Contionary:deu

Braereth

Pronunciation & Variants

Official	Classical	Tenibvreth	Eomentesa	Merineth
/deu̯/	[deu̯]	[deu̯] ⟪deu⟫	[de̞.o̞] ⟨deo⟩	[tilu] ⧼tilu⧽

Etymology

From Latin de ille A compound of de ‘of’ and lu ‘the’.

Adposition

deu (feminine dela, masculine plural dis, feminine plural des)

1. of the

Carnian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divъ. After the Christianization of the Carnians, the meaning “deity” was reintroduced and specialized under the influence of Church Latin deus, reinforced by phonetic similarity. In ecclesiastical usage, the inherited Proto-Slavic *bogъ was increasingly restricted to non-Christian or pagan deities.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA: [dɛ̂ʊ̯]
• (Carinthian) IPA: [ðɛ̂ʊ̯]

Noun

deu m anim

1. god, a divine being considered abstractly or without reference to a specific religious tradition

   Li jen deu existe? ― Does a god exist?

2. (theology, philosophy) a divine being as an object of rational or doctrinal analysis

Usage notes

Distinguished from bog, which refers to a god as worshipped within a particular religious or cultural tradition. Lowercase deu is not used in devotional language.

Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	deu	divi
Accusative	diva	divi
Genitive	diva	divou
Dative	divo	divom

See also

• Deu (“God (Christianity)”)
• deun (“divine”)
• Deuni Godi (“Christmas”)

Siwa

Pronunciation

• (Aingo) IPA^(key): [deu]

Noun

deu inan (marked dela)