di

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Translingual[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Number[edit]

di

  1. A Roman numeral representing five hundred one (501).

See also[edit]

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Imitative.

Interjection[edit]

di

  1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
    The chorus goes like this: "di di di di dum, da di da".

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Article[edit]

di

  1. Obsolete spelling of die

Pronoun[edit]

di

  1. Obsolete spelling of die

Ajië[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

di

  1. wet

References[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *dīja, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyH- (compare Sanskrit ध्याति (dhyāti, “to observe, feel”)).[1]

Verb[edit]

di (aorist dita, participle ditur)

  1. to know
    Nuk e di.
    I don't know.
    Do të doja të dija më shumë rreth teje.
    I'd like to know more about you.
Conjugation[edit]
Standard Albanian conjugation of di (active voice)

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participle ditur
gerund duke ditur
infinitive për të ditur
singular plural
1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers. 1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers.
indicative present di di di dimë dini dinë
imperfect dija dije dinte dinim dinit dinin
aorist dita dite diti ditëm ditët ditën
perfect kam ditur ke ditur ka ditur kemi ditur keni ditur kanë ditur
past perfect kisha ditur kishe ditur kishte ditur kishim ditur kishit ditur kishin ditur
aorist II pata ditur pate ditur pati ditur patëm ditur patët ditur patën ditur
future1 do të di do të dish do të dije do të dimë do të dini do të dinë
future perfect2 do të kem ditur do të kesh ditur do të ketë ditur do të kemi ditur do të keni ditur do të kenë ditur
subjunctive present të di të dish të dije të dimë të dini të dinë
imperfect të dija të dije të dinte të dinim të dinit të dinin
perfect të kem ditur të kesh ditur të ketë ditur të kemi ditur të keni ditur të kenë ditur
past perfect të kisha ditur të kishe ditur të kishte ditur të kishim ditur të kishit ditur të kishin ditur
conditional1, 2 imperfect do të dija do të dije do të dinte do të dinim do të dinit do të dinin
past perfect do të kisha ditur do të kishe ditur do të kishte ditur do të kishim ditur do të kishit ditur do të kishin ditur
optative present ditsha diç dittë ditshim ditshit ditshin
perfect paça ditur paç ditur pastë ditur paçim ditur paçit ditur paçin ditur
admirative present ditkam ditke ditka ditkemi ditkeni ditkan
imperfect ditkësha ditkëshe ditkësh ditkëshim ditkëshit ditkëshin
perfect paskam ditur paske ditur paska ditur paskemi ditur paskeni ditur paskan ditur
past perfect paskësha ditur paskëshe ditur paskësh ditur paskëshim ditur paskëshit ditur paskëshin ditur
imperative present — di — — dini —
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect
Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

The 3rd person singular din. From Proto-Albanian *dine, denominative of Proto-Indo-European *dey-no- (“day”). See din for more.

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

di (aorist diu, participle dirë)

  1. (Tosk) to dawn (daylight)
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) chapter DI, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 64-65

Aromanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin dē. Compare Romanian de.

Preposition[edit]

di

  1. of
  2. from

Bambara[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

di

  1. to give

References[edit]

Bavarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with German dich.

Pronoun[edit]

di

  1. you (accusative, singular)

See also[edit]

Bavarian personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative
stressed unstressed stressed unstressed stressed unstressed
1st person singular i — mi — mia (mir) ma
2nd person singular
(informal) 		du — di — dia (dir) da
2nd person singular
(formal) 		Sie — Eahna — Eahna —
3rd person singular m er a eahm 'n eahm 'n
n es, des 's des 's
f se, de 's se 's ihr —
1st person plural mia (mir) ma uns — uns —
2nd person plural eß, ihr — enk, eich — enk, eich —
3rd person plural se 's eahna — eahna —

Belizean Creole[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Article[edit]

di

  1. the

Etymology 2[edit]

Particle[edit]

di

  1. continuous tense marker; -ing
Usage notes[edit]
  • It tends to immediately precede the verb that it modifies.
Derived terms[edit]

Blagar[edit]

Adverb[edit]

di

  1. also

References[edit]

Bura[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dì

  1. town, settlement
  2. land

References[edit]

Cameroon Pidgin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

di

  1. (auxiliary) imperfective or progressive aspect marker

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

di

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Cebuano[edit]

Adverb[edit]

di

  1. not

Central Franconian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German dīn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

di (masculine denge or dinge, feminine and plural deng or ding)

  1. (Ripuarian) your, thy (second-person singular possessive)
    Wo häs de dann di Jlas henjestallt?
    Where did you put your glass?

