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See also: дэ, дэ’, and Appendix:Variations of "de"

Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

Contraction of къде́ (kǎdé).

Conjunction

де • (de)

  1. (colloquial) where
    Synonym: къде́ (kǎdé)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

де • (de) (colloquial)

  1. indeed (to emphasize a statement)
    да де, знам
    da de, znam
    yeah, indeed I know
  2. no way (to deny a statement)
  3. come on (to express encouragement, used at the end of a clause)
    върви́ де!
    vǎrví de!
    come on, go!
  4. to express clarification, used at the end of a clause; that is
    Пе́тър, брат ми де, дойде́.
    Pétǎr, brat mi de, dojdé.
    Peter, my brother that is, came.

Anagrams

Carpathian Rusyn

Adverb

де • (de)

  1. where
    Сформованя школьской системы в регіонах, де вни жыють.
    Sformovanja školʹskoj systemŷ v rehionax, de vny žŷjutʹ.
    Formation of the school system in the places where they live.

Further reading

Chechen

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *de.

Pronunciation

Noun

де • (de) class dd

  1. day

References

  1. ^ Дешериев, Ю. Д. 1960. "Современный чеченский литературний язык, часть и фонетика", p. 58
  2. ^ Nichols, Johanna (2004). "Chechen-English and English-Chechen dictionary = Noxchiin-ingals, ingals-noxchiin deshnizhaina", p.279

Etymology 2

Akin to Ingush вe (ve).

Verb

де • (de)

  1. to kill

Ingush

Etymology

Akin to Chechen да (da).

Verb

де • (de)

  1. to do

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δή (dḗ).

Pronunciation

Particle

де • (de)

  1. A particle expressing nonchalance, used to emphasize that something is irrelevant, already known, or expected.
    - Си купив нови очила.
    - Знам де, ми се пофали веќе.
    - Si kupiv novi očila.
    - Znam de, mi se pofali veḱe.
    - I have bought new glasses.
    - I know, you already boasted to me about it earlier.
    - Кога ќе ги сретнеме пак, ќе им се пожалиме.
    - Да де.
    - Koga ḱe gi sretneme pak, ḱe im se požalime.
    - Da de.
    - When we meet them again, we'll complain to them.
    - Yes, I know.
    Само се сопнав де - не е дека скршив нешто. ― Samo se sopnav de - ne e deka skršiv nešto. ― I just tripped - it's not as if I fractured something.

See also

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic дѣеть (děetĭ, “to say”).

Pronunciation

Particle

де • (de)

  1. (colloquial) says (used informally to mark reported speech)
    Synonyms: говори́т (govorít), говоря́т (govorját), де́скать (déskatʹ), мол (mol)
    Она́-де не зна́ла. ― Oná-de ne znála. ― She says she didn’t know.
    Я-де сам винова́т ― Ja-de sam vinovát ― I say it's my own fault.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъdě, *kъde, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷu-dʰe.

Adverb

де (Latin spelling de)

  1. (Kajkavian, regional) where

Pronoun

де (Latin spelling de)

  1. (Kajkavian, regional) where

Synonyms

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъde.

Pronunciation

Adverb

де • (de)

  1. (interrogative) where
    Де ти тепе́р ме́шкаєш?
    De ty tepér méškaješ?
    Where do you live now?

Further reading

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