dé-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

French

Etymology

Partially inherited from Middle French des-, from Old French des-, from a conflation of Latin dis- (“apart”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwís) and Late Latin dē ex = dē- (“from”) + ex- (“out”); Compare the neological borrowing dis-.

Partially borrowed from Latin dē- (“from”) in some cases; compare the inherited form de-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de/
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Prefix

dé-

used to make antonyms (similar to English prefixes un-, dis-)

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with dé-

Related terms

dis-, dés-

Irish

Alternative forms

dá-, dó-

Prefix

dé-

di-, bi-, duo-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with dé-

dé-altach

Mutation

Mutated forms of *dé-*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
dé-	dhé-	ndé-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dé-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“dé-”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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