deg

See also: DEG, dEG, dég, and deg.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

deg (plural degs)

1. (mathematics) Abbreviation of degree.

See also

• grad
• rad

Etymology 2

Verb

deg (third-person singular simple present degs, present participle degging, simple past and past participle degged)

1. (Northern England, dialectal) To sprinkle, moisten.
   • 1881, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Inversnaid”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, OCLC 5093462, stanza 3, page 53:

     Degged with dew, dappled with dew / Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through, / Wiry heathpacks, flitches of fern, / And the beadbonny ash that sits over the burn.

Anagrams

• EDG, EGD, GED, Ged, egd, ged

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *deg, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

deg

1. ten

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: naw. Next: unnek

Mutation

  Mutation of deg  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
deg	dheg	unchanged	teg	teg	teg

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Latvian

Verb

deg

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of degt
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of degt
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of degt
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of degt

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Persian دیگ‎ (dig, “cooking pot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [deɡ], [dek]

Noun

deg

1. large cooking pot

Derived terms

• degti

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæj/
• Homophone: deig
• Rhymes: -æj

Pronoun

deg

1. (personal) you; object form of du
2. (also deg selv) yourself

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

deg

1. objective case of du

See also

    Personal pronouns in Nynorsk

	Nominative	Objective case	Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person	eg, je1	meg	min, mi, mitt, mine
Second person	du	deg	din, di, ditt, dine
Third person m	han	han, honom2	hans
Third person f	ho	ho, henne	hennar, hennes1
Third person n	det, dat3	det, dat3	dess 4
Plural
First person	me, vi	oss	vår m
Second person	de, dokker	dykk, dokker	dykkar, dokkar
Third person	dei	dei, deim2	deira, deires1
Notes
1No longer part of the official written norm. These non-traditional forms were added to the norm to either approach the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects.
2Traditional forms that are no longer part of the official written norm. Now primarily used in Høgnorsk texts.
3Never part of official Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily used before Landsmål received an official written norm.
4Rare or literary

References

• “deg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Alternative forms

• dæg

Noun

deġ m

1. (Mercian, Kent) day

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish degher, from Old Norse deig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål deig, Norwegian Nynorsk deig, Icelandic deig, Faroese deiggj, Danish dej.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːɡ/

Noun

deg c

1. dough; a thick mix of flour and water
2. (uncountable, slang) dough; money

Declension

Declension of deg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	deg	degen	degar	degarna
Genitive	degs	degens	degars	degarnas

See also

• smet

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Volapük

Volapük cardinal numbers

<  9	10	11  >
Cardinal : deg     Ordinal : degid

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deɡ/

Numeral

deg

1. ten

Synonyms

• bals (obsolete, Original Volapük)

Derived terms

• degid

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Welsh

Welsh cardinal numbers

<  9	10	11  >
Cardinal : deg     Ordinal : degfed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːɡ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *deg, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Alternative forms

• deng

Numeral

deg

1. ten

Noun

deg m (plural degau)

1. ten

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deg	ddeg	neg	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Adjective

deg

1. Soft mutation of teg.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
teg	deg	nheg	theg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.