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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Contraction of къде́ (kǎdé).
Conjunction
де • (de)
- (colloquial) where
- Synonym: къде́ (kǎdé)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Interjection
де • (de) (colloquial)
- indeed (to emphasize a statement)
да де, знам- da de, znam
- yeah, indeed I know
- no way (to deny a statement)
- come on (to express encouragement, used at the end of a clause)
върви́ де!- vǎrví de!
- come on, go!
- to express clarification, used at the end of a clause; that is
Anagrams
Carpathian Rusyn
Adverb
де • (de)
- where
Сформованя школьской системы в регіонах, де вни жыють.- Sformovanja školʹskoj systemŷ v rehionax, de vny žŷjutʹ.
- Formation of the school system in the places where they live.
Further reading
Chechen
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Nakh *de.
Pronunciation
Noun
де • (de) class dd[2]
- day
References
- ^ Дешериев, Ю. Д. 1960. "Современный чеченский литературний язык, часть и фонетика", p. 58
- ^ Nichols, Johanna (2004). "Chechen-English and English-Chechen dictionary = Noxchiin-ingals, ingals-noxchiin deshnizhaina", p.279
Etymology 2
Akin to Ingush вe (ve).
Verb
де • (de)
- to kill
Ingush
Etymology
Akin to Chechen да (da).
Verb
де • (de)
- to do
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δή (dḗ).
Pronunciation
Particle
де • (de)
- A particle expressing nonchalance, used to emphasize that something is irrelevant, already known, or expected.
- Си купив нови очила.
- Знам де, ми се пофали веќе.- - Si kupiv novi očila.
- Znam de, mi se pofali veḱe. - - I have bought new glasses.
- I know, you already boasted to me about it earlier.
- Кога ќе ги сретнеме пак, ќе им се пожалиме.
- Да де.- - Koga ḱe gi sretneme pak, ḱe im se požalime.
- Da de. - - When we meet them again, we'll complain to them.
- Yes, I know.
- Само се сопнав де - не е дека скршив нешто. ― Samo se sopnav de - ne e deka skršiv nešto. ― I just tripped - it's not as if I fractured something.
See also
Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic дѣеть (děetĭ, “to say”).
Pronunciation
Particle
де • (de)
- (colloquial) says (used informally to mark reported speech)
- Synonyms: говори́т (govorít), говоря́т (govorját), де́скать (déskatʹ), мол (mol)
- Она́-де не зна́ла. ― Oná-de ne znála. ― She says she didn’t know.
- Я-де сам винова́т ― Ja-de sam vinovát ― I say it's my own fault.
1876, князь Владимир Петрович Мещерский, “Русскому дворянству”, in Речи консерватора:И да не смущаетъ себя́ дворяни́нъ-помѣщикъ мыслiю, что е́сли онъ оди́нъ себѣ скажетъ все э́ти здравыя мы́сли – толку не будетъ, а что-де надо надо многимъ собра́ться и э́ти мы́сли вы́сказать общимъ собранiемъ.- I da ne smuščajet sebjá dvorjanín-poměščik mysliju, što jésli on odín sebě skažet vse éti zdravyja mýsli – tolku ne budet, a što-de nado nado mnogim sobrátʹsja i éti mýsli výskazatʹ obščim sobranijem.
- The noble landlord shouldn't confuse himself by the thought that would he tell all those sensible thoughts by himself it won't make any sense but many should gather and tell all those thoughts by full gathering.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъdě, *kъde, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷu-dʰe.
Adverb
де (Latin spelling de)
- (Kajkavian, regional) where
Pronoun
де (Latin spelling de)
- (Kajkavian, regional) where
Synonyms
Ukrainian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *kъde.
Pronunciation
Adverb
де • (de)
- (interrogative) where (in what place?)
Де ти тепе́р ме́шкаєш?- De ty tepér méškaješ?
- Where do you live now?
- (interrogative, dialectal) where, whither (to what place?)
- Synonym: куди́ (kudý)
Further reading
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
де • (de) n inan (indeclinable)
- The letter д (d), the 6th letter of the Ukrainian alphabet.