Deus

See also: deus and déus

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Deus, from Latin Deus.

Proper noun

Deus m

God (in a Christian context)

Latin

Etymology

From deus (“god, deity”).

Pronunciation

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

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

Proper noun

Deus m (genitive Deī); second declension

God (in a Judeo-Christian context)
- 405, Jerome and others, 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

Inflection

Second declension, with irregular vocative.

Case	Singular
nominative	Deus
genitive	Deī
dative	Deō
accusative	Deum
ablative	Deō
vocative	Deus Dee

Derived terms

Descendants

Aragonese: Dios
Dalmatian: Di, Dai
Esperanto: Dio
- Ido: Deo
Friulian: Diu, Idiu
Istriot: Deîo
Italian: Dio
Old French: Deus, Dieu, Dex, Diex
- Middle French: Dieu
  - French: Dieu
- Norman: Dgieu
- Walloon: Diu, Dié, Bon Diu
Old Leonese:
- Asturian: Dios
- Extremaduran: Dios
- Fala: Dios
- Leonese: Dious
- Mirandese: Dius

Old Portuguese: Deus
- Galician: Deus
- Portuguese: Deus
  - Japanese: デウス (Deusu)
Old Occitan: Deu, Deus
- Catalan: Déu
- Occitan: Dieu
Old Spanish: Dios
- Ladino: Dyo, Dio, דיו‎
  - Judaeo-Portuguese: Dio
- Spanish: Dios
  - Classical Nahuatl: Dios
  - Tagalog: Diyos
Sardinian: Déu
Sicilian: Diu
Venetian: Dio

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

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Deus, from Latin Deus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdews/, /ˈdewʃ/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdewʃ/
Homophone: deus

Proper noun

Deus m

God (the deity of monotheistic religions)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Deus.

Related terms

deus

Descendants

Japanese: デウス (Deusu)

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