Dé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲeː/

Proper noun

Dé m

1. vocative/genitive singular of Dia (“God”)
   • The translation of Silent Night into Irish) begins:

     Oíche chiúin, oíche Mhic Dé

     Silent night, holy night

     (literally, “Silent night, night of God’s Son”)

Etymology 2

Originally the dative of dia (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲeː/
• (Ulster, unstressed) IPA^(key): /dʲa/

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

• Dé Céadaoin
• Dé Domhnaigh
• Dé hAoine
• Dé Luain
• Dé Máirt
• Dé Sathairn

 

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• Dǽ, Dǽi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʲeː]

Noun

Dé m

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

Mutation

Mutation of Dé

radical	lenition	nasalization
Dé	Dé pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	nDé

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