [[Sanskrit]] word पक्ष "pakṣa", meaning one half of a [[lunar month]], which is between 14 and 15 solar days.
* In [[Romance languages]] there are the terms ''quincena'' (or ''quince días'') in [[Galician language|Galician]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]], ''quinzena'' or ''quinze dies'' in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] and ''quinze dias'' or ''quinzena'' in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], ''quindicina''{{Citation needed|date=January 2025|reason="Quindicina", in Italian language, actually means 15 days, not 14; it comes from the word for "15"}} in [[Italian language|Italian]], ''[[:wikt:fr:quinze jours|quinze jours]]'' or ''[[:wikt:fr:quinzaine|quinzaine]]'' in [[French language|French]], and ''chenzină'' in [[Romanian language|Romanian]], all meaning "a grouping of 15".
* [[Semitic languages]] have a "doubling [[suffix]]". When added at the end of the word for "week" it changes the meaning to "two weeks". In [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], the single-word ''שבועיים'' (''shvu′ayim'') means exactly "two weeks". Also in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], by adding the common [[Dual (grammatical number)#Arabic|dual suffix]] to the word for "week", ''أسبوع'', the form ''أسبوعين'' (''usbu′ayn''), meaning "two weeks", is formed.
* [[Slavic languages]]: in [[Czech language|Czech]] the terms ''čtrnáctidenní'' and ''dvoutýdenní'' have the same meaning as "fortnight".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/fortnight|title=Do You Know How to Say Fortnight in Different Languages?|website=www.indifferentlanguages.com}}</ref> In [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], the term ''два тижні'' is used in relation to "biweekly, two weeks".