Dêu

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Middle Vietnamese

Etymology

From Latin Deus, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós, an o-stem derivative from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Dêu

  1. (Catholicism) God
    • 2003 [1623], Mai Ô Lý Ca (Girolamo Maiorica), “Đoạn Thứ Ba [Third Section]”, in Thiên Chúa Thánh Giáo Khải Mông (天主聖教啟蒙) [God's Holy Teaching for Initiation]:
      Tôi tin kính Dêu là đí gì? Nghĩa điếu ấy là con mắt thịt xem chẳng thấy, thì phải tin có Dêu, lại phải tín có một Dêu, chẳng phải nhiều.
      What does my belief in God means? It means that the naked eyes cannot see, then must believe there is God; and must also believe that there is only one God, not many.

Derivatives

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese Dêu; see there for further etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dêu • (摇)

  1. (Catholicism, obsolete) God
    • c. 19th century, Lam Ngã, “Ngắm Mân Côi Đức Bà [Contemplating the Mysteries of the Rosary of Our Lady]”, in Giáo phận Cần Thơ [Cần Thơ Diocese]‎:
      Bên hữu Dêu Cha tòa Chúa ngự.
      The Lord was stately seated at God the Father's right side.
    • 1914, “Chapitre X. Principales Prières Liturgiques”, in Edmond Nordemann, compiler, Chrestomathie annamite, translation of Symbolum Apostolorum (in Latin), Kinh tin-kính (Apostles' Creed), page 152:
      Tôi tin kính Dêu cha hay lọn vậy, dựng nên lời-đất. […]
      I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth,
    • 1933 July 14, Nguyễn Xuân Khoát, “Lối hát bài ta theo điệu Tây có hợp mỹ thuật không? [Is it aesthetically suitable to sing our lyrics to French tunes?]”, in Hà Thành Ngọ Báo [Hà Nội Midday News]‎, number 1760:
      Các cố đạo đã dịch những bài hát đạo ra quốc-ngữ cho bổn-đạo hát từ lâu rồi, mà dịch lại khéo và đúng nghĩa lắm, như bài hát sinh-nhật: ‹Này Dêu con giáng sinh miền nhân-dan› (il est né le devin enfant).
      Long ago, Christian priests already translated, very skillfully and accurately, many Christians songs into Vietnamese for Vietnamese Christians to sing; for instance, the Nativity song: ‘God the Son is Born into Humanity’ (il est né le devin enfant).

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