"dee" meaning in Scots

See dee in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: dees [present, singular, third-person], deein [participle, present], dee'd [past], dee'd [participle, past]
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dīġan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *dauwjan (“to die”). Compare English die, Danish dø, Norwegian Nynorsk døy, Norwegian Bokmål dø, Icelandic deyja, Swedish dö, Faroese doyggja. Etymology templates: {{dercat|sco|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|sco|enm|-}} Middle English, {{inh|sco|ang|dīġan||to die}} Old English dīġan (“to die”), {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*dauwjan||to die}} Proto-West Germanic *dauwjan (“to die”), {{cog|en|die}} English die, {{cog|da|dø}} Danish dø, {{cog|nn|døy}} Norwegian Nynorsk døy, {{cog|nb|dø}} Norwegian Bokmål dø, {{cog|is|deyja}} Icelandic deyja, {{cog|sv|dö}} Swedish dö, {{cog|fo|doyggja}} Faroese doyggja Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|dees|present participle|deein|simple past|dee'd|past participle|dee'd|head=}} dee (third-person singular simple present dees, present participle deein, simple past dee'd, past participle dee'd), {{sco-verb|dees|deein|dee'd|dee'd}} dee (third-person singular simple present dees, present participle deein, simple past dee'd, past participle dee'd)
  1. to die
    Sense id: en-dee-sco-verb-L2Mli9fq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: dees [present, singular, third-person], deein [participle, present], dee'd [past], dee'd [participle, past]
Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|dees|present participle|deein|simple past|dee'd|past participle|dee'd|head=}} dee (third-person singular simple present dees, present participle deein, simple past dee'd, past participle dee'd), {{sco-verb|dees|deein|dee'd|dee'd}} dee (third-person singular simple present dees, present participle deein, simple past dee'd, past participle dee'd)
  1. Doric Scots form of dae (“to do”)
    Sense id: en-dee-sco-verb-mGyuYLtd Categories (other): Doric Scots, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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