dû
See also: Appendix:Variations of "du"
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
dû m (plural dus)
- what is owed, what is due, money's worth
ParticipleEdit
dû (feminine due, masculine plural dus, feminine plural dues)
- past participle of devoir
- Elle a dû rentrer chez elle en marchant.
- She had to walk home.
Further readingEdit
- “dû”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin dūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew-.
AdjectiveEdit
dû m
Derived termsEdit
Northern KurdishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Iranian *duHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Compare Persian دود (dud).
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -uː
NounEdit
dû m
Related termsEdit
SicilianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the Univerbation of di (“of, from”, preposition) + u (“the”, masculine singular definite article). Doublet of di lu.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
dû
InflectionEdit
Sicilian definite prepositional articles | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine singular definite article | Feminine singular definite article | Masculine and feminine plural definite article | ||
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 FrisianEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
dû
InflectionEdit
West Frisian personal pronouns
Number | Person | Nominative | Objective | Possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Reflexive | Determiner | Pronoun | ||||
Singular | First | ik | my | mysels | myn | mines | |
Second | Informal | do/dû1 | dy | dysels | dyn | dines | |
Formal | jo | jo | josels | jo | jowes | ||
Third | Masculine | hy | him | himsels | syn | sines | |
Feminine | sy/hja1 | har | harsels | har | harres | ||
Neuter | it | it | himsels | syn | sines | ||
Plural | First | wy | ús | ússels | ús | uzes | |
Second | jim(me) | jim(me) | jimsels/jinsels | jim(me) | jimmes | ||
Third | sy/hja1 | har(ren) | harsels | har(ren) | harres | ||
1. Now mostly archaic and unused |
ZazakiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Iranian *duHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Cognate with Persian دود (dud).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
dû m