déif
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Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German *diuf, northern variant of tiuf, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-. The expected masculine form is *déifen, but the fricative was voiced, possibly by analogy with the homophone Déif (“thief”) and/or the rhyming adjectives dréif (“turbid”), léif (“dear”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]déif (masculine déiwen, neuter déift, comparative méi déif, superlative am déifsten)
Declension
[edit]declension of déif
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass déif | si ass déif | et ass déif | si si(nn) déif | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | déiwen | déif | déift | déif |
independent without determiner | déiwes | déiwer | |||
dative | after any declined word | déiwen | déiwer | déiwen | déiwen |
as first declined word | déiwem | déiwem |
Related terms
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- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɜɪf
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɜɪf/1 syllable
- Luxembourgish terms with homophones
- Luxembourgish terms with audio pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish adjectives