Davy

See also: davy

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪvi/
  • Rhymes: -eɪvi

Proper noun

Davy

  1. A diminutive of the male given name David.
  2. A patronymic surname​ derived from David.

Quotations
  • ~1599 William Shakespeare: Henry the Fifth: Act IV, Scene I:
    Tell him, I'll knock his leek about his pate
    Upon Saint Davy's day.

Derived terms

Noun

Davy (plural Davies or Davys)

  1. A Davy lamp.
    • 1845, The Literary Gazette
      […] the experience of more than one of the best-regulated collieries of the north of England, where a vast number of Davies are in daily use.

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /da.vi/

Proper noun

Davy m

  1. A surname​ derived from David.
  2. A male given name of modern usage.

Manx

Proper noun

Davy m

  1. A male given name, Manx equivalent to David

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
DavyGhavyNavy
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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