déu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "deu"

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin deus, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Compare Portuguese deus, Occitan dieu, diu, French dieu, Spanish dios.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈde̞w]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈdew]

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Noun

déu m (plural déus)

1. god

Hypernyms

• deïtat (“deity”)

Hyponyms

• Déu (“God”)

Derived terms

• bé de déu
• deessa
• Déu n'hi do
• gràcies a Déu
• marededeu
• semidéu
• tot déu

Related terms

• dea (“goddess”)
• Déu (“God”)

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “déu”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “déu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “déu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲeːu̯/

Noun

déu

1. vocative/accusative plural of día (“god”)

Mutation

Mutation of déu

radical	lenition	nasalization
déu	déu pronounced with /ðʲ-/	ndéu

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