dú
See also: Appendix:Variations of "du"
Ekit
Verb
dú
Further reading
- Bruce Connell, Lower Cross Wordlist
Ghomala'
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u
Verb
dú
See also
References
- Erika Eichholzer et al., editors (2002), Dictionnaire Ghomala’ (in French)
- Mkounga Tala Teku Blaise (2015), The Structure of the left periphery in Ghɔmáláʼ
Jamtish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂; see there for cognates.
Pronoun
dú
Declension
| person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
| nominative | jeg | dú | hann | hú | deð, heð2 | |
| accusative | meg | deg | seg | hann | hú | deð, heð2 |
| dative | meg | deg | seg | hanum | henne, hennar | dí, dín |
| genitive | menn3 | denn3 | senn3 | hans | hennes, hennar | dí, dín |
| case | plural | |||||
| nominative | með, vi4 | deð, ni2 | dum, di1 | |||
| accusative | oss | dekk, ekk, ni2 | seg | dum | ||
| dative | oss | dekk, ekk, ni2 | seg | dum | ||
| genitive | vonn3 | dekkan, ekkan, niðan2 | senn | dires | ||
1Archaic; see entry.
2Eastern variant.
3Declines like an adjective; see entry.
4Southeast-east variant, universal in Ragunda and Revsund.
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- du — nonstandard
Pronunciation
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Romanization
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儥 / 𰂏
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凟 / 𰃿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匵 / 𰅥
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嬻 / 𪥿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫝 / 椟
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殰 / 㱩
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 毒
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀆 / 渎
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 牘 / 牍
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犢 / 犊
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獨 / 独
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓄 / 𪻨
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皾 / 𰤬
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碡
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 竅 / 窍
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 纛
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝳
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 襞
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 読, 讀 / 读
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 讟 / 𮙋
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 豄 / 𰶔
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 贕 / 𫧿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑟
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韇 / 𱁷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韣 / 𱂋
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韥
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頓 / 顿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顸
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騳 / 𱄿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髑
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黩
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黷 / 黩
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *gdū, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).
Noun
dú f
- place, spot
- someone's particular place; native place; patrimony
- appropriate place; rightful place
- one's right, one's due
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dú | — | — |
| vocative | dú | — | — |
| accusative | doinN | — | — |
| genitive | don | — | — |
| dative | doinL, dúL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
- cía dú
- dúthaig
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| dú | dú pronounced with /ð-/ |
ndú |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Note that DIL separates the nominative and oblique stems into separate entries.
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 don”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language