dhe

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See also: dhé and Dhé

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.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

(file)

Conjunction

dhe

  1. and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)
  2. also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *dzō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰōm (earth). Compare Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn), Latin humus, Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja). By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek δῆ (, earth).

Pronunciation

Noun

dhe m (plural dhera, definite dheu, definite plural dherat)

  1. earth, land
  2. soil
Declension
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References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “dhe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
  2. ^ 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)

  1. to (expresses purpose)
  2. (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
  3. expresses possession

Inflection

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

dhe (emphatic dhesean)

  1. third-person singular masculine of de

References

Scottish Gaelic

Preposition

dhe (+ dative)

  1. Alternative form of de