dû

See also: Appendix:Variations of "du"

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy/

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Noun

dû m (plural dus)

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

Participle

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

1. past participle of devoir

   Elle a dû rentrer chez elle en marchant. ― She had to walk home.

   Tu aurais dû me dire que tu ne savais pas nager. ― You should have told me that you can't swim.

Further reading

• “dû”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

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

Adjective

dû m

1. (Jersey) hard

Derived terms

• duthement

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

dû m

1. smoke

Related terms

• dûkêl

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• di lu (unconctraced, aulic, now rare)

• dô, rô, 'ô (prevalent in eastern dialects)
• du, do, ro, 'o, o (eye dialect)

• dù, dò, ò (hypercorrected)
• d'o, d'u (misspelled)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

dû

1. Contraction of di u (“of the”).

   A fera dû luni.

   The Monday market (lit. the market [of the] monday).

Inflection

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	dû (older also: di lu)	dâ (older also: di la)	dî (older also: di li)
cu	cû (older also: cu lu)	câ (older also: cu la)	chî (older also: cu li)
pi	pû (older also: pi lu)	pâ (older also: pi la)	pî (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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /də/

Pronoun

dû

1. (Wood) Alternative form of do

Inflection

West Frisian personal pronouns

Number	Person		Nominative	Objective		Possessive
				Normal	Reflexive	Determiner	Pronoun
Singular	First		ik	my	mysels	myn	mines
	Second	Informal	do/dû1	dy	dysels	dyn	dines
		Formal	jo	jo	josels	jo	jowes
	Third	Masculine	hy	him	himsels	syn	sines
		Feminine	sy/hja1	har	harsels	har	harres
		Neuter	it	it	himsels	syn	sines
Plural	First		wy	ús	ússels	ús	uzes
	Second		jim(me)	jim(me)	jimsels/jinsels	jim(me)	jimmes
	Third		sy/hja1	har(ren)	harsels	har(ren)	harres
1. Now mostly archaic and unused

Zazaki

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʉ]
• Hyphenation: dû

Noun

dû m

1. smoke