De is used in the phrase deʰ di-ḥaʰ ‘this (near deixis)’ and deʰ di-boḳ ‘that (far deixis)’.
As the nuclear element of the possessive pronoun in the singular (CSOL II 441):
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Sg. |
Du. |
Pl. |
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1 |
díˀʸho |
díˀki |
díˀḥan |
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2 m. |
díˀɛʰ, di-ˀέhɛn |
díˀti |
díˀten |
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2 f. |
díˀiʰ |
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3 m. |
díˀʸheʰ |
díˀʸhi |
díˀʸhen |
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3 f. |
díˀseʰ |
díˀsen |
In adverbial expressions: di-ṣabḥ ‘in the morning’; di-ḥteʰ ‘in the night’; di-ˁamd ‘in the evening’; di-dóte ‘in spring’.
be-di- ‘in the manner of’: be-di-méskin ‘like a beggar’, be-di-ḥeľíyyeʰ ‘in oblique language’, perhaps be-di-soḳoṭríyyeʰ ‘in the Soqotri language’.
di-ke-bóde ‘at first’.
di-ḥteʰ ‘during the night’
men di-ḥorf ‘in the autumn’
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Sg. |
Du. |
Pl. |
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1 |
(i)dhí or ídhi or dénhi |
(i)díki |
(i)dín |
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2 m. |
(i)dék |
idíki |
idíken |
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2 f. |
idéš |
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3 m. |
(i)déʸh (idíš) |
idéʸhi |
idéʸhen |
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3 f. |
(i)dés |
idísen (désen) |
di-ḥoz (di-) ‘for the period (of)’.
di-ḥaʰ ‘hither’.
dέfɛʰ di- ‘beside, near (locative preposition)’: wa-ho ksówek dómik dέfɛʰ di-míŝkaľ ‘I was sleeping near the hearth’ (Bulakh et al. 2021 262);
be-dέfɛʰ di- ‘beside, near (locative preposition)’;
ḷe-dέfɛʰ di- ‘beside, near (locative/terminative preposition)’: íno še ṭey ẓ̂áˀed ḷe-dέfɛʰ di-ˁarέbeʰ di-ḥagíyeʰ ‘I have a Ziziphus spina-christi tree at the side of the fence of the courtyard’ (field notes);
ḷe-dέfɛʰ ‘beside, near (adverb)’;
men dέfɛʰ ‘from (ablative preposition)’.