Dé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

Irish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dé m

  1. vocative/genitive singular of Dia (“God”)

Etymology 2

Originally the dative of dia (“day”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dʲeː/[1]
  • (Ulster, unstressed) IPA(key): /dʲa/[3]

Preposition

Dé (plus genitive, triggers h-prothesis, used only with the names of the days of the week)

  1. on
    Dé Domhnaigh ― on Sunday
Usage notes

Dé is not used with Déardaoin (“Thursday”), which by itself is both the noun “Thursday” and the adverb “on Thursday”.

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Dé Dhé nDé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 80
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 73
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 9

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dʲeː]

Noun

Dé m

  1. vocative/genitive singular of Día (“God”)

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Dé Dé
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/		 nDé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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