d'

Etymology 1
Contraction of the article da ("the").

Etymology 2
Reduction.

Etymology
Contraction of the preposition.

Preposition

 * : of, from
 * d’Asturies
 * of Asturias
 * d’hermanu
 * of a brother

Etymology
Unstressed form of.

Article

 * 1) the

Etymology
Contraction of the preposition.

Preposition

 * : of

Etymology
Contraction of the article.

Preposition

 * : the

Etymology
Contraction of the preposition.

Preposition

 * : of
 * : of
 * : of

Etymology 1
Prevocalic apocope of (all senses).

Particle



 * Used before vowel sounds (including when f has been lenited to fh before a vowel) and also before fr- lenited to fhr-. The variant form used before consonants,, is generally omitted but may be encountered in Munster Irish and in literary language.

Preposition

 * : to, for

Determiner

 * : your

Etymology 2
Prevocalic apocopic form of.

Preposition

 * : from, of

Etymology
Contraction of the preposition.

Preposition

 * : of

Usage notes
In some rare cases represents the preposition :

Usage notes

 * This article form is commonly not pronounced between and another consonant, and occasionally otherwise when the combination of preceding and following consonants creates an impossible cluster. Only rarely is this muteness avoided by using the full form of the article. Rather, the lack of an in definite article becomes a definite article by default. Occasional ambiguities, particularly in the plural, are tolerated.

Usage notes

 * Earlier manuscripts omit the apostrophe

Etymology
From, from.

Preposition

 * 1) of
 * 2) from

Usage notes

 * Unlike in modern French, is not always elided to  before a vowel or a mute h. It is optional.
 * The apostrophe is not used in the original manuscripts, but is added by scholars for clarity.

Derived terms

 * d’água
 * d’alho
 * d’Ávila
 * d’ouro
 * galinha-d’angola

Etymology 1
.

Etymology 2
From the development of an epenthetic in pronunciation between the prepositions // and the indefinite articles,.

Etymology
Contraction of the preposition.

Alternative forms

 * t’