dû

• IPA^(key): /dy/

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dû m (plural dus)

1. what is owed, what is due, money's worth

dû (feminine due, masculine plural dus, feminine plural dues)

1. past participle of devoir

   Elle a dû rentrer chez elle en marchant. ― She had to walk home.

   Tu aurais dû me dire que tu ne savais pas nager.^[1] ― You should have told me that you can't swim.

• “dû”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin dūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew-. Compare French dur.

dû m

1. (Jersey) hard

• duthement

From Proto-Iranian *duHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Compare Persian دود (dud).

• Rhymes: -uː

dû m

1. smoke

• dûkêl

• di lu (unconctraced, aulic, now rare)

• dô, rô, 'ô (prevalent in eastern dialects)
• du, do, ro, 'o, o (eye dialect)

• dù, dò, ò (hypercorrected)
• d'o, d'u (misspelled)

From the Univerbation of di (“of, from”, preposition) +‎ u (“the”, masculine singular definite article). Doublet of di lu.

• IPA^(key): [duː] (standard)
• IPA^(key): [dɔː] (dialectal)
• IPA^(key): [ɾɔː] (rhotacized dialects)

dû

1. Contraction of di u (“of the”).

   A fera dû luni.

   The Monday market (lit. the market [of the] monday).

Sicilian definite prepositional articles
	Masculine singular definite article	Feminine singular definite article	Masculine and feminine plural definite article
	u/lu	a/la	i/li
a	ô (older also: a lu)	â (older also: a la)	ê (older also: a li)
di	dû (older also: di lu)	dâ (older also: di la)	dî (older also: di li)
cu	cû (older also: cu lu)	câ (older also: cu la)	chî (older also: cu li)
pi	pû (older also: pi lu)	pâ (older also: pi la)	pî (older also: pi li)
nna	nnô (older also: nna lu)	nnâ (older also: nna la)	nnê (older also: nna li)
nni	nnû (older also: nni lu)	nnâ (older also: nni la)	nnî (older also: nni li)

• IPA^(key): /du/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /də/

dû

1. (Wood) Alternative form of do

From Proto-Iranian *duHmáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Cognate with Persian دود (dud).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʉ]
• Hyphenation: dû

dû m

1. smoke