deg

See also: Appendix:Variations of "deg"

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛɡ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Etymology 1

Abbreviations

Noun

deg (countable and uncountable, plural degs)

(mathematics, countable) Abbreviation of degree.
(motor racing, uncountable) Clipping of degradation.

Etymology 2

Verb

deg (third-person singular simple present degs, present participle degging, simple past and past participle degged)

(Northern England, dialectal) To sprinkle, moisten.
- 1881, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Inversnaid”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, →OCLC, stanza 3, page 53:
  Degged with dew, dappled with dew / Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through, / Wiry heathpacks, flitches of fern, / And the beadbonny ash that sits over the burn.

Anagrams

EDG, EGD, GED, Ged, egd, ged

Cornish

**Cornish numbers ^(edit)**
		100
^{[a], [b]} ← 1	← 9	10 10	11 →	20 →
		1^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: deg Ordinal: degves

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *deg, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

deg

ten

Mutation

Mutation of *deg*
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
deg	dheg	unchanged	teg	teg	teg

Latvian

Verb

deg

third-person singular/plural present indicative of degt
(with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of degt
(with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of degt

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Persian (dig, “cooking pot”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [deɡ], [dek]

Noun

deg

large cooking pot

Derived terms

degti

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dæj/
Homophone: deig
Rhymes: -æj

Pronoun

deg

(personal) thee, you; object form of du
(also deg selv) yourself

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þik.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deːɡ/

Pronoun

deg

objective case of du

References

“deg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dej/

Noun

deġ m (Mercian, Kentish)

Alternative form of dæġ

Somali

Noun

deg f

ear

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dēgher, from Old Norse deig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”).

Compare Norwegian Bokmål deig, Norwegian Nynorsk deig, Icelandic deig, Faroese deiggj, Danish dej.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
IPA^(key): /deːɡ/

Noun

deg c

dough; a thick mix of flour and water
(uncountable, slang) dough (money)

Declension

Declension of **deg**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	deg	degs
singular	definite	degen	degens
plural	indefinite	degar	degars
plural	definite	degarna	degarnas

Related terms

digna

References

Volapük

**Volapük cardinal numbers**
< 9	10	11 >
Cardinal : deg Ordinal : degid

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deɡ/

Numeral

deg

ten
- 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 19:
  Hifeilan at dalabom jevodis tel e kunis deg.
  This farmer owns two horses and ten cows.

Synonyms

bals (obsolete, Original Volapük)

Derived terms

degid

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deːɡ/
Rhymes: -eːɡ

Etymology 1

**Welsh numbers ^(edit)**
		100^{[a], [b], [c]}
← 1	← 9	10	11 → ^{[a], [b]}	20 → ^{[a], [b], [c]}
		1
Cardinal: deg, (before a nasal or optionally a vowel) deng Ordinal: degfed Ordinal abbreviation: 10fed
Welsh Wikipedia article on 10

From Middle Welsh deg, from Proto-Brythonic *deg, from Proto-Celtic *dekam, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Alternative forms

deng

Numeral

deg

(cardinal number) ten

Noun

deg m (plural degau)

ten

Derived terms

decplyg (“tenfold”)
degfed (“tenth”)
degol (“decimal”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *deg*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deg	ddeg	neg	unchanged

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

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “deg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Etymology 2

Adjective

deg

Soft mutation of teg.

Mutation

Mutated forms of *teg*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
teg	deg	nheg	theg

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

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
	Second	formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (noun)	den		dens
		masculine (noun)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
	Second	formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
	Third	reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine

person	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular neuter
nominative	eg, je¹	du		han	ho	det, dat²
accusative	meg	deg	seg	han, honom²	ho, henne²	det, dat²
dative²	meg	deg	seg	honom	henne	di²
genitive	min	din	sin	hans	hennar, hennes¹	dess³
case	plural
nominative	me, vi	de, dokker			dei
accusative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg		dei, deim²
dative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg		deim²
genitive	vår, okkar	dykkar, dokkar	sin		deira, deires¹