Deus

See also: deus and déus

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Deus, from Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdews/ [ˈd̪ews̺]
  • Rhymes: -ews
  • Hyphenation: Deus

Proper noun

Deus m

  1. God (in a Christian context)
    • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
      Sòs mentes en Deus do Céo,
      agarimo podo achàr,
      pois cuitadiña de min;
      já non teño Pay, nin Nay!
      Just in God of Heaven
      shelter I can find
      Because, pity me,
      No longer I have mum or dad

References

Latin

Etymology

From deus (god, deity).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Deus m sg (genitive Deī); irregular, second declension

  1. God
    • 207 CE – 208 CE, Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 1.29.8:
      Gratus esses, o dee haeretice, si isses in dispositionem Creatoris
      You would be thankful, oh you heretic god [of Marcion's], if you checked the allotment of the Creator
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.28.13:
      Ego sum Dominus Deus Abraham patris tui et Deus Isaac
      I am the Lord God, of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Psalmi.29.3, (Psalms 30:2 in modern numbering):
      Domine Deus meus, clamavi ad te et sanasti me
      God my lord, I called you and you healed me

Declension

Second-declension noun (irregular), singular only.

singular
nominative Deus
genitive Deī
dative Deō
accusative Deum
ablative Deō
vocative Deus1
Dee2

1Rare during the Classical period.
2From Late Latin onwards.

Derived terms

  • ad Deum
  • Agnus Dei
  • Opus Dei
  • domine Deus
    • Western Romance:
      • Judeo-Italian: דוּמֵידֵית (Dumedet)
    • Eastern Romance
    • Italian: Domeneddio
    • Old French: Damnedeu
    • Old Occitan: Domerdieus
      • Occitan: Domnideu

Descendants

Old French

Proper noun

Deus m

  1. nominative singular of Deu

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.us/, /dɛu̯s/

Proper noun

Deus

  1. God

Descendants

Old Occitan

Proper noun

Deus

  1. nominative singular of Deu

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Deus, from Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

 

  • Audio (Northeast Brazil):(file)
  • Homophone: deus
  • Hyphenation: Deus

Proper noun

Deus m

  1. God (the deity of monotheistic religions)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Deus.

Descendants

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeus/, [ˈdeː.u.zŭ]

Proper noun

Deus m

  1. God