dû

See also: Appendix:Variations of "du"

Emilian

Etymology

From Latin duo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduː/

Numeral

dû (feminine dåu)

1. two

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy/

• Audio:

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Noun

dû m (plural dus)

1. what is owed, what is due, money's worth

Participle

dû (feminine due, masculine plural dus, feminine plural dues)

1. past participle of devoir

   Elle a dû rentrer chez elle en marchant. ― She had to walk home.

   Tu aurais dû me dire que tu ne savais pas nager. ― You should have told me that you can't swim.

Further reading

• “dû”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Latin dūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew-. Compare French dur.

Adjective

dû m

1. (Jersey) hard

Derived terms

• duthement

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *duHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Compare Persian دود (dud).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

dû m

1. smoke

Related terms

• dûkêl

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• di lu (unconctraced, aulic, now rare)

• dô, rô, 'ô (prevalent in eastern dialects)
• du, do, ro, 'o, o (eye dialect)

• dù, dò, ò (hypercorrected)
• d'o, d'u (misspelled)

Etymology

From the Univerbation of di (“of, from”, preposition) +‎ u (“the”, masculine singular definite article). Doublet of di lu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [duː] (standard)
• IPA^(key): [dɔː] (dialectal)
• IPA^(key): [ɾɔː] (rhotacized dialects)

Preposition

dû

1. contraction of di u (“of the”)

   A fera dû luni.

   The Monday market (lit. the market [of the] monday).

See also

Sicilian definite articled prepositions

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
	u / lu	a / la	i / li
a	ô (older also: a lu)	â (older also: a la)	ê (older also: a li)
di	dû (older also: di lu)	dâ (older also: di la)	dî (older also: di li)
cu	cû (older also: cu lu)	câ (older also: cu la)	chî (older also: cu li)
pi	pû (older also: pi lu)	pâ (older also: pi la)	pî (older also: pi li)
nna	nnô (older also: nna lu)	nnâ (older also: nna la)	nnê (older also: nna li)
nni	nnû (older also: nni lu)	nnâ (older also: nni la)	nnî (older also: nni li)

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /də/

Pronoun

dû

1. (Wood) alternative form of do

Inflection

West Frisian personal pronouns and possessives

			personal				possessive
			subject case	object case			determiner	pronoun
				normal	reflexive
singular	1st		ik	my	mysels		myn	mines
	2nd	informal	do, dû1	dy	dysels		dyn	dines
		formal	jo	jo	josels		jo	jowes
	3rd	m	hy	him	himsels		syn	sines
		f	sy, hja1	har	harsels		har	harres
		n	it	it	himsels		syn	sines
plural	1st		wy	ús	ússels		ús	uzes
	2nd		jim(me)	jim(me)	jimsels, jinsels		jim(me)	jimmes
	3rd		sy, hja1	har(ren)	harsels		har(ren)	harres

¹ Now mostly archaic and unused.

Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *duHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Cognate with Persian دود (dud).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʉ]
• Hyphenation: dû

Noun

dû m

1. smoke