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Ekit
Verb
dú
- bite
Further reading
Jamtish
Etymology
From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂; see there for cognates.
Pronoun
dú
- (in the singular) you (thou)
Declension
Jamtish personal pronouns
person
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first person
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second person
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reflexive
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third person
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case
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singular
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singular masculine
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singular feminine
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singular neuter
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nominative
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jeg
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dú
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hann
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hú
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deð, heð2
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accusative
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meg
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deg
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seg
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hann
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hú
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deð, heð2
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dative
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meg
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deg
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seg
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hanum
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henne, hennar
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dí, dín
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genitive
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menn3
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denn3
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senn3
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hans
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hennes, hennar
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dí, dín
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case
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plural
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nominative
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með, vi4
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deð, ni2
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dum, di1
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accusative
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oss
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dekk, ekk, ni2
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seg
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dum
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dative
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oss
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dekk, ekk, ni2
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seg
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dum
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genitive
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vonn3
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dekkan, ekkan, niðan2
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senn
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dires
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1Archaic; see entry.
2Eastern variant.
3Declines like an adjective; see entry.
4Southeast-east variant, universal in Ragunda and Revsund.
Mandarin
Pronunciation
Romanization
dú (du2, Zhuyin ㄉㄨˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儥/𰂏
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凟/𰃿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匵/𰅥
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嬻/𪥿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫝/椟
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殰/㱩
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 毒
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀆/渎
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 牘/牍
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犢/犊
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獨/独
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓄/𪻨
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皾/𰤬
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碡
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 竅/窍
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 纛
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝳
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 襞
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 読, 讀/读
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 讟/𮙋
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 豄/𰶔
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 贕/𫧿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑟
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韇/𱁷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韣/𱂋
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韥
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頓/顿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顸
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騳/𱄿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髑
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黩
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黷/黩
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *gdū, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).
Noun
dú f
- place, spot
- someone's particular place; native place; patrimony
- appropriate place; rightful place
- one's right, one's due
Inflection
Feminine n-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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dú
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—
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—
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Vocative
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dú
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—
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—
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Accusative
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doinN
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—
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—
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Genitive
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don
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—
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—
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Dative
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doinL, dúL
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—
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—
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutation of dú
radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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dú
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dú pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
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ndú
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Note that DIL separates the nominative and oblique stems into separate entries.
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 don”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language