Hebrew edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), originally in limited Rabbinic Hebrew expressions like דו פרצופין "two-faced".

Prefix edit

דּוּ (du-)

  1. Double-, two-, bi-, di-, ambi-, amphi-.
    משמעות (mashma'út, meaning)דו משמעי (du-mashma'í, ambiguous)
    חי (khai, to live, alive)דו חי (du-khai, amphibian)
    מין (min, sex)דו מיני (du-miní, bisexual)
    קומה (kumá, floor, story)דו קומתי (du-kumatí, two-story, double-decker)
    צד (tzad, side)דו צדדי (du-tzdadí, two-sided, bilateral)
Derived terms edit
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References edit

  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Etymology 2 edit

From Italian do.

Proper noun edit

דּוֹ (dom

  1. Do: the first solfège syllable, representing the note C.

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German du, from Old High German , from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

דו (du)

  1. you, thou (second-person singular subject pronoun)

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