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See also: Does, dös, and -dös

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English dos, variant of doth, doþ (doth; doeth; does), equivalent to do +‎ -s.

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Verb

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does

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of do
Alternative forms
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  • -'s (after interrogative pronouns)

Etymology 2

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From the noun doe (female deer).

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Noun

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does

  1. plural of doe

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from West Frisian dûs, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *dwās (stupid).

Adjective

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does (comparative doezer, superlative meest does or doest)

  1. sleepy, dozy, not fully awake or to one's senses
Declension
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Declension of does
uninflected does
inflected doeze
comparative doezer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial does doezer het doest
het doeste
indefinite m./f. sing. doeze doezere doeste
n. sing. does doezer doeste
plural doeze doezere doeste
definite doeze doezere doeste
partitive does doezers
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Etymology 2

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Spelling variant representing an informal pronunciation of douche; compare doezen and doesen, both from douchen.

Noun

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does m or f (plural doesen or doezen, diminutive doesje n)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of douche.

Galician

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Verb

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does

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of doar
  2. second-person singular present indicative of doer

Portuguese

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does

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of doar

Welsh

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does

  1. third-person singular existential negative colloquial of bod
    Does dim llaeth yn y tŷ.
    There’s no milk in the house.