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( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forDoe . FromMiddle English do , fromOld English dā ( “ female deer ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *daijā , fromProto-Germanic *dajjǭ ( “ female deer, mother deer ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *dajjaną ( “ to suckle ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ( “ to suck (milk), to suckle ” ) .
Cognate withScots da ,dae ( “ female deer ” ) ,Alemannic German tē ( “ doe ” ) ,Danish då ( “ deer, doe ” ) ,Sanskrit धेनु ( dhenú ,“ cow, milk-cow ” ) ,Old English dēon ( “ to suckle ” ) ,Old English delu ( “ teat ” ) . Related also tofemale ,filial ,fetus .
doe (countable anduncountable ,plural doe or does )
A femaledeer ; also used of similar animals such asantelope (less commonly agoat , asnanny is also used).1923 October, Robert Frost, “[ Grace Notes.] Two Look at Two.”, inNew Hampshire [ … ] , New York, N.Y.:Henry Holt and Company ,→OCLC ,page95 :Adoe from round a spruce stood looking at them Across the wall, as near the wall as they. She saw them in their field, they her in hers.
2024 July 23, Lilit Marcus, “Japan may be sick of mass tourism. But the deer in this ancient UNESCO-listed city love it”, inCNN [1] :The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park.
A femalerabbit . A femalehare . A femalesquirrel . A femalekangaroo . ( female deer ) : hind ( female red deer ) ( female kangaroo ) : blue flyer ( female red kangaroo ) female deer
Albanian:drenushë (sq) f ,sutë (sq) f ,femër (sq) f ,leperushë f Arabic:ظَبْيَة f ( ẓabya ) Armenian:եղնիկ (hy) ( eġnik ) Aromanian:cãprioarã f Asturian:venada (ast) Bulgarian:сърна́ (bg) f ( sǎrná ) Burmese:သမင်မ (my) ( sa.mangma. ) Chinese:Mandarin:母鹿 ( mǔlù ) ,麀 (zh) ( yōu ) ,雌鹿 (zh) ( cílù ) Czech:laň (cs) f Danish:hind (da) Dutch:hinde (nl) f Esperanto:cervino Finnish:naarashirvi ( moose ) ,vaadin (fi) ( reindeer or other small deer ) French:biche (fr) f German:Hirschkuh (de) f ,Hinde (de) f ( poetic ) ,Hindin (de) f ( poetic ) Greek:ελαφίνα (el) f ( elafína ) Hebrew:אַיָּלָה f ( ayyalá ) ,אַיֶּלֶת (he) f ( ayyélet ) Hindi:हिरनी (hi) f ( hirnī ) Hungarian:szarvastehén (hu) Ido:cervino (io) Irish:eilit f Italian:cerva (it) f Japanese:麀 (ja) ( めじか, mejika ) ,雌 (ja) ( めす, mesu ) ( various female animals ) Latin:cerva Limos Kalinga:bakot Luxembourgish:Hirschkou f Macedonian:срна f ( srna ) Malayalam:പേടമാന് ( pēṭamāṉ ) Navajo:bįįhtsaʼii ,bįįhʼáád Norwegian:Bokmål:hind (no) m or f Occitan:cèrvia (oc) f Ojibwe:waawaashkesh Old English:hind Old French:bisse f Pali:becia Persian:آهو ماده ( âhu-ye mâde ) Polish:łania (pl) f Portuguese:corça (pt) f Romanian:ciută (ro) f ,cerboaică (ro) f Russian:оле́ниха (ru) f ( olénixa ) ,олени́ха (ru) f ( oleníxa ) ,са́мка оле́ня f ( sámka olénja ) ,ва́женка (ru) f ( váženka ) Scottish Gaelic:maoiseach (gd) f Serbo-Croatian:срна f ,srna (sh) f ,кошута f ,košuta (sh) f Slovak:laň f ,srna f Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:jelenica f Spanish:cierva (es) f Swedish:hind (sv) Tagalog:libay Taos:pę̀łȉwéna Turkish:maral (tr) Ugaritic:𐎓𐎊𐎍𐎚 ( ʿylt ) Volapük:jistäg (vo) Walloon:bih West Frisian:wyfkehart
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doe (third-person singular simple present does ,present participle doing or doth ,simple past did or didde ,past participle done )
Obsolete spelling ofdo .1603 ,Michel de Montaigne , chapter 17, inJohn Florio , transl.,The Essayes [ … ] , book II, London: [ … ] Val[ entine] Simmes forEdward Blount [ … ] ,→OCLC :As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which somedoe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous [ …] .
1620 ,Mayflower Compact :[ …] a voyage to plant yͤ first colonie in yͤ Northerne parts of Virginia,doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in yͤ presence of God[ …]
doe (notcomparable )
( African-American Vernacular , MLE ) though doe
inflection ofdoen : first-person singular present indicative (in case ofinversion )second-person singular present indicative imperative ( dated or formal ) singular present subjunctive FromMiddle Dutch doe .
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( now dialectal ) alternative form oftoen doe
( now dialectal ) alternative form oftoen Borrowed fromSranan Tongo du , probably fromEwe ɖú ( “ dance ” ) ,Fon ɖùwè ( “ dance ” ) , fromProto-Gbe *ɖú (-we) .
doe m (plural doe's ,nodiminutive )
( Suriname , historical ) a festival of song and dance organised and performed by and for enslaved peopledoe
inflection ofdoar : first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative doe
inflection ofdoer : third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative FromMiddle Dutch du , fromOld Dutch thū , fromProto-West Germanic *þū , fromProto-Germanic *þū .
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thou ,you ( singular ) Limburgish (Southeast) personal pronouns
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end ;tip FromOld Dutch thuo , related tothie ( “ that one ” ) .
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then , at thattime , at the timethen ,after thatdoe
when , at the time thatSee the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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inflection ofdoen : first-person singular present indicative first / third-person singular present subjunctive singular imperative “doe, doen (I) ”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek ,2000 “doe, doen (II) ”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek ,2000 Verwijs, E. ;Verdam, J. (1885–1929 ), “doe (I) ”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek , The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN , page IFromProto-Celtic *dowsants .[ 1]
döe f (genitive doat ,nominative plural doit )
upper arm Initial mutations of a following adjective:
H = triggers aspirationL = triggers lenitionN = triggers nasalizationMutation ofdoe radical lenition nasalization doe doe pronounced with /ð-/ ndoe
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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inflection ofdoar : first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative Seeddoe ( “ yesterday ” )
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yesterday (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
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then , at that time (which is presumably in thepast )Doe , saken wienen net lykas no.Then , things were not like now.“doe ”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011