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Translingual

Prefix

d-

  1. (SI prefix, metrology) deci- (×10-1)
    Coordinate terms: (deca-/deka-) D-, da-, Da-, DA-, dk-, Dk-, DK-
  2. (chemistry) deprecated notation for dextrorotatory (versus modern notation, (+)).

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Prefix

d-

  1. my

See also

Maltese

Pronunciation

Article

d-

  1. alternative form of il-

Usage notes

  • Used after a vowel and before the letter d. For details on usage, see the main lemma.

Etymology

Proto-Athabaskan *də- (valency decrease), from Proto-Na-Dene *də- (signaling valency decrease); cognate with Haida -d-, Eyak -d-, and Tlingit -d- (reflexive suffix).

Pronunciation

Prefix

d-

  1. the d- classifier or valence-change prefix, a detransitivizing prefix of active verbs that modifies the transitivity or valence and grammatical voice of a verb, occurs in most passive, mediopassive, reflexive, and reciprocal verbs that are derived from verbs with a ∅- classifier; it produces the agentive passive verb forms
    yizééshe’s singeing it (yi-∅-zéés)
    yidéésit’s being singed (yi-d-zéés)

Usage notes

  • The d-classifier rarely appears as a /d/, but instead usually triggers a process called d-effect, which can voice voiceless consonants and add a glottal stop before nasals and approximants.

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Prefix

d- (class B & C infixed pronoun)

  1. him (triggers nasalization)
  2. it (triggers lenition)

Usage notes

This form merges with the prefixes ad-, aith-, ess-, and in- to form at-; with com- to become cot-; and with fris- become frit-.

The neuter singular form is often used pleonastically, in cases where the direct object is mentioned explicitly in the sentence (and is not necessarily even neuter singular).

Derived terms

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More information person, infixed ...

L means this form triggers lenition.
N means this form triggers nasalization (eclipsis)
(N) means this form triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others.

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Ye'kwana

More information ALIV, Brazilian standard ...

Pronunciation

Prefix

d-

  1. (Cunucunuma River dialect) alternative form of dh-

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