דו
Hebrew
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), originally in limited Rabbinic Hebrew expressions like דו פרצופין "two-faced".
Prefix
editדּוּ • (du-)
- Double-, two-, bi-, di-, ambi-, amphi-.
- משמעות (mashma'út, “meaning”) → דו משמעי (du-mashma'í, “ambiguous”)
- חי (khai, “to live, alive”) → דו חי (du-khai, “amphibian”)
- מין (min, “sex”) → דו מיני (du-miní, “bisexual”)
- קומה (kumá, “floor, story”) → דו קומתי (du-kumatí, “two-story, double-decker”)
- צד (tzad, “side”) → דו צדדי (du-tzdadí, “two-sided, bilateral”)
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editדּוֹ • (do) m
- Do: the first solfège syllable, representing the note C.
- דו on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German du, from Old High German dū, from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation
edit- (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA(key): /dʊ/
- (Netherlandic) IPA(key): /duː/
- (Poylish) IPA(key): /diː/
- (Ukrainish) IPA(key): /di/
Pronoun
editדו • (du)
See also
editYiddish personal pronouns
person | singular | ||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd m | 3rd f | 3rd n | |
nominative | איך (ikh) | דו (du) | ער (er) | זי (zi) | עס (es) |
dative | מיר (mir) | דיר (dir) | אים (im) | איר (ir) | אים (im) |
accusative | מיך (mikh) | דיך (dikh) | אים (im) | זי (zi) | עס (es) |
person | plural | ||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
nominative | מיר (mir) | איר (ir) | זיי (zey) | ||
dative | אונדז (undz) | אײַך (aykh) | זיי (zey) | ||
accusative | אונדז (undz) | אײַך (aykh) | זיי (zey) | ||
See also the possessive pronouns. |
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- Hebrew terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Hebrew lemmas
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- Hebrew terms borrowed from Italian
- Hebrew terms derived from Italian
- Hebrew proper nouns
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish pronouns
- Yiddish personal pronouns