dhe

From Proto-Albanian *dže, from Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe. Unlike its cognate descendants of Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe, dhe has lost its clitic behaviour, becoming like a typical coordinating conjunction such as English and.

• edhe, e

• IPA^(key): /ðɛ/

dhe

1. and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)
2. also

From Proto-Albanian *dzō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰōm (“earth”).[1] Compare Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn), Latin humus, Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja). By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek δῆ (dê, “earth”).[2]

• IPA^(key): /ðɛ/, /ðe/

dhe m (indefinite plural dhera, definite singular dheu, definite plural dherat) (standard, Tosk)
dhe m (indefinite plural dhena, definite singular dheu, definite plural dhenat) (Gheg)

1. earth, land
2. soil

• (Standard, Tosk)

• (Gheg)

• kapërdhij
• përdhos
• gërdhele
• gërdhet

• gërdhatë
• dhatë

From Proto-Brythonic *di, from Proto-Celtic *dū, related to Breton da (“to, for”), Welsh i (“to, for”), Irish do (“to, for”).

• IPA^(key): /ðə/

dhe

1. to (expresses purpose)
   • 1707, Edward Lhuyd, “Dzhûan Tſhei An Hɐr”, in Archæologia Britannica:

     me a vedn mɐz δa huillaz huêl δɐ îl (I am going to go to look for work to do)

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. (when inflected for person) to someone, towards someone
   • 1707, Edward Lhuyd, “Dzhûan Tſhei An Hɐr”, in Archæologia Britannica:

     Na meδ e veſter rei δem, ha me a vedn laveral δîz (No, said his boss, give [it] to me, and I will tell you)

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

3. expresses possession

• de

• IPA^(key): /jɛ/

dhe (emphatic dhesean)

1. third-person singular masculine of de

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 194
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 302

• de

dhe

1. of, off