dé-

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French

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Etymology

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  • Partially borrowed from Latin dē- (from) in some cases; compare the inherited form de-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de/
  • Audio:(file)

Prefix

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dé-

  1. used to make antonyms (similar to English prefixes un-, dis-)

Derived terms

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Prefix

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dé-

  1. di-, bi-, duo-

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dé- dhé- ndé-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dé-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • dé-”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024