dea
See also: Dea, DEA, dèa, dea-, deá-, de-a, de'a, and deʼa
Basque
Noun
dea
- absolutive singular of de
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin dea.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈde.ə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈde.a/
- Hyphenation: de‧a
Noun
dea f (plural dees)
- goddess
- Synonym: deessa
Hypernyms
- deïtat (“deity”)
Hyponyms
- Dea (“Goddess”)
Related terms
- Dea (“Goddess”)
- déu (“god”)
Further reading
- “dea” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “dea”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “dea” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “dea” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Verb
dea
- first-person singular present subjunctive of dar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of dar
Hawaiian Creole
Etymology
From English there.
Adverb
dea
- there, that place
- Da ting is ova dea.
- The thing is over there.
Interlingua
Noun
dea (plural deas)
- goddess
- Britannia esseva un dea minor in polytheismo romano-britannic; su depiction actual ha essite modificate pro evocar le nationalismo britannic moderne.
- Britannia was a minor goddess in Romano-British polytheism; her present appearance has been modified in order to evoke modern British nationalism.
- Britannia esseva un dea minor in polytheismo romano-britannic; su depiction actual ha essite modificate pro evocar le nationalismo britannic moderne.
Istriot
Noun
dea f
- female equivalent of deo; goddess
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
- Ti me pari oûna dea infra li dai,
- You seem to me a goddess among the gods,
- Ti me pari oûna dea infra li dai,
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.a/, (traditional) */ˈdɛ.a/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛa
- Hyphenation: dè‧a
Noun
dea f (plural dee, masculine dio)
- goddess
- Synonym: (poetic) diva
- (informal, acting) female star
- Synonym: diva
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.a/, /ˈde.a/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛa, -ea
- Hyphenation: dè‧a, dé‧a
Verb
dea
- (obsolete) third-person singular present subjunctive of dovere
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.a/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛa
- Hyphenation: dè‧a
Verb
dea
- (archaic) third-person singular present subjunctive of dare
References
- dea in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- -ade, Ade
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin deiva, from Proto-Italic *deiwā.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈde.a/, [ˈd̪eä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.a/, [ˈd̪ɛːä]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
dea f (genitive deae); first declension (for the masculine form, see deus)
- goddess
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.13:
- ecce deās vīdī
- Behold! I saw goddesses.
- ecce deās vīdī
Declension
First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ābus).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dea | deae |
Genitive | deae | deārum |
Dative | deae | deābus |
Accusative | deam | deās |
Ablative | deā | deābus |
Vocative | dea | deae |
Descendants
- Spanish: dea
Further reading
- “dea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Lombard
Alternative forms
- deja
- deessa (archaic, poetic)
Etymology
From Latin dea.
Pronunciation
- (Western, Milanese) IPA(key): /ˈdɛa/
- Hyphenation: de‧a
Noun
- (Classical Milanese Orthography spelling) Alternative form of deja
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʲe.a/
Noun
dea
- genitive plural of día (“god”)
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
dea | dea pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ | ndea |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [de̯a]
Verb
dea
- third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of da
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdea/ [ˈd̪e.a]
- Rhymes: -ea
- Syllabification: de‧a
Noun
dea f (plural deas)
- (poetic) goddess
- Synonym: diosa
Further reading
- “dea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tabaru
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈde.a]
Noun
dea
- father
- 'o 'esa de 'o dea ― mother and father
References
- Edward A. Kotynski (1988), “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics
Transylvanian Saxon
Etymology
Ultimately comes from Proto-Germanic þu.
Pronoun
dea
- You
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian dād, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz.
Adjective
dea
- dead
Inflection
Inflection of dea | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | dea | |||
inflected | deade | |||
comparative | deader | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | dea | deader | it deadst it deadste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | deade | deadere | deadste |
n. sing. | dea | deader | deadste | |
plural | deade | deadere | deadste | |
definite | deade | deadere | deadste | |
partitive | deads | deaders | — |
Derived terms
- deadzje
Further reading
- “dea (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011