dû

See also: Appendix:Variations of "du"

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dy/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

dû m (plural dus)

  1. what is owed, what is due, money's worth

Participle

dû (feminine due, masculine plural dus, feminine plural dues)

  1. past participle of devoir
    Elle a dû rentrer chez elle en marchant. ― She had to walk home.
    Tu aurais dû me dire que tu ne savais pas nager.[1] ― You should have told me that you can't swim.

References
  1. Tatoeba No. 6383324

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

From Latin dūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew-. Compare French dur.

Adjective

dû m

  1. (Jersey) hard

Derived terms

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *duHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Compare Persian دود (dud).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -uː

Noun

dû m

  1. smoke

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Univerbation of di (“of, from”, preposition) +‎ u (“the”, masculine singular definite article). Doublet of di lu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [duː] (standard)
  • IPA(key): [dɔː] (dialectal)
  • IPA(key): [ɾɔː] (rhotacized dialects)

Preposition

dû

  1. Contraction of di u (“of the”).
    A fera dû luni.
    The Monday market (lit. the market [of the] monday).

Inflection
Sicilian definite prepositional articles
Masculine singular definite article Feminine singular definite article Masculine and feminine plural definite article
u/lu a/la i/li
a ô
(older also: a lu)		 â
(older also: a la)		 ê
(older also: a li)
di dû
(older also: di lu)		 dâ
(older also: di la)		 dî
(older also: di li)
cu cû
(older also: cu lu)		 câ
(older also: cu la)		 chî
(older also: cu li)
pi pû
(older also: pi lu)		 pâ
(older also: pi la)		 pî
(older also: pi li)
nna nnô
(older also: nna lu)		 nnâ
(older also: nna la)		 nnê
(older also: nna li)
nni nnû
(older also: nni lu)		 nnâ
(older also: nni la)		 nnî
(older also: nni li)

West Frisian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /du/
  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /də/

Pronoun

dû

  1. (Wood) Alternative form of do

Inflection
West Frisian personal pronouns
Number Person Nominative Objective Possessive
Normal Reflexive Determiner Pronoun
Singular First ik my mysels myn mines
Second Informal do/dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
Formal jo jo josels jo jowes
Third Masculine hy him himsels syn sines
Feminine sy/hja1 har harsels har harres
Neuter it it himsels syn sines
Plural First wy ús ússels ús uzes
Second jim(me) jim(me) jimsels/jinsels jim(me) jimmes
Third sy/hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres
1. Now mostly archaic and unused

Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *duHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Cognate with Persian دود (dud).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdʉ]
  • Hyphenation: dû

Noun

dû m

  1. smoke
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