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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dy/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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 m (plural dus)

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

Participle

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

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

References

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Further reading

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Norman

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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 m

  1. (Jersey) hard

Derived terms

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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 m

  1. smoke
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Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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  • di lu (unconctraced, aulic, now rare)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

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

Inflection

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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
(older also: di lu)

(older also: di la)

(older also: di li)
cu
(older also: cu lu)

(older also: cu la)
chî
(older also: cu li)
pi
(older also: pi lu)

(older also: pi la)

(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

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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  1. (Wood) Alternative form of do

Inflection

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Zazaki

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdʉ]
  • Hyphenation:

Noun

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 m

  1. smoke