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English

Etymology 1

Adjective

ded (comparative more ded, superlative most ded)

  1. (nonstandard, long obsolete outside eye-dialect, now colloquial, especially humorous) Alternative form of dead.
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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)

  1. (slang) A person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual).

Anagrams

Bislama

Etymology

Borrowed from English death.

Noun

ded

  1. death (cessation of life)
  2. dead

Danish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ded

  1. (dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of det.

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Contraction

ded (triggers lenition)

  1. (Munster) Contraction of de do (“from your sg”).
    Bain an choirt ded mhuineál. ― Scrub the dirt off your neck.
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

Middle English

Adjective

ded

  1. Alternative form of deed

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

dēd f (Anglian)

  1. Alternative form of dǣd

Declension

Declension of dēd (strong i-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative dēd dēde, dēda
accusative dēd, dēde dēde, dēda
genitive dēde dēda
dative dēde dēdum

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

  1. deed

Descendants

  • Saterland Frisian: Däid
  • West Frisian: died

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)

  1. grandfather

Declension

Declension of ded
singular plural
nominative dȅd dèdovi/dedi
genitive deda dedova/deda
dative dedu dedovima/dedima
accusative deda dedove/dede
vocative dede dedovi/dedi
locative dedu dedovima/dedima
instrumental dedom dedovima/dedima

References

  • “ded”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

dẹ̑d or dȅd m anim

  1. grandfather
  2. ancestor

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

  1. paternal uncle[1]
    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

  1. ^ 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
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