Dé
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"
Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Dé m
- vocative/genitive singular of Dia (“God”)
- The translation of Silent Night into Irish) begins:
- Oíche chiúin, oíche Mhic Dé
- Silent night, holy night
- (literally, “Silent night, night of God’s Son”)
- The translation of Silent Night into Irish) begins:
Etymology 2[edit]
Originally the dative of dia (“day”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
Dé (plus genitive, triggers h-prothesis, used only with the names of the days of the week)
- on
- Dé Domhnaigh ― on Sunday
Usage notes[edit]
Dé is not used with Déardaoin (“Thursday”), which by itself is both the noun “Thursday” and the adverb “on Thursday”.
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Dé | Dhé | nDé |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 80
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 73
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 9
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Dé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Dé m
Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Dé | Dé pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
nDé |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||