Usage notes[edit]

  • The form deng/ding is used for the neuter when strongly stressed: Dat es ding Jlas! (“That's your glass!”) Contrariwise, the form di may be used for the masculine and feminine when unstressed, chiefly with words for relatives: di Papp (“your father”, but less common than denge Papp).

Cimbrian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Article[edit]

di

  1. (Luserna) the; definite article for four declensions:
    1. nominative singular feminine
    2. accusative singular feminine
    3. nominative plural
    4. accusative plural

See also[edit]

Cimbrian definite articles
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative dar de / di 's / z de / di
Accusative in de / di 's / z de / di
Dative me dar me in

References[edit]

Dimasa[edit]

Noun[edit]

di

  1. water

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • F. Jacquesson (2008) A Dimasa Grammar‎[2], page 46
  • P. R. T. Gurdon (1903) The Morāns (in Dimasa)

Eastern Magar[edit]

Noun[edit]

di

  1. water

References[edit]

  • James Richardson Logan, Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (1970)

Ewe[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb[edit]

di

  1. to search

Fayu[edit]

Noun[edit]

di

  1. water
  2. river

Further reading[edit]

Duane A. Clouse, Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya (1997), page 172

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin dē.

Preposition[edit]

di

  1. of
  2. from
  3. by

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

di

  1. inflection of dicir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of dizer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese de. Cognate with Kabuverdianu di.

Preposition[edit]

di

  1. of
  2. at
  3. from

Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Saint Dominican Creole French dir, from French dire.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

di

  1. to say
  2. to tell

Derived terms[edit]

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian di.

Preposition[edit]

di

  1. of (indicating possession)
    La domo di mea matro
    The house of my mother

Related terms[edit]

  • de (“from, of”) (where an amount is indicated)
  • da (“by”)

Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /di/
  • (file)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Malay di, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di, *i, from Proto-Austronesian *di.

Preposition[edit]

di

  1. in
    di Surabaya ― in Surabaya
  2. at
  3. on
  4. (dialect, colloquial) to
    Synonyms: akan, kepada
  5. (dialect, colloquial) from
    Synonym: dari

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

di

  1. alternative spelling of adi-

Further reading[edit]

Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish di.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

di (emphatic dise)

  1. third-person singular feminine of de: from/of her, from/of it f
  2. third-person singular feminine of do: to/for her, to/for it f

References[edit]

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 83

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin dē.[1] Cognate with English to.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /di/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: di

Preposition[edit]

di

  1. used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
    L’ira di Apollo ― Apollo’s wrath (literally, “The wrath of Apollo”)
    la coda del cane ― the dog’s tail
    Canto dello sciatore ― Song of the skier
    Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti dell’Uomo
    Universal declaration of the Rights of the Man
    Simbolo degli Apostoli ― Signs of the Apostles
    Manifesto della cucina futurista ― Manifesto of the futurist kitchen
    Dei delitti e delle pene
    Of crimes and punishments
    (literally, “Of the crimes and of the punishments”)
  2. from
    Lei è di Monreale in Sicilia, ma adesso vive a Roma
    She's from Monreale in Sicily, but she now lives in Rome
  3. by, of, ’s
    La mia canzone preferita degli U2? 'One' !
    My favorite song by U2? 'One'!
    La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri
    The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
  4. than
    Jack è più alto di sua moglie, Joan.
    Jack is taller than his wife, Joan.
    Biden ha detto che l'economia USA è in condizioni peggiori di quanto pensasse
    Biden says US economy is in worse shape than he thought.
  5. used in superlative forms; in, of
    Pont Neuf è il più antico ponte di Parigi
    Pont Neuf is the oldest bridge in Paris.
  6. about, on, concerning
    Euclide scrisse diversi libri di matematica.
    Euclid wrote many books on mathematics.
    Parliamo di sentimenti. ― Let's talk about feelings.
  7. expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted
    Sei Nazioni: la Scozia gioca con l'Italia in un incontro decisivo per il cucchiaio di legno.
    Six Nations: Scotland meet Italy today in a wooden-spoon decider.
    Ho comprato una collana d'oro bianco.
    I bought a white gold necklace.
  8. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted
    Lei ha detto di non preoccuparsi.
    She said not to worry.
    Che devo fare se penso di avere un virus nel mio computer?
    What should I do if I believe I have a virus on my computer?
  9. used with the definite article in partitive constructions; some
    Vuoi dell'acqua? ― Would you like some water?
  10. used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article
    penso di sì ― I think so
    niente di meglio ― nothing better
    Che c’è di nuovo? ― What's new?
Usage notes[edit]
  • When followed by the definite article, di combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:
di + article Combined form
di + il del
di + lo dello
di + l' dell'
di + i dei
di + gli degli
di + la della
di + le delle
  • The i can additionally optionally be elided before vowel sounds to form d'.
Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin dē (the name of the letter D).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): **/ˈdi/*
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: dì

