dè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

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Noun

dè

certainly
Synonym: dɛ́

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ/
Homophone: deh
Rhymes: -ɛ
Hyphenation: dè

Verb

dè

(also poetic) Obsolete form of deve, third-person singular present indicative of dovere

Anagrams

ed, ed.

Alternative forms

de — nonstandard

Romanization

dè (de⁴, Zhuyin ㄉㄜˋ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘚

Pronunciation

Noun

dè m (invariable)

day
- 1920, Olindo Guerrini, edited by Zanichelli, Sonetti romagnoli, published 1967:
  Donca aví da savé che un dé a Bulogna andè in butega da un barbir, zett zett, cun una cherta ch'a i' aveva scrett
  And so you have to know that on day I went to a barber's shop, quietly, with a paper that I've written

Alternative forms

dé (superseded)
gu dè (emphatic)

Pronunciation

(Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /d̪̊eː/^[1]^[2]
(Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA^(key): /d̥ʒeː/^[3]^[4]^[5]

Etymology 1

Clipping of ciod è (older caidhe, caide, goidé) from Old Irish cote (“what is the nature of?, of what kind is?”),^[6]^[7] synchronically analyzable as ciod + e, compare Irish caidé.

Pronoun

dè

what
Dè tha thu ag iarraidh? ― What do you want? (literally, “What are you at wanting?”)

Chan eil cuimhn' aice dè thuirt e. ― She doesn't remember what he said.

Usage notes

If followed by the future tense, the relative future tense is used.
Dè a bhios sibh a' dèanamh? ― What will you do?
An emphatic form gu dè is sometimes used.

Derived terms

Interjection

dè?

huh? pardon? what?
Used to form tag questions in informal speech.
Thàinig iad feasgar, dè? ― They came in the afternoon, didn't they?

References

[1]
Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
[2]
Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
[3]
Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
[4]
Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
[5]
Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
[6]
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cote”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
[7]
E. G. Quin (1966) “Irish Cote”, in Ériu, volume 20, Royal Irish Academy, →JSTOR, pages 140–150

Etymology 2

Noun

dè m

genitive singular of dia

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

Mutation of dè
radical	lenition
dè	dhè

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Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 提/堤/隄 (“to guard against”, SV: đề).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɛ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jɛ˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [jɛ˨˩]

Verb

dè • (提, 𠽮, 咦, 移)

to stint (on); to economise
to take care over; to spare
to foresee; to foreknow; to expect

Derived terms

ăn dè
chém tre không dè đầu mặt
dè chừng
dè dặt
dè sẻn
e dè
kiêng dè

[1] [1]
Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

[2] [2]
Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

[3] [3]
Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath

[4] [4]
Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

[5] [5]
Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

[6] [6]
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cote”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[7] [7]
E. G. Quin (1966) “Irish Cote”, in Ériu, volume 20, Royal Irish Academy, →JSTOR, pages 140–150

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