Deus

See also: deus and déus

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese Deus, from Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdews]

Proper noun

Deus m

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

References

“Deus” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“Deus” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“Deus” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“Deus” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Latin

Etymology

From deus (“god, deity”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.us/, [ˈd̪eʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.us/, [ˈd̪ɛːus]

Proper noun

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

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

Second-declension noun (irregular), singular only.

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

Derived terms

ad Deum
Agnus Dei
Opus Dei
domine Deus
- Eastern Romance
  - Romanian: Dumnezeu
  - Aromanian: dumnidzã
- 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
Venetian: Dio
West Iberian
- Aragonese: Dios
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: Dios
  - Extremaduran: Dios
  - Fala: Dios
  - Leonese: Dious
  - Mirandese: Dius
- Old Portuguese: Deus
  - Galician: Deus
  - Portuguese: Deus, Deos; D'us
    - → Japanese: デウス (Deusu)
- Old Spanish: Dios
  - Ladino: Dyo, Dio, דיו‎
    - → Portuguese: Dio (Judeo-Portuguese)
  - Spanish: Dios

Old French

Proper noun

Deus m

nominative singular of Deu

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin Deus.

Proper noun

Deus

God

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Deus.

Proper noun

Deus

God

Descendants

Galician: Deus
Portuguese: Deus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Deos (obsolete)
D'us (Judaism)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Deus, from Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdewʃ/

Homophone: deus
Hyphenation: Deus

Proper noun

Deus m

God (the deity of monotheistic religions)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Deus.

Related terms

deus

Descendants

→ Japanese: デウス (Deusu)

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdeus/, [ˈdeː.u.zŭ]

Proper noun

Deus m

God

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