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dhe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dhe"

Albanian

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Etymology 1

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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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ðe/
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Conjunction

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dhe

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

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Albanian *dzō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰōm (“earth”).[1] Compare Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn), Latin humus, Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja). By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek δῆ (dê, “earth”).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. earth, land
  2. soil
Declension
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Declension of dhe
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dhe dheu dhera dherat
accusative dheun
dative dheu dheut dherave dherave
ablative dherash
Derived terms
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References

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  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[1], page 41

Cornish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *di, from Proto-Celtic *dū, related to Breton da (“to, for”), Welsh i (“to, for”), Irish do (“to, for”).

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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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 [it] to me, and I will tell you
  3. expresses possession

Inflection

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  Standard Cornish
Singular Plural
First person dhybm, dhymm, dhèm dhyn
Second person dhis dhywgh
Third person dhodho (m); dhedhy (f) dhedhans, dhodhans, dhedha

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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dhe (emphatic dhesean)

  1. third-person singular masculine of de

References

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 194
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 302, page 142

Scottish Gaelic

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Preposition

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dhe (+ dative)

  1. Alternative form of de
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