Davy

See also: davy

English

Alternative forms

• Davie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪvi/
• Rhymes: -eɪvi

Proper noun

Davy

1. A diminutive of the male given name David.
2. derived from David.

Quotations

• ~1599 William Shakespeare: Henry the Fifth: Act IV, Scene I:

  Tell him, I'll knock his leek about his pate

  Upon Saint Davy's day.

Derived terms

• Davy lamp
• Davy Jones
• Davy Jones’s locker

Noun

Davy (plural Davies or Davys)

1. A Davy lamp.
   • 1845, The Literary Gazette

     […] the experience of more than one of the best-regulated collieries of the north of England, where a vast number of Davies are in daily use.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.vi/

Proper noun

Davy m

1. derived from David.
2. a male given name of modern usage.

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Manx

Proper noun

Davy m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English David

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Davy	Ghavy	Navy
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.