דו

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), originally in limited Rabbinic Hebrew expressions like דו פרצופין "two-faced".

Prefix

דּוּ • (du-)

  1. Double-, two-, bi-, di-, ambi-, amphi-.
    משמעות (mashma'út, meaning)דו משמעי (du-mashma'í, ambiguous)
    חי (khai, to live, alive)דו חי (du-khai, amphibian)
    מין (min, sex)דו מיני (du-miní, bisexual)
    קומה (kumá, floor, story)דו קומתי (du-kumatí, two-story, double-decker)
    צד (tzad, side)דו צדדי (du-tzdadí, two-sided, bilateral)
Derived terms
See also

References

  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Etymology 2

From Italian do.

Proper noun

דּוֹ • (dom

  1. Do: the first solfège syllable, representing the note C.

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German du, from Old High German , from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA(key): /dʊ/
  • (Netherlandic) IPA(key): /duː/
  • (Poylish) IPA(key): /diː/
  • (Ukrainish) IPA(key): /di/

Pronoun

דו • (du)

  1. you, thou (second-person singular subject pronoun)

See also

Yiddish personal pronouns
person singular
1st 2nd 3rd m 3rd f 3rd n
nominative איך (ikh) דו (du) ער (er) זי (zi) עס (es)
dative מיר (mir) דיר (dir) אים (im) איר (ir) אים (im)
accusative מיך (mikh) דיך (dikh) אים (im) זי (zi) עס (es)
person plural
1st 2nd 3rd
nominative מיר (mir) איר (ir) זיי (zey)
dative אונדז (undz) אײַך (aykh) זיי (zey)
accusative אונדז (undz) אײַך (aykh) זיי (zey)

See also the possessive pronouns.