dhe

See also: dhé and Dhé

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *dže, from Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe. Unlike its cognate descendants of Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe, dhe has lost its clitic behaviour, becoming like a typical coordinating conjunction such as English and.

Alternative forms

• edhe, e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðe/

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Conjunction

dhe

1. and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)
2. also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *dzō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰōm (“earth”). Compare Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn), Latin humus, Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja). By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek δῆ (dê, “earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðe/

Noun

dhe m (plural dhera, definite dheu, definite plural dherat)

1. earth, land
2. soil

Declension

Declension of dhe

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	dhe	dhera	dheu	dherat
accusative			dheun
dative	dheu	dherave	dheut	dheravet
ablative		dherash

Derived terms

• kapërdhij
• përdhos
• gërdhele
• gërdhet

Related terms

• gërdhatë
• dhatë

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *di, from Proto-Celtic *dū, related to Breton da (“to, for”), Welsh i (“to, for”), Irish do (“to, for”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðə/

Preposition

dhe (triggers soft mutation)

1. to (expresses purpose)
   • 1707, Edward Lhuyd, “Dzhûan Tſhei An Hɐr”, in Archæologia Britannica:

     me a vedn mɐz δa huillaz huêl δɐ îl

     I am going to go to look for work to do

2. (when inflected for person) to someone, towards someone
   • 1707, Edward Lhuyd, “Dzhûan Tſhei An Hɐr”, in Archæologia Britannica:

     Na meδ e veſter rei δem, ha me a vedn laveral δîz

     No, said his boss, give [it] to me, and I will tell you

3. expresses possession

Inflection

  Standard Cornish

	Singular	Plural
First person	dhybm, dhymm, dhèm	dhyn
Second person	dhis	dhywgh
Third person	dhodho (m); dhedhy (f)	dhedhans, dhodhans, dhedha

Irish

Alternative forms

• de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛ/

Pronoun

dhe (emphatic dhesean)

1. third-person singular masculine of de

References

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 194
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 302

Scottish Gaelic

Preposition

dhe (+ dative)

1. Alternative form of de