dhe
Albanian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Albanian *dže, from Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe. Unlike its cognate descendants of Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe, dhe has lost its clitic behaviour, becoming like a typical coordinating conjunction such as English and.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
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Conjunction edit
dhe
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Albanian *dzō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰōm (“earth”).[1] Compare Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn), Latin humus, Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja). By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek δῆ (dê, “earth”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dhe m (plural dhera, definite dheu, definite plural dherat)
Declension edit
Declension of dhe
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “dhe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
- ^ Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016), “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor[1], page 41
Cornish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *di, from Proto-Celtic *dū, related to Breton da (“to, for”), Welsh i (“to, for”), Irish do (“to, for”).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
dhe (triggers soft mutation)
- to (expresses purpose)
- 1707, Edward Lhuyd, “Dzhûan Tſhei An Hɐr”, in Archæologia Britannica:
- me a vedn mɐz δa huillaz huêl δɐ îl
- I am going to go to look for work to do
- (when inflected for person) to someone, towards someone
- 1707, Edward Lhuyd, “Dzhûan Tſhei An Hɐr”, in Archæologia Britannica:
- Na meδ e veſter rei δem, ha me a vedn laveral δîz
- No, said his boss, give [it] to me, and I will tell you
- expresses possession
Inflection edit
Standard Cornish
Singular | Plural | |
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First person | dhybm, dhymm, dhèm | dhyn |
Second person | dhis | dhywgh |
Third person | dhodho (m); dhedhy (f) | dhedhans, dhodhans, dhedha |
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
dhe (emphatic dhesean)
References edit
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 194
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 302
Scottish Gaelic edit
Preposition edit
dhe (+ dative)
- Alternative form of de