ded

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ded"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Dedua.

Symbol

ded

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Dedua.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dedua terms

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

ded (comparative more ded, superlative most ded)

1. (nonstandard, long obsolete outside eye-dialect, now colloquial, especially humorous) Alternative form of dead.

See also

• ded reckoning

Etymology 2

From Russian military slang дед (ded, “soldiers after their third or fourth half-year of compulsory military service”, literally “grandfather”).

Noun

ded (plural deds)

1. (slang) A person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual).

Anagrams

• DDE, EDD, Ed.D., Edd, edd.

Bislama

Etymology

Borrowed from English death.

Noun

ded

1. death (cessation of life)
2. dead

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̥eð(ˀ)]

Pronoun

ded

1. (dialectal) pronunciation spelling of det

Irish

Alternative forms

• det

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɛd̪ˠ/

Contraction

ded (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) contraction of de (“from”) +‎ do (“your sg”)

   Bain an choirt ded mhuineál. ― Scrub the dirt off your neck.

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions

	contracted with							copular forms
base form	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	before a consonant	before a vowel
									present/future	past/conditional
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded*, det*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod*, dot*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id*, it*	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led*, let*	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód*, ót*	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh

*dialectal

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ded”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle English

Adjective

ded

1. alternative form of deed

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːd/

Noun

dēd f (Anglian)

1. alternative form of dǣd

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dēd	dēde, dēda
accusative	dēd, dēde	dēde, dēda
genitive	dēde	dēda
dative	dēde	dēdum

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dādi, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis (“placement”). Cognates include Old English dǣd, Old Saxon dād and Old Dutch dāt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːd/, [ˈdɛːd]

Noun

dēd f

1. deed

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: Däid
• West Frisian: died

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• djȅd (Ijekavian)
• dȉd (Ikavian)
• dȅda (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dêd/

Noun

dȅd m anim (Cyrillic spelling де̏д) (Ekavian)

1. grandfather

Declension

Declension of ded

	singular	plural
nominative	dȅd	dèdovi/dedi
genitive	deda	dedova/deda
dative	dedu	dedovima/dedima
accusative	deda	dedove/dede
vocative	dede	dedovi/dedi
locative	dedu	dedovima/dedima
instrumental	dedom	dedovima/dedima

References

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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dě̀dъ. First attested in the 10th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /déːt/, /dɛ́t/
• Rhymes: -éːt, -ɛ́t
• Hyphenation: ded

Noun

dẹ̑d or dȅd m anim

1. grandfather
2. ancestor

Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, animate) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	dẹ̑d
gen. sing.	dẹ̑da
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	dẹ̑d	dẹ̑da	dẹ̑di, dẹ̑dje
genitive rodȋlnik	dẹ̑da	dẹ̑dov	dẹ̑dov
dative dajȃlnik	dẹ̑du, dẹ̑di	dẹ̑doma, dẹ̑dama	dẹ̑dom, dẹ̑dam
accusative tožȋlnik	dẹ̑da	dẹ̑da	dẹ̑de
locative mẹ̑stnik	dẹ̑du, dẹ̑di	dẹ̑dih, dẹ̑dah	dẹ̑dih, dẹ̑dah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	dẹ̑dom	dẹ̑doma, dẹ̑dama	dẹ̑di
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	dẹ̑d	dẹ̑da	dẹ̑di, dẹ̑dje

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, animate) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	dȅd
gen. sing.	dẹ́da
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	dȅd	dẹ́da	dẹ́di, dẹ́dje
genitive rodȋlnik	dẹ́da	dẹ́dov	dẹ́dov
dative dajȃlnik	dẹ́du, dẹ́di	dẹ́doma, dẹ́dama	dẹ́dom, dẹ́dam
accusative tožȋlnik	dẹ́da	dẹ́da	dẹ́de
locative mẹ̑stnik	dẹ́du, dẹ́di	dẹ́dih, dẹ́dah	dẹ́dih, dẹ́dah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	dẹ́dom	dẹ́doma, dẹ́dama	dẹ́di
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	dȅd	dẹ́da	dẹ́di, dẹ́dje

Derived terms

nouns

• prȃdẹ̑d m anim

Further reading

• “ded”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “ded”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references