דו

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), originally in limited Rabbinic Hebrew expressions like דו פרצופין "two-faced".

Prefix

דּוּ • (du-)

1. Double-, two-, bi-, di-, ambi-, amphi-.

   משמעות (mashma'út, “meaning”) → דו משמעי (du-mashma'í, “ambiguous”)

   חי (khai, “to live, alive”) → דו חי (du-khai, “amphibian”)

   מין (min, “sex”) → דו מיני (du-miní, “bisexual”)

   קומה (kumá, “floor, story”) → דו קומתי (du-kumatí, “two-story, double-decker”)

   צד (tzad, “side”) → דו צדדי (du-tzdadí, “two-sided, bilateral”)

Derived terms

Hebrew terms prefixed with דו־

דו־חי

דו־לשוני

דו־פסיגי

דו־קיום

דו שיח

See also

• שתיים (sh'táyim)
• חד (khad-), תְּלַת (t'lát-), רב (rav-)

References

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Etymology 2

From Italian do.

Proper noun

דּוֹ • (do) m

1. Do: the first solfège syllable, representing the note C.
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Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German du, from Old High German dū, from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /dʊ/
• (Netherlandic) IPA^(key): /duː/
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /diː/
• (Ukrainish) IPA^(key): /di/

Pronoun

דו • (du)

1. you, thou (second-person singular subject pronoun)

See also

Yiddish personal pronouns

person	singular
	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n
nominative	איך (ikh)	דו (du)	ער (er)	זי (zi)	עס (es)
dative	מיר (mir)	דיר (dir)	אים (im)	איר (ir)	אים (im)
accusative	מיך (mikh)	דיך (dikh)	אים (im)	זי (zi)	עס (es)
person	plural
	1st	2nd	3rd
nominative	מיר (mir)	איר (ir)	זיי (zey)
dative	אונדז (undz)	אײַך (aykh)	זיי (zey)
accusative	אונדז (undz)	אײַך (aykh)	זיי (zey)

See also the possessive pronouns.