Dé
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. | ||