ded
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ded"
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
ded (comparative more ded, superlative most ded)
- (nonstandard, long obsolete outside eye-dialect, now colloquial, especially humorous) Alternative form of dead.
See also
Etymology 2
From Russian military slang дед (ded, “soldiers after their third or fourth half-year of compulsory military service”, literally “grandfather”).
Noun
ded (plural deds)
- (slang) A person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual).
Anagrams
Bislama
Etymology
Noun
ded
Danish
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ded
Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Contraction
ded (triggers lenition)
- (Munster) Contraction of de do (“from your sg”).
- Bain an choirt ded mhuineál. ― Scrub the dirt off your neck.
Related terms
Irish preposition contractions
| Basic form | Contracted with | Copular forms | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| an (“the sg”) | na (“the pl”) | mo (“my”) | do (“your”) | a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) | ár (“our”) | ar (“which (past)”) | (before consonant) | (present/future before vowel) | (past/conditional before vowel) | |
| de (“from”) | den | de na desna* |
de mo dem* |
de do ded*, det* |
dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| do (“to, for”) | don | do na dosna* |
do mo dom* |
do do dod*, dot* |
dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| faoi (“under, about”) | faoin | faoi na | faoi mo | faoi do | faoina | faoinár | faoinar | faoinarb | faoinarbh | |
| i (“in”) | sa, san | sna | i mo im* |
i do id*, it* |
ina | inár | inar | inarb | inarbh | |
| le (“with”) | leis an | leis na | le mo lem* |
le do led*, let* |
lena | lenár | lenar | lenarb | lenarbh | |
| ó (“from, since”) | ón | ó na ósna* |
ó mo óm* |
ó do ód*, ót* |
óna | ónár | ónar | ónarb | ónarbh | |
| trí (“through”) | tríd an | trí na | trí mo | trí do | trína | trínár | trínar | trínarb | trínarbh | |
| *Dialectal. | ||||||||||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ded”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Middle English
Adjective
ded
- Alternative form of deed
Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
dēd f (Anglian)
- Alternative form of dǣd
Declension
Declension of ded (strong i-stem)
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dādi, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis (“placement”). Cognates include Old English dǣd, Old Saxon dād and Old Dutch dāt.
Pronunciation
Noun
dēd f
Descendants
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dědъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
dȅd m (Cyrillic spelling де̏д)
Declension
Declension of ded
References
- “ded” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dědъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
dẹ̑d or dȅd m anim
Inflection
 |
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | déd | ||
| gen. sing. | déda | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
déd | déda | dédje dédi |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
déda | dédov | dédov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
dédu | dédoma | dédom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
déda | déda | déde |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
dédu | dédih | dédih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
dédom | dédoma | dédi |
|
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | dèd | ||
| gen. sing. | déda | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
dèd | déda | dédje dédi |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
déda | dédov | dédov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
dédu | dédoma | dédom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
déda | déda | déde |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
dédu | dédih | dédih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
dédom | dédoma | dédi |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ded”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “ded”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Zazaki
Pronunciation
Noun
ded m
- paternal uncle
- No dedê mıno ke to rê vano. ― This is my uncle speaking to you.
- Namê dedê mı Roberto. ― Name of my uncle is Robert.
References
- ^ Todd, Terry Lynn (2008) Brigitte Werner, editor, A Grammar of Dimili (also Known as Zaza), an electronic version of printed second edition (2002), Giessen: Forum Linguistik in Eurasien e.V., page 142a