See also: deus and déus

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese Deus, from Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Deus m

  1. God (in a Christian context)
    • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
      Sòs mentes en Deus do Céo,
      agarimo podo achàr,
      pois cuitadiña de min;
      já non teño Pay, nin Nay!
      Just in God of Heaven
      shelter I can find
      Because, pity me,
      No longer I have mum or dad

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Latin

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Etymology

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From deus (god, deity).

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Deus m sg (irregular, genitive Deī); second declension

  1. God
    • 207 CE – 208 CE, Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 1.29.8:
      Gratus esses, o dee haeretice, si isses in dispositionem Creatoris
      You would be thankful, oh you heretic god [of Marcion's], if you checked the allotment of the Creator
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.28.13:
      Ego sum Dominus Deus Abraham patris tui et Deus Isaac
      I am the Lord God, of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Psalmi.29.3, (Psalms 30:2 in modern numbering):
      Domine Deus meus, clamavi ad te et sanasti me
      God my lord, I called you and you healed me

Declension

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Second-declension noun (irregular), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Deus
Genitive Deī
Dative Deō
Accusative Deum
Ablative Deō
Vocative Deus

Derived terms

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Old French

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Deus m

  1. nominative singular of Deu

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin Deus.

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Deus

  1. God

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Old Occitan

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Deus

  1. nominative singular of Deu

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese Deus, from Latin Deus.

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Deus m

  1. God (the deity of monotheistic religions)

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Deus.

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Descendants

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Sardinian

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Etymology

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From Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdeus/, [ˈdeː.u.zŭ]

Proper noun

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Deus m

  1. God