deg

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛɡ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Etymology 1

Abbreviations

Noun

deg (countable and uncountable, plural degs)

  1. (mathematics, countable) Abbreviation of degree.
  2. (motor racing, uncountable) Clipping of degradation.
See also
degree of angle

Etymology 2

Verb

deg (third-person singular simple present degs, present participle degging, simple past and past participle degged)

  1. (Northern England, dialectal) To sprinkle, moisten.
    • 1881, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Inversnaid”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published , London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, →OCLC, stanza 3, page 53:
      Degged with dew, dappled with dew / Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through, / Wiry heathpacks, flitches of fern, / And the beadbonny ash that sits over the burn.

Anagrams

Cornish

Cornish cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 11  > 
    Cardinal : deg
    Ordinal : degves

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *deg, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

deg

  1. ten

Mutation

  Mutation of deg  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
deg dheg unchanged teg teg teg

Latvian

Verb

deg

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of degt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of degt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of degt

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Persian دیگ (dig, “cooking pot”).

Pronunciation

Noun

deg

  1. large cooking pot

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Pronoun

deg

  1. (personal) thee, you; object form of du
  2. (also deg selv) yourself

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
feminine masculine neuter plural
Singular First – jeg meg mi min mitt mine
Second general du deg di din ditt dine
formal (rare) De Dem Deres
Third feminine (person) hun henne hennes
masculine (person) han ham / han hans
feminine (noun) den dens
masculine (noun)
neuter (noun) det dets
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine
Plural First – vi oss vår vårt våre
Second general dere deres
formal (very rare) De Dem Deres
Third general de dem deres
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þik.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

deg

  1. objective case of du

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
person first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative eg, je1 du han ho det, dat2
accusative meg deg seg han, honom2 ho, henne2 det, dat2
dative2 meg deg seg honom henne di2
genitive min din sin hans hennar, hennes1 dess3
case plural
nominative me, vi de, dokker dei
accusative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg dei, deim2
dative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg deim2
genitive vår, okkar dykkar, dokkar sin deira, deires1
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.


References

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

deġ m (Mercian, Kentish)

  1. Alternative form of dæġ

Somali

Noun

deg f

  1. ear

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dēgher, from Old Norse deig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”).

Compare Norwegian Bokmål deig, Norwegian Nynorsk deig, Icelandic deig, Faroese deiggj, Danish dej.

Pronunciation

Noun

deg c

  1. dough; a thick mix of flour and water
  2. (uncountable, slang) dough (money)

Declension

Declension of deg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative deg degen degar degarna
Genitive degs degens degars degarnas

Related terms

See also

References

Volapük

Volapük cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 11  > 
    Cardinal : deg
    Ordinal : degid

Pronunciation

Numeral

deg

  1. ten

Synonyms

Derived terms

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Welsh numbers (edit)
100[a], [b], [c]
 ←  1  ←  9 10 11  → [a], [b] 20  → [a], [b], [c]
1
    Cardinal: deg, (before a nasal or optionally a vowel) deng
    Ordinal: degfed
    Ordinal abbreviation: 10fed
Welsh Wikipedia article on 10

From Middle Welsh deg, from Proto-Brythonic *deg, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Alternative forms

Numeral

deg

  1. (cardinal number) ten

Noun

deg m (plural degau)

  1. ten

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
deg ddeg neg unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “deg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Etymology 2

Adjective

deg

  1. Soft mutation of teg.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
teg deg nheg theg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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