ded

ded (comparative more ded, superlative most ded)

1. (nonstandard, long obsolete outside eye-dialect, now colloquial, especially humorous) Alternative form of dead.

• ded reckoning

From Russian military slang дед (ded, “soldiers after their third or fourth half-year of compulsory military service”, literally “grandfather”).

ded (plural deds)

1. (slang) A person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual).

• DDE, EDD, Ed.D., Edd, edd.

Borrowed from English death.

ded

1. death (cessation of life)
2. dead

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̥eð(ˀ)]

ded

1. (dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of det.

• det

• IPA^(key): /dʲɛd̪ˠ/

ded (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) Contraction of de do (“from your sg”).

   Bain an choirt ded mhuineál. ― Scrub the dirt off your neck.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ded”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

ded

1. Alternative form of deed

• IPA^(key): /deːd/

dēd f (Anglian)

1. Alternative form of dǣd

From Proto-West Germanic *dādi, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis (“placement”). Cognates include Old English dǣd, Old Saxon dād and Old Dutch dāt.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːd/, [ˈdɛːd]

dēd f

1. deed

• Saterland Frisian: Däid
• West Frisian: died

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

• djȅd (Ijekavian)
• dȉd (Ikavian)
• dȅda (Ekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

• IPA^(key): /dêd/

dȅd m (Cyrillic spelling де̏д)

1. grandfather

• “ded”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

From Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

• IPA^(key): /déːt/, /dɛ́t/

dẹ̑d or dȅd m anim

1. grandfather
2. ancestor

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	déd
gen. sing.	déda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	déd	déda	dédje dédi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	déda	dédov	dédov
dative (dajȃlnik)	dédu	dédoma	dédom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	déda	déda	déde
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dédu	dédih	dédih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dédom	dédoma	dédi

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	dèd
gen. sing.	déda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dèd	déda	dédje dédi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	déda	dédov	dédov
dative (dajȃlnik)	dédu	dédoma	dédom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	déda	déda	déde
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dédu	dédih	dédih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dédom	dédoma	dédi

• prȃdẹ̑d

• “ded”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “ded”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛd]
• Hyphenation: ded

ded m

1. paternal uncle^[1]

   No dedê mıno ke to rê vano. ― This is my uncle speaking to you.

   Namê dedê mı Roberto. ― Name of my uncle is Robert.