Deus

See also: deus and déus

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Deus, from Latin Deus.

Proper noun

Deus m

1. God (in a Christian context)

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Latin

Etymology

From deus (“god, deity”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈde.us/, [ˈd̪eʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.us/, [ˈd̪ɛːus]

Proper noun

Deus m sg (irregular, genitive Deī); second declension

1. God (in a Judeo-Christian context)
   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Genesis 28:13:

     ego sum Dominus Deus Abraham patris tui et Deus Isaac

     I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac

Declension

Second-declension noun (irregular), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Deus
Genitive	Deī
Dative	Deō
Accusative	Deum
Ablative	Deō
Vocative	Deus

Derived terms

• Agnus Dei
• Opus Dei

Descendants

• Aragonese: Dios
• Dalmatian: Di, Dai
• Esperanto: Dio
  • Ido: Deo
• Friulian: Diu, Idiu
• Istriot: Deîo
• Italian: Dio
• Old French: Deus, Dieu, Dex, Diex
  • Middle French: Dieu
    • French: Dieu
  • Norman: Dgieu
  • Walloon: Diu, Dié, Bon Diu
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: Dios
  • Extremaduran: Dios
  • Fala: Dios
  • Leonese: Dious
  • Mirandese: Dius

• Old Galician-Portuguese: Deus
  • Galician: Deus
  • Portuguese: Deus
    • Japanese: デウス (Deusu)
• Old Occitan: Deu, Deus
  • Catalan: Déu
  • Occitan: Dieu
• Old Spanish: Dios
  • Ladino: Dyo, Dio, דיו
    • Judaeo-Portuguese: Dio
  • Spanish: Dios
    • Classical Nahuatl: Dios
    • Tagalog: Diyos
• Sardinian: Déu
• Sicilian: Deu, Diu
• Venetian: Dio

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Old French

Proper noun

Deus m

1. nominative singular of Deu

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin Deus.

Proper noun

Deus

1. God

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Deus.

Proper noun

Deus

1. God

Descendants

• Galician: Deus
• Portuguese: Deus

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Deus, from Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdews/, /ˈdewʃ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdewʃ/
• Homophone: deus

Proper noun

Deus m

1. God (the deity of monotheistic religions)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Deus.

Related terms

• deus

Descendants

• Japanese: デウス (Deusu)