See also: dhé and Dhé

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.

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Pronunciation edit

(file)

Conjunction edit

dhe

  1. and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)
  2. also

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 (, earth).[2]

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Noun edit

dhe m (plural dhera, definite dheu, definite plural dherat)

  1. earth, land
  2. soil
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References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “dhe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
  2. ^ 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).

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Preposition edit

dhe (triggers soft mutation)

  1. to (expresses purpose)
  2. (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
  3. expresses possession

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Irish edit

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Pronoun edit

dhe (emphatic dhesean)

  1. third-person singular masculine of de

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Scottish Gaelic edit

Preposition edit

dhe (+ dative)

  1. Alternative form of de