Deus

See also:deusanddéus

Galician

Etymology

FromOld Galician-PortugueseDeus,fromLatinDeus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈdews/[ˈd̪ews̺]
• Rhymes:-ews
• Hyphenation:Deus

Proper noun

Deusm

1. God(in a Christian context)
   • 1775,María Francisca Isla y Losada,Romance:

     Sòs mentes enDeusdo Céo,
     agarimo podo achàr,
     pois cuitadiña de min;
     já non teño Pay, nin Nay!

     Just inGodof Heaven
     shelter I can find
     Because, pity me,
     No longer I have mum or dad

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo(2006–2022) “Deus”,inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Deus”,inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,editor (2006–2013), “Deus”,inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega[Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,editors (2003–2018), “Deus”,inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega

Latin

Etymology

Fromdeus(“god, deity”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈde.us/,[ˈd̪eʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈde.us/,[ˈd̪ɛːus]

Proper noun

Deusmsg(genitiveDeī);irregular,second declension

1. God
   • 207CE– 208CE,Tertullian,Adversus Marcionem1.29.8:

     Gratus esses, odeehaeretice, si isses in dispositionem Creatoris

     You would be thankful, oh you hereticgod[of Marcion's], if you checked the allotment of the Creator

   • 405CE,Jerome,VulgateGenesis.28.13:

     Ego sum DominusDeusAbraham patris tui etDeusIsaac

     I am the LordGod,of Abraham thy father, and theGodof Isaac

   • 405CE,Jerome,VulgatePsalmi.29.3, (Psalms 30:2 in modern numbering):

     DomineDeusmeus, clamavi ad te et sanasti me

     Godmy lord, I called you and you healed me

Declension

Second-declensionnoun (irregular), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Deus
genitive	Deī
dative	Deō
accusative	Deum
ablative	Deō
vocative	Deus1 Dee2

¹Rare during the Classical period.
²From Late Latin onwards.

Derived terms

• ad Deum
• Agnus Dei
• Opus Dei
• domineDeus
  • Western Romance:
    • Judeo-Italian:דוּמֵידֵית(Dumedet)
  • Eastern Romance
    • Romanian:Dumnezeu
    • Aromanian:Dumnidzã,Dumidze,Dumãdze
  • Italian:Domeneddio
  • Old French:Damnedeu
  • Old Occitan:Domerdieus
    • Occitan:Domnideu

Descendants

• Gallo-Italic
  • Emilian:Dio
  • Ligurian:Dê,Dîo
  • Lombard:Dio,Dia,Dé
  • Piedmontese:De
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Corsican:Diu
  • Dalmatian:Di,Dai
  • Istriot:Deîo
  • Italian:Dio
  • Sicilian:Deu,Diu
• Occitano-Romance
  • Catalan:Déu
  • Old Occitan:Dieu,Deu
    • Occitan:Dieu
• Old French:Deu,Dieu
  • Middle French:Dieu
    • French:Dieu(see there for further descendants)
  • Norman:

    Cotentinais:Dùu

    Guernésiais:Dju,Gyu

    Jèrriais:Dgieu

    Sercquiais:Dji

  • Picard:Diu
  • Walloon:Diu,Dié
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian:Diu
  • Ladin:Dî
  • Romansch:Dieu
• Sardinian:Déu
• Venetan:Dio
• West Iberian
  • Aragonese:Dios
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian:Dios
    • Extremaduran:Dios
    • Fala:Dios
    • Leonese:Dious
    • Mirandese:Dius
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:Deus
    • Galician:Deus
    • Portuguese:Deus,Deos(obsolete),D'us(Judaism)
      • →Japanese:デウス(Deusu)
  • Old Spanish:Dios
    • Ladino:Dyo,Dio,דיו
      • →Portuguese:Dio(Judeo-Portuguese)
    • Spanish:Dios

Old French

Proper noun

Deusm

1. nominativesingularofDeu

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

FromLatinDeus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/de.us/,/dɛu̯s/

Proper noun

Deus

1. God

Descendants

• Galician:Deus
• Portuguese:Deus

Old Occitan

Proper noun

Deus

1. nominativesingularofDeu

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Deos(obsolete)
• D'us(Judaism)

Etymology

FromOld Galician-PortugueseDeus,fromLatinDeus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈdews/[ˈdeʊ̯s]

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈdews/[ˈdeʊ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/ˈdewʃ/[ˈdeʊ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈdewʃ/

• Audio(Northeast Brazil):

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• Homophone:deus
• Hyphenation:Deus

Proper noun

Deusm

1. God(the deity of monotheistic religions)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, seeCitations:Deus.

Related terms

• deus

Descendants

• →Japanese:デウス(Deusu)

Sardinian

Etymology

FromLatinDeus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈdeus/,[ˈdeː.u.zŭ]

Proper noun

Deusm

1. God