dú

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "du"

Ashkun

Ashkun cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dú

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *dū́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dú

  1. two

Ekit

Verb

dú

  1. bite

Further reading

Jamtish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂; see there for cognates.

Pronoun

dú

  1. (in the singular) you (thou)

Declension

Jamtish personal pronouns
person first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative jeg dú hann hú deð, heð2
accusative meg deg seg hann hú deð, heð2
dative meg deg seg hanum henne, hennar dí, dín
genitive menn3 denn3 senn3 hans hennes, hennar dí, dín
case plural
nominative með, vi4 deð, ni2 dum, di1
accusative oss dekk, ekk, ni2 seg dum
dative oss dekk, ekk, ni2 seg dum
genitive vonn3 dekkan, ekkan, niðan2 senn dires
1Archaic; see entry. 2Eastern variant. 3Declines like an adjective; see entry. 4Southeast-east variant, universal in Ragunda and Revsund.


Mandarin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Romanization

dú (du2, Zhuyin ㄉㄨˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儥／𰂏
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凟／𰃿
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匵／𰅥
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嬻／𪥿
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫝／椟
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殰／㱩
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 毒
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀆／渎
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 牘／牍
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犢／犊
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獨／独
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓄／𪻨
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皾／𰤬
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碡
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 竅／窍
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 纛
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝳
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 襞
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 読, 讀／读
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 讟／𮙋
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 豄／𰶔
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 贕／𫧿
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑟
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韇／𱁷
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韣／𱂋
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韥
  27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頓／顿
  28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顸
  29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騳／𱄿
  30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髑
  31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黩
  32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黷／黩

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gdū, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).

Noun

dú f

  1. place, spot
  2. someone's particular place; native place; patrimony
  3. appropriate place; rightful place
  4. one's right, one's due

Inflection

Feminine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dú — —
Vocative dú — —
Accusative doinN — —
Genitive don — —
Dative doinL, dúL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
dú dú
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Note that DIL separates the nominative and oblique stems into separate entries.

Tregami

Tregami cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dú

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *dū́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

Numeral

dú

  1. two
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