Dé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dé m

  1. vocative/genitive singular of Dia (“God”)

Etymology 2

Originally the dative of dia (“day”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲeː/[1]
  • (Ulster, unstressed) IPA(key): /dʲa/[3]

Preposition

Dé (plus genitive, triggers h-prothesis, used only with the names of the days of the week)

  1. on
    Dé Domhnaigh ― on Sunday
Usage notes

Dé is not used with Déardaoin (“Thursday”), which by itself is both the noun “Thursday” and the adverb “on Thursday”.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Dé
radical lenition eclipsis
Dé Dhé nDé

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 80
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 142, page 73
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 14, page 9

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Dé”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 312; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Dé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʲeː]

Noun

Dé m

  1. vocative/genitive singular of Día (“God”)

Mutation

Mutation of Dé
radical lenition nasalization
Dé Dé
pronounced with /ðʲ-/		 nDé

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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