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Albanian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Albanian *dže, from Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe. Unlike its cognate descendants of Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe, dhe has lost its clitic behaviour, becoming like a typical coordinating conjunction such as English and.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
dhe
- and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)
- also
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *dzō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰōm (“earth”).[1] Compare Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn), Latin humus, Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja). By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek δῆ (dê, “earth”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
dhe m (plural dhera, definite dheu, definite plural dherat)
- earth, land
- soil
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dhe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
- ^ Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016) “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor, page 41
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *di, from Proto-Celtic *dū, related to Breton da (“to, for”), Welsh i (“to, for”), Irish do (“to, for”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
dhe (triggers soft mutation)
- to (expresses purpose)
- (when inflected for person) to someone, towards someone
1707, Edward Lhuyd, “Dzhûan Tſhei An Hɐr”, in Archæologia Britannica:Na meδ e veſter rei δem, ha me a vedn laveral δîz- No, said his boss, give to me, and I will tell you
- expresses possession
Inflection
Standard Cornish
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Singular
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Plural
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First person
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dhybm, dhymm, dhèm |
dhyn
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Second person
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dhis |
dhywgh
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Third person
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dhodho (m); dhedhy (f) |
dhedhans, dhodhans, dhedha
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Irish
Pronunciation
Pronoun
dhe (emphatic dhesean)
- third-person singular masculine of de
References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 194
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , section 302, page 142
Scottish Gaelic
Preposition
dhe (+ dative)
- Alternative form of de