d'

See also: ď and Variations of "d"

d' - English

Article

Pronunciation spelling of the, representing dialectal English.
- Synonym: da

Verb

Contraction of do. (only before "you" or "ye")
- D'you wanna go?
Contraction of did. (only before "you" or "ye")
- D'you eat yet?

d' - Asturian

Pronunciation

IPA: /d/, [d̪]

Preposition

(before a vowel or a h) Apocopic form of de: of, from
- d’Asturies
  - of Asturias
- d’hermanu
  - of a brother

d' - Bavarian

Article

d' f or pl

d' - Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA: /d/

Preposition

(before a vowel or an h) Apocopic form of de: of
- escola d'idiomes ― language school

d' - Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA: /d/

Preposition

(archaic, poetic, colloquial) Apocopic form of de: the

d' - French

Alternative forms

d’

Pronunciation

IPA: /d‿/

Preposition

(before a vowel or a mute h) Apocopic form of de: of
- un verre d'eau
  - a glass of water
(informal, after a vowel sound) Apocopic form of de: of

d' - Irish

Pronunciation

IPA: [d̪ˠ] (before a word starting with a, o, u, fha, fho, or fhu)
IPA: [dʲ] (before a word starting with e, i, fhe, or fhi)
(Ulster, colloquial) IPA: (prepositions only) /ə j-/

Particle

d’

(before vowel sounds and fhr-) Apocopic form of do: Marker of the past tense.
- d’ól sé ― he drank
- d’fhág sé ― he waited
- d’fhreagair sé ― he answered

Used before vowel sounds (including when f has been lenited to fh before a vowel) and also before fr- lenited to fhr-. The variant form used before consonants, do, is generally omitted but may be encountered in Munster Irish and in literary language.

Preposition

d’ (plus dative, triggers lenition)

(before vowel sounds) Apocopic form of do: to, for
- d’athair Sheáin
  - to Seán’s father, for Seán’s father

Determiner

d’

(before vowel sounds) Apocopic form of do: your (singular)
- d’athair
  - your father

Alternative forms

t’ (Cois Fharraige)
th’ (Munster)

Preposition

d’ (plus dative, triggers lenition)

(before vowel sounds) Apocopic form of de: from, of
- d’athair Sheáin
  - from Seán’s father, of Seán’s father

d' - Italian

Pronunciation

IPA: /d‿/

Preposition

d' (apocopated)

(sometimes before a vowel or an h) Apocopic form of di: of
- Follia d'amore ― Madness of love.
- Un bicchiere d'acqua. ― A glass of water.

Usage notes

In some rare cases d' represents the preposition da:

d'ora in poi (“from now on”)
- = da ora in poi
d'ora in avanti (“from now on”)
- = da ora in avanti

d' - Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

IPA: /d/ (before vowels and voiced consonants)
IPA: /t/ (before voiceless consonants)
IPA: /-/ (sometimes; see usage notes below)

Determiner

d' f or n

Reduced form of déi
Reduced form of dat

Usage notes

This article form is commonly not pronounced between /t/ and another consonant, and occasionally otherwise when the combination of preceding and following consonants creates an impossible cluster. Only rarely is this muteness avoided by using the full form of the article. Rather, the lack of an indefinite article becomes a definite article by default. Occasional ambiguities, particularly in the plural, are tolerated.

Declension

Luxembourgish definite articles
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nom./acc.	deen (den)	déi (d')	dat (d')	déi (d')
dat.	deem (dem)	där (der)	deem (dem)	deen (den)
gen.		der

d' - Middle French

Preposition

elided form of de

Usage notes

Earlier manuscripts omit the apostrophe
despaigne ― of Spain

d' - Norman

Alternative forms

dé, dg' (Jersey)
eud (Cauchois)

Preposition

of
from

d' - Occitan

Preposition

Alternative form of de (before a vowel)

d' - Old French

Preposition

elided form of de

Usage notes

Unlike in modern French, de is not always elided to d' before a vowel or a mute h. It is optional.
The apostrophe is not used in the original manuscripts, but is added by scholars for clarity.
- despaigne ― of Spain

d' - Old Occitan

Preposition

elided form of de

d' - Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA: /d‿/

Preposition

d’

(used before words beginning in a vowel, archaic except in fixed expressions) Alternative form of de

Derived terms

d’água
d’alho
d’Ávila
d’ouro

d' - Romagnol

Alternative forms

Preposition

Apocopic form of ad (“of”)

d' - Sardinian

Pronunciation

IPA: /d‿/

Preposition

d' (apocopate)

Apocopic form of de used before a vowel

Pronunciation

IPA: [d‿]

Preposition

ortographic realization of a [d] sound in certain environments

Derived terms

in d'

Logudorese, Campidanese

cun d'

Nuorese

chin d'

d' - Sassarese

Pronunciation

IPA: /d‿/

Preposition

d' (apocopate)

(before a vowel or an h) Apocopic form of di

d' - Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA: /t/ (before a back vowel sound)
IPA: /tʲ/ (before a front vowel sound)

Determiner

Apocopic form of do
- A bheil fios aig d'athair? ― Does your father know?
- 'Seo d'fhaclair. ― Here’s your dictionary.