dét

See also: Appendix:Variations of "det"

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲeːd/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *dant, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Noun

dét n (genitive déit, nominative plural dét)

1. tooth
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 67^b10

     do déit glosses ad dentem

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 117^d5

     huan dét ascatu glosses emulo dente

2. set of teeth
3. (attributively) of ivory

   in colg déit ― ivory-hilted sword

4. morsel of food

Inflection

Neuter nt-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	détN	détL	détL
Vocative	détN	détL	détL
Accusative	détN	détL	détL
Genitive	dét	dét	détN
Dative	déitL	détaib	détaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

This declension was soon replaced by a regular o-stem declension in later varieties of Irish.

Derived terms

• détbán, détgel (“white-toothed”)
• détidu (“toothache”)

Descendants

• Irish: déad
• Scottish Gaelic: deud

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·dét

1. passive singular preterite conjunct of daimid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dét	dét pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndét
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 dét (‘tooth’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French zède.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɛt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɛt̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jɛk̚˦˥]

Noun

dét

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.