Davy
See also: davy
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdeɪvi/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪvi
Proper noun
Davy
- A diminutive of the male given name David.
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- Tell him, I'll knock his leek about his pate
Upon Saint Davy's day.
- A surname originating as a patronymic derived from David.
Derived terms
Noun
- A Davy lamp.
- 1845, The Literary Gazette:
- […] the experience of more than one of the best-regulated collieries of the north of England, where a vast number of Davies are in daily use.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da.vi/
Derived terms
Manx
Mutation
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Davy | Ghavy | Navy |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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