deer
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English
A deer (1)Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /dɪə(ɹ), SAMPA: /dI@(r)
- (US) enPR: dîr, IPA: /dɪɹ/, SAMPA: /dIr
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
- Homophones: dear
Etymology
From Middle English der (“small animal, deer”), from Old English dēor (“animal, beast”), from Proto-Germanic *đeuzan (cf. West Frisian/Dutch dier, German Tier, Norwegian dyr), from Proto-Indo-European *dheusom 'living thing' (compare Albanian dash 'ram', Lithuanian pl. daũsos 'paradise'), from *dheus- 'to breathe' (compare Lithuanian dùsti 'to sigh', Russian душа (dušá) 'breath; spirit'). For semantic development compare Latin animalis 'animal', from anima 'breath, spirit'.
Noun
deer (plural deer or dated and rare, deers)
Wikipedia has an article on: Deer- (zoology) a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla
- I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.
- The meat of such an animal
- Oh I've never had deer before.
- (archaic) Any animal, especially a mammal.
- But mice and rats and such small deer, have been Tom's food for seven long year. -Shakespeare, King Lear. Act III. Sc. IV.
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Limburgish
Etymology
From Germanic *deuzom, from Indo-European *dheusom. Cognate with English deer (Old English dēor), Dutch dier, German Tier, Swedish djur; and with Lithuanian dvēsti, Russian душа (dušá).
Noun
deer n
Inflection
| Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | deer | deer | deerke | deerkes |
| Genitive | deers | deer | deerkes | deerkes |
| Locative | daer | daer | daerke | daerkes |
| Dative¹ | daerem | daerer | ? | ? |
| Accusative¹ | deer | ? | deerke | deerkes |
- Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
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