dhe

See also: dhé and Dhé

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðɛ/

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *dže, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe.

Conjunction

dhe

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

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *dzō, from *dʰǵʰōm, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.

Noun

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

1. earth

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

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Cornish

Preposition

dhe

1. to (expresses purpose)
   • 1707, Edward Lhuyd, "Dzhûan Tſhei An Hɐr," 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," 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

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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

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• de

Preposition

dhe

1. of, off