ded

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ded"

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

ded (comparative more ded, superlative most ded)

1. (nonstandard, long obsolete outside eye-dialect, now colloquial, especially humorous) Alternative form of dead.

See also

• ded reckoning

Etymology 2

From Russian military slang дед (ded, “soldiers after their third or fourth half-year of compulsory military service”, literally “grandfather”).

Noun

ded (plural deds)

1. (slang) A person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual).

Anagrams

• DDE, EDD, Ed.D., Edd, edd.

Bislama

Etymology

Borrowed from English death.

Noun

ded

1. death (cessation of life)
2. dead

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̥eð(ˀ)]

Pronoun

ded

1. (dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of det.

Irish

Alternative forms

• det

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɛd̪ˠ/

Contraction

ded (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) Contraction of de do (“from your sg”).

   Bain an choirt ded mhuineál. ― Scrub the dirt off your neck.

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	(before consonant)	(present/future before vowel)	(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded*, det*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod*, dot*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id*, it*	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led*, let*	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód*, ót*	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ded”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle English

Adjective

ded

1. Alternative form of deed

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːd/

Noun

dēd f (Anglian)

1. Alternative form of dǣd

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dēd	dēde, dēda
accusative	dēd, dēde	dēde, dēda
genitive	dēde	dēda
dative	dēde	dēdum

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dādi, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis (“placement”). Cognates include Old English dǣd, Old Saxon dād and Old Dutch dāt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːd/, [ˈdɛːd]

Noun

dēd f

1. deed

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: Däid
• West Frisian: died

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• djȅd (Ijekavian)
• dȉd (Ikavian)
• dȅda (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dêd/

Noun

dȅd m (Cyrillic spelling де̏д)

1. grandfather

Declension

Declension of ded

	singular	plural
nominative	dȅd	dèdovi/dedi
genitive	deda	dedova/deda
dative	dedu	dedovima/dedima
accusative	deda	dedove/dede
vocative	dede	dedovi/dedi
locative	dedu	dedovima/dedima
instrumental	dedom	dedovima/dedima

References

• “ded”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /déːt/, /dɛ́t/

Noun

dẹ̑d or dȅd m anim

1. grandfather
2. ancestor

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	déd
gen. sing.	déda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	déd	déda	dédje dédi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	déda	dédov	dédov
dative (dajȃlnik)	dédu	dédoma	dédom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	déda	déda	déde
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dédu	dédih	dédih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dédom	dédoma	dédi

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	dèd
gen. sing.	déda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dèd	déda	dédje dédi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	déda	dédov	dédov
dative (dajȃlnik)	dédu	dédoma	dédom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	déda	déda	déde
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dédu	dédih	dédih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dédom	dédoma	dédi

Derived terms

• prȃdẹ̑d

Further reading

• “ded”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “ded”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛd]
• Hyphenation: ded

Noun

ded m

1. paternal uncle

   No dedê mıno ke to rê vano. ― This is my uncle speaking to you.

   Namê dedê mı Roberto. ― Name of my uncle is Robert.