dó

See also: Appendix:Variations of "do"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdo]

Verb

dó

1. (Alghero) second-person singular imperative of donar

Usage notes

The Algherese imperative form dó is an optional reduced form of the imperative form dona that can see use when the pronouns -me or -mos attach to the end of the verb.

References

El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 47

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese doo, from Latin dolus. Cognate with Portuguese dó, Spanish duelo, Catalan dol, French deuil, Italian duolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔ]

Noun

dó m (plural dós)

1. pity, compassion
2. grief, mourning

Related terms

• adoecer
• adolorido
• doente
• doer
• doído
• doloroso
• dorido

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔ]

Noun

dó m (plural dós)

1. (music) do (musical note)
2. (music) C (the musical note or key)

See also

• (musical notes) nota musical; dó, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si ^{(Category: gl:Music)}

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “doo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “doo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dó”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dó”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dó”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Hungarian

solmisation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdoː]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -doː

Noun

dó (plural dók)

1. do, a syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eight note of a major scale

   Coordinate terms: ré, mi, fá, szó, lá, ti

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	dó	dók
accusative	dót	dókat
dative	dónak	dóknak
instrumental	dóval	dókkal
causal-final	dóért	dókért
translative	dóvá	dókká
terminative	dóig	dókig
essive-formal	dóként	dókként
essive-modal	dóul	—
inessive	dóban	dókban
superessive	dón	dókon
adessive	dónál	dóknál
illative	dóba	dókba
sublative	dóra	dókra
allative	dóhoz	dókhoz
elative	dóból	dókból
delative	dóról	dókról
ablative	dótól	dóktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	dóé	dóké
non-attributive possessive - plural	dóéi	dókéi

Possessive forms of dó
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	dóm	dóim
2nd person sing.	dód	dóid
3rd person sing.	dója	dói
1st person plural	dónk	dóink
2nd person plural	dótok	dóitok
3rd person plural	dójuk	dóik

Further reading

• (Hungarian) An article on solfège with hand signs
• dó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• dó in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Irish

Etymology 1

Irish numbers ^(edit)

	20
←  1	2	3  →
Cardinal: dó     Ordinal: dara, dóú     Personal: beirt, dís     Attributive: dhá

From Old Irish dáu, from Proto-Celtic *dwau, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔː/

Numeral

dó

1. two

Usage notes

• This form is used independently, not before a noun it modifies. It is always preceded by the particle a:

  a haon, a dó, a trí... ― one, two, three...

  bus a dó ― bus number two

  a dó a chlog ― two o’clock

Derived terms

• dó dhéag
• dóú (ordinal)

See also

• beirt (used with nouns denoting human beings)
• dara (ordinal)
• dhá/dá (used with nouns not denoting human beings)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dáu, dó, dóu.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔː/

Pronoun

dó (emphatic dósan)

1. third-person singular masculine of do
2. (Cois Fharraige) third-person singular masculine of de

Alternative forms

• dhó
• (form of de): de, dhe

Etymology 3

From Old Irish dóüd, dód.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔː.u/ (corresponding to the older spelling dóghadh)

Noun

dó m (genitive singular as substantive dó, genitive as verbal noun dóite, nominative plural dónna)

1. burn, scald
2. burning, scalding, scorching
3. verbal noun of dóigh

Declension

Declension of dó

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dó dónna Vocative a dhó a dhónna Genitive dó dónna Dative dó dónna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dó na dónna Genitive an dó na ndónna Dative leis an dó don dó leis na dónna

As verbal noun

Declension of dó

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative dó Vocative a dhó Genitive dóite Dative dó

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an dó Genitive an dóite Dative leis an dó don dó

Alternative forms

• dóghadh (obsolete)

Derived terms

• aibhleog dhóite
• ball dóite (“burn”)
• boladh dóite (“smell of burning”)
• dó gréine (“sunburn”)
• dó laidhre (“inflammation between toes”)
• dó neantóige (“nettle sting”)
• dó seaca (“frostbite”)
• dó talún (“soil-burning”)
• dódhíonach
• griandó
• iarann dóite (“branding iron”)
• lorg dóite (“brand of burning”)

 

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔː/

Verb

dó

1. present subjunctive analytic of dóigh (“burn”)

Alternative forms

• dóighe (obsolete)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dó	dhó	ndó
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 dáu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dóüd, dód”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 68
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 64

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doː]

Pronoun

dó

1. third-person singular masculine/neuter of do (“to, for”)

Quotations

• c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 15^a20

  Ní foí⟨l⟩sitis déicsin a gnúsa íar mbid dó oc accaldim Dé, oc tindnacul recto dó.

  They would not have endured the beholding of his face after he had been conversing with God, at the bestowing of the law to him.

• c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 59^c3

  Is ed con·aitecht tantum dílgud a pecthae ṅdó hó Día, ⁊ ní comtacht cumachtae ṅdíglae fora náimtea.

  That is, he asked only for forgiveness of his sins to him by God, and he did not ask for power of vengeance on his enemies.

Adverb

dó

1. for this reason

Quotations

• c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 20^c21

  Is dó da·gníat: maith leu indocbál apstal doib et ní fodmat ingreimm ar chroich Críst.

  It is for this reason they do it: they like to have the glory of apostles, and they do not endure persecution for the cross of Christ.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dó	dó pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndó
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Verb

dó

1. inflection of deyja:
   1. first/third-person singular past active indicative
   2. third-person plural past active indicative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ/

• Hyphenation: dó

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese doo, from Late Latin dolus, from Latin dolor (“pain”). Compare Spanish duelo.

Noun

dó m or (nonstandard) f (plural dós)

1. pity (feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something)

   Synonym: pena

Related terms

• dolo
• dolosamente
• doloso
• dor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian do.

Noun

dó m (plural dós)

1. (music) do (first tonic of a major scale)

Coordinate terms

• (C major scale) escala de dó maior; dó, ré, mi, fá, sol, lá, si

Venetan

Etymology 1

Compare Italian due

Numeral

dó

1. two

   Synonym: du

Etymology 2

Compare Italian giù

Adverb

dó

1. down, below

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɔ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɔ˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jɔ˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cây) dó • (柚, 楮, 𣜴, 𦾤)

1. paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

   Synonym: dướng