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Komi-Zyrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дед (ded).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɟed/, [ˈɟed]
  • Hyphenation: дед
  • Rhymes: -ed

Noun

дед (ďed)

  1. old man
  2. grandfather
  3. (chiefly in the plural) forefather
  4. (euphemistic, folklore) synonym of олыся (olyśa, domovoy)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
1 Animate nouns almost exclusively take the type II accusative ending, whereas inanimate nouns can be used with either ending, but are more often found with type I.
More information singular, plural ...

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Hyponyms

References

  • L. M. Beznosikova; E. A. Ajbabina; R. I. Kosnyreva (2000), Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 167
  • Koshkaryova, N. B.; et al. (2017), Kazakevich, O. A., editor, Диалектологический атлас уральских языков, распространенных на территории Ямало-Ненецкого автономного округа [Dialectological atlas of the Uralic languages ​​spoken in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug] (in Russian), Kaliningrad: «РОСТ-ДОАФК», →ISBN, page 41
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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

дед (ded) m anim (genitive де́да, nominative plural де́ды, genitive plural де́дов, relational adjective де́дов or де́дский, diminutive де́душка or дедо́к) (most meanings)
дед (ded) m anim (genitive де́да, nominative plural деды́, genitive plural дедо́в) (military)

  1. grandfather
    Synonym: (humorous) прародитель (praroditelʹ)
    • 1901, Леонид Андреев [Leonid Andreyev], “II”, in Гостинец; English translation from A Present, 1916:
      Гри́венник была́ та су́мма, кото́рую обеща́л дед самому́ Ми́шке, и вы́ше её не шло его́ представле́ние о челове́ческом сча́стье.
      Grívennik bylá ta súmma, kotóruju obeščál ded samomú Míške, i výše jejó ne šlo jevó predstavlénije o čelovéčeskom sčástʹje.
      A dime was the sum that Mishka's grandfather had promised him for Easter, and the boy's conception of human happiness did not go beyond this.
  2. (colloquial) old man
  3. (in the plural) forefathers
  4. (military slang) soldier who is approaching demobilization

Declension

Derived terms

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

де̏д m anim (Latin spelling dȅd)

  1. grandfather

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

  • дед”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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