EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Contraction of the article da ("the").

ArticleEdit

d'

  1. Pronunciation spelling of the, representing dialectal English.
    Synonym: da

Etymology 2Edit

Reduction.

VerbEdit

d'

  1. Contraction of do. (only before "you" or "ye")
    D'you wanna go?
  2. Contraction of did. (only before "you" or "ye")
    D'you eat yet?

See alsoEdit

AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Contraction of the preposition de (of, from).

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

d'

  1. (before a vowel or a h) Apocopic form of de: of, from
    d’Asturies
    of Asturias
    d’hermanu
    of a brother

BavarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unstressed form of de.

ArticleEdit

d' f or pl

  1. the

See alsoEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Contraction of the preposition de (of, from).

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

d'

  1. (before a vowel or an h) Apocopic form of de: of
    escola d'idiomeslanguage school

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Contraction of the article de (the).

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

d'

  1. (archaic, poetic, colloquial) Apocopic form of de: the

FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Contraction of the preposition de (of, from).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /d‿/
  • (file)

PrepositionEdit

d'

  1. (before a vowel or a mute h) Apocopic form of de: of
    un verre d'eau
    a glass of water
  2. (informal, after a vowel sound) Apocopic form of de: of
    • 2002, Jean-François Pauzé (lyrics and music), “Mon chum Rémi”, in Break Syndical, the s in pas is silent:
      Hé Rémi / fais pas d'conneries / J't'aime ben la face / pis tu m'dois encore cinquante piasses
      Hey Rémi / stop with the nonsense / I really like your face / and you still owe me fifty dollars

Further readingEdit

IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [d̪ˠ] (before a word starting with a, o, u, fha, fho, or fhu)
  • IPA(key): [dʲ] (before a word starting with e, i, fhe, or fhi)
  • (Ulster, colloquial) IPA(key): (prepositions only) /ə j-/[1]

Etymology 1Edit

Prevocalic apocope of do (all senses).

ParticleEdit

d’

  1. (before vowel sounds and fhr-) Apocopic form of do: Marker of the past tense.
    d’ól séhe drank
    d’fhág séhe waited
    d’fhreagair séhe answered
  • Used before vowel sounds (including when f has been lenited to fh before a vowel) and also before fr- lenited to fhr-. The variant form used before consonants, do, is generally omitted but may be encountered in Munster Irish and in literary language.

PrepositionEdit

d’ (plus dative, triggers lenition)

  1. (before vowel sounds) Apocopic form of do: to, for
    d’athair Sheáin
    to Seán’s father, for Seán’s father

DeterminerEdit

d’

  1. (before vowel sounds) Apocopic form of do: your (singular)
    d’athair
    your father
Alternative formsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Prevocalic apocopic form of de.

PrepositionEdit

d’ (plus dative, triggers lenition)

  1. (before vowel sounds) Apocopic form of de: from, of
    d’athair Sheáin
    from Seán’s father, of Seán’s father

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Contraction of the preposition di (of, from).

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

d' (apocopated)

  1. (sometimes before a vowel or an h) Apocopic form of di: of
    Follia d'amoreMadness of love.
    Un bicchiere d'acqua.A glass of water.

Usage notesEdit

In some rare cases d' represents the preposition da:

d'ora in poi (from now on)
= da ora in poi
d'ora in avanti (from now on)
= da ora in avanti

LuxembourgishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /d/ (before vowels and voiced consonants)
  • IPA(key): /t/ (before voiceless consonants)
  • IPA(key): /-/ (sometimes; see usage notes below)

DeterminerEdit

d' f or n

  1. Reduced form of déi
  2. Reduced form of dat

Usage notesEdit

  • This article form is commonly not pronounced between /t/ and another consonant, and occasionally otherwise when the combination of preceding and following consonants creates an impossible cluster. Only rarely is this muteness avoided by using the full form of the article. Rather, the lack of an indefinite article becomes a definite article by default. Occasional ambiguities, particularly in the plural, are tolerated.

DeclensionEdit

Luxembourgish definite articles
masculine feminine neuter plural
nom./acc. deen (den) déi (d') dat (d') déi (d')
dat. deem (dem) där (der) deem (dem) deen (den)
gen. der

Middle FrenchEdit

PrepositionEdit

d'

  1. elided form of de

Usage notesEdit

  • Earlier manuscripts omit the apostrophe
  • despaigneof Spain

NormanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French de, from Latin .

PrepositionEdit

d'

  1. of
  2. from

OccitanEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)

PrepositionEdit

d'

  1. Alternative form of de (before a vowel)

Old FrenchEdit

PrepositionEdit

d'

  1. elided form of de

Usage notesEdit

  • Unlike in modern French, de is not always elided to d' before a vowel or a mute h. It is optional.
  • The apostrophe is not used in the original manuscripts, but is added by scholars for clarity.
    despaigneof Spain

Old OccitanEdit

PrepositionEdit

d'

  1. elided form of de

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

d’

  1. (used before words beginning in a vowel, archaic except in fixed expressions) Alternative form of de

Derived termsEdit

RomagnolEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PrepositionEdit

d'

  1. Apocopic form of ad (of)

SassareseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Contraction of the preposition di (of, from).

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /d‿/

PrepositionEdit

d' (apocopate)

  1. (before a vowel or an h) Apocopic form of di

Scottish GaelicEdit

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

d'

  1. Apocopic form of do
    A bheil fios aig d'athair?Does your father know?
    'Seo d'fhaclair.Here’s your dictionary.

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit