déu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "deu"

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin deus, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Compare Portuguese deus, Occitan dieu, diu, French dieu, Spanish dios.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdew]

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Noun

déu m (plural déus)

1. god

Hypernyms

• deïtat (“deity”)

Hyponyms

• Déu (“God”)

Derived terms

• bé de déu
• deessa
• Déu n'hi do
• gràcies a Déu
• marededeu
• semidéu
• tot déu

 

Related terms

• dea (“goddess”)
• Déu (“God”)

References

• “déu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “déu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “déu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲeːu̯/

Noun

déu

1. vocative/accusative plural of día (“god”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
déu	déu pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndéu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.