dó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

Verb

dó

1. (Alghero) second-person singular imperative of donar

Usage notes

The Algherese imperative form dó is an optional reduced form of the imperative form dona that can see use when the pronouns -me or -mos attach to the end of the verb.

References

El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 47

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese doo, from Latin dolus. Cognate with Portuguese dó, Spanish duelo, Catalan dol, French deuil, Italian duolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

dó m (plural dós)

1. pity, compassion
2. grief, mourning

Related terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

dó m (plural dós)

1. (music) do (musical note)
2. (music) C (the musical note or key)

See also

• (musical notes) nota musical; dó, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si ^{(Category: gl:Music)}

References

• “doo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “doo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “dó” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “dó” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “dó” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -doː

Noun

dó (plural dók)

1. do, a syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eight note of a major scale

   Coordinate terms: ré, mi, fá, szó, lá, ti

Declension

Further reading

• (Hungarian) An article on solfège with hand signs
• dó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• dó in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dáu, from Proto-Celtic *dwau, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔː/

Numeral

dó

1. two

Usage notes

• This form is used independently, not before a noun it modifies. It is always preceded by the particle a:

  a haon, a dó, a trí... ― one, two, three...

  bus a dó ― bus number two

  a dó a chlog ― two o’clock

Derived terms

• dó dhéag
• dóú (ordinal)

See also

• beirt (used with nouns denoting human beings)
• dara (ordinal)
• dhá/dá (used with nouns not denoting human beings)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dáu, dó, dóu.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔː/

Pronoun

dó (emphatic dósan)

1. third-person singular masculine of do
2. (Cois Fharraige) third-person singular masculine of de

Alternative forms

• dhó
• (form of de): de, dhe

Etymology 3

From Old Irish dóüd, dód.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔː.u/ (corresponding to the older spelling dóghadh)

Noun

dó m (genitive singular as substantive dó, genitive as verbal noun dóite, nominative plural dónna)

1. burn, scald
2. burning, scalding, scorching
3. verbal noun of dóigh

Declension

As verbal noun

Alternative forms

• dóghadh (obsolete)

Derived terms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔː/

Verb

dó

1. present subjunctive analytic of dóigh

Alternative forms

• dóighe (obsolete)

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 dáu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dóüd, dód”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 68
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 64

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Pronoun

dó

1. third-person singular masculine/neuter of do (“to, for”)
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 15^a20

     Ní foí⟨l⟩sitis déicsin a gnúsa íar mbid dó oc accaldim Dé, oc tindnacul recto dó.

     They would not have endured the beholding of his face after he had been conversing with God, at the bestowing of the law to him.

Adverb

dó

1. for this reason
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 20^c21

     Is dó da·gníat: maith leu indocbál apstal doib et ní fodmat ingreimm ar chroich Críst.

     It is for this they do it: they like to have the glory of apostles, and they do not endure persecution for the cross of Christ.

Mutation

Old Norse

Verb

dó

1. inflection of deyja:
   1. first/third-person singular past active indicative
   2. third-person plural past active indicative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dó

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese doo, from Late Latin dolus, from Latin dolor (“pain”). Compare Spanish duelo.

Noun

dó m or (nonstandard) f (plural dós)

1. pity (feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something)

   Synonym: pena

Related terms

• dolo
• dolosamente
• doloso
• dor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian do.

Noun

dó m (plural dós)

1. (music) do (first tonic of a major scale)

Coordinate terms

• (C major scale) escala de dó maior; dó, ré, mi, fá, sol, lá, si

Venetian

Etymology 1

Compare Italian due

Numeral

dó

1. two

   Synonym: du

Etymology 2

Compare Italian giù

Adverb

dó

1. down, below