depe

See also: de pé

Middle English

Etymology 1

PIE root
*dʰewb-

From Old English dēope (“deeply”); By surface analysis, dep (“deep”) +‎ -e (adverbial suffix)

Alternative forms

• deep, deepe, dep
• deope, dupe (Southern, West Midland); dipe (Northern); deip, deipe (Early Scots)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːp(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdøːp(ə)/ (Southern, West Midland)

Adverb

depe (comparative deppere, depere, superlative deppest, depest)

1. Located inside or below something.
2. Intensely, severely:
   1. Gravely, passionately; in an emotionally intense way.
   2. Profoundly, meaningfully; in a cognitively intense way.
   3. Deeply (of colour or dye)
3. (rare) A lot; a large amount (of water)
4. (rare) Far, wide (in any direction)

Descendants

• English: deep
• Middle Scots: deip
  • Scots: deep

References

• “dẹ̄p(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

PIE root
*dʰewb-

Originally two distinct nouns:

• Old English dīepe, alteration of *dīepu, from Proto-West Germanic *diupī, from Proto-Germanic *diupį̄.
• Old English dēop, from Proto-West Germanic *deup, from Proto-Germanic *deupą.

Alternative forms

• deope (Southern); deip, deipe (Early Scots)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːp(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdøːp(ə)/, /ˈdyːp(ə)/ (Southern, West Midland)

Noun

depe (plural depes)

1. A waterbody; an ocean or river (especially if deep):

   Synonym: depnesse

2. The inside or depths of something:

   Synonyms: depnesse, depthe

   1. The depths; the deep part of a waterbody.

      Synonyms: depnesse, depthe

   2. The sea floor; the bottom of the sea.

      Synonyms: depnesse, depthe

3. Depth; distance below a surface.

Descendants

• English: deep
• Middle Scots: deip
  • Scots: deep

References

• “dẹ̄p, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Adjective

depe

1. inflection of dep:
   1. weak singular
   2. strong/weak plural
2. alternative form of dep

Etymology 4

Verb

depe

1. alternative form of depen

Turkish

Noun

depe (definite accusative depeyi, plural depeler)

1. (Inner Anatolia, East Anatolia) alternative form of tepe

Further reading

• “depe”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982