dever
التعريفات والمعاني
== Cornish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old French devoir (presumably via a Middle English form), from Latin dēbēre.
=== Noun ===
dever m (plural deverow)
duty
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
“dever” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
== Galician ==
=== Verb ===
dever (first-person singular present devo, first-person singular preterite devim or devi, past participle devido, reintegrationist norm)
reintegrationist spelling of deber
==== Conjugation ====
=== References ===
“dever”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
== Ladino ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Spanish dever, from Latin debeo, debere.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /deˈver/
=== Verb ===
dever
to have to
should
must
=== Noun ===
dever m
duty
== Northern Kurdish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /dɛˈvɛɾ/
Rhymes: -ɛɾ
=== Noun ===
dever f (Arabic spelling دەۊەر)
place, spot
region, area
==== See also ====
dews
der
=== References ===
Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “dever”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[3], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 143
== Occitan ==
=== Alternative forms ===
deure
=== Etymology ===
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin dēbēre (“to owe”).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
dever
(Gascony, Provençal, Limousin, Vivaro-alpine) to have to
to owe
==== Conjugation ====
=== Noun ===
dever m (plural devers)
duty, obligation
Synonym: obligacion
== Old Galician-Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin dēbēre (“to owe, to must”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /deˈβeɾ/
Rhymes: -eɾ
=== Verb ===
dever
(transitive, intransitive) must; to have to
==== Descendants ====
Fala: debel
Galician: deber
Portuguese: dever
==== Further reading ====
Universo Cantigas - "dever"
== Old Leonese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
deuer
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin dēbēre (“to owe, to must”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /deˈβeɾ/
=== Verb ===
dever
(transitive, intransitive) must; to have to
to owe
==== Descendants ====
Asturian: deber
Leonese: debere
Mirandese: deber
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese dever, from Latin dēbēre (“to owe”).
==== Pronunciation ====
Hyphenation: de‧ver
==== Verb ====
dever (first-person singular present devo, first-person singular preterite devi, past participle devido)
should (indicates that an action is considered by the speaker to be obligatory)
ought (indicates that the subject of the sentence has some obligation to execute the sentence predicate.)
will likely (indicates that the subject of the sentence is likely to execute the sentence predicate.)
owe (to be in debt.)
===== Conjugation =====
===== Quotations =====
For quotations using this term, see Citations:dever.
===== Descendants =====
→ Makalero: deue (“debt, to borrow”)
=== Etymology 2 ===
Nominalization of Etymology 1.
==== Pronunciation ====
Hyphenation: de‧ver
==== Noun ====
dever m (plural deveres)
duty (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
(in the plural, dated) homework
Synonyms: trabalho de casa, TPC
===== Quotations =====
For quotations using this term, see Citations:dever.
=== Further reading ===
“dever”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“dever”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دور (devir), from Arabic دَوْر (dawr).
==== Noun ====
dever n (uncountable)
total sales
===== Declension =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Bulgarian девер (dever), from Proto-Slavic *dě̀verь.
==== Noun ====
dever m (plural deveri)
(regional) in the country, a boy who welcomes the guests and serves them dishes at traditional weddings and also leads the wedding processional; (through extension) a person accompanying the bride
Synonym: vornicel
===== Declension =====
===== Alternative forms =====
diavor, deavur, gheaver
=== References ===
“dever”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
djȅver (Ijekavian)
dȉver (Ikavian)
đȅver (Montenegro)
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děverь, from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr. Compare Russian деверь (deverʹ).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /dêver/
Hyphenation: de‧ver
=== Noun ===
dȅver m anim (Cyrillic spelling де̏вер) (Ekavian)
brother-in-law (one's husband's brother)
==== Declension ====
== Spanish ==
=== Verb ===
dever (first-person singular present devo, first-person singular preterite deví, past participle devido)
obsolete spelling of deber
==== Conjugation ====