Noun[edit]

di f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.; dee
See also[edit]

Jamaican Creole[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from English the.

Pronunciation[edit]

Article[edit]

di

  1. the
    Is a riddim mi love from birth. Di harmonies, di lyrics; everything perfect. ― It's a rhythm I've always loved. The harmony, the lyrics ... everything's perfect.

Further reading[edit]

  • di at majstro.com

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

di

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ディ

Kabyle[edit]

Preposition[edit]

di

  1. in
    Synonym: deg
    di yexxam-inu
    in my house
    Izeddeɣ di Lezzayer.
    He lives in Algeria.
  2. during

Krio[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Article[edit]

di

  1. the

Kuna[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

di

  1. water

Ladin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

de +‎ i

Contraction[edit]

di

  1. of the (masculine plural)

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

dī m pl

  1. nominative/vocative plural of deus
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations‎[3]:
      O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In qua urbe vivimus?.
      O ye immortal gods, where on earth are we? What is the government we have? In what city are we living?

References[edit]

  • "di", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "di", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Ligurian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Contraction[edit]

di

  1. Contraction of de i.; of the (masculine plural)

Louisiana Creole[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from French dire (“to say, to tell”).

Verb[edit]

di (invariable)

  1. to say, to tell

Etymology 2[edit]

Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 11  > 
    Cardinal : di

Inherited from French dix (“ten”).

Numeral[edit]

di

  1. ten
Usage notes[edit]
  • Precedes consonant-initial words. See usage notes at dis.

Macanese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • d' (optionally, before certain words starting with a vowel)

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese de, from Old Galician-Portuguese de (“of”), from Latin dē (“of”).

Preposition[edit]

di

  1. of (indicates the semantic relation between two elements: such as possession, origin, place)
    guínde di águ ― jug of water
    Ui di bôm! ― Very good!
    Êle pôssa di grándi! ― He is very big!
    Êle bem di capaz! ― He is really clever!

Usage notes[edit]

  • Note that the usage of di is more flexible compared to Portuguese de, and may be followed not necessarily by nouns.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Malay[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD. From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di, *i, from Proto-Austronesian *di, *i.

Preposition[edit]

di (Jawi spelling د)

  1. in
    di Kuala Lumpur ― in Kuala Lumpur
  2. at
    di sungai ― at the river
  3. on
    di jalan ― on the road
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From English dee.

Noun[edit]

di (plural di-di)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.
Synonyms[edit]
  • dè (Indonesian)
  • dal (Jawi letter name)

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

di (di5／di0, Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄧ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 得

di

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of dí.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of dǐ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of dì.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mansaka[edit]

Adverb[edit]

di

  1. not

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

di

  1. accusative/dative of du

Further reading[edit]

  • chapter DI, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

di

  1. Alternative form of dee

Middle Low German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Saxon thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

dî

  1. (second person singular dative) you, thee
  2. (second person singular accusative) you, thee

Declension[edit]

Middle Low German personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive
1st person singular ik (ek) mî (mê, mik, mek) mîn (mîner)
2nd person singular dû dî (dê, dik, dek) dîn (dîner)
3rd person singular
m hê (hî, hie) ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn) ēme, em (ȫme, en) sîn (sîner)
n it (et)
f sê (sî, sie, sü̂) ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)
1st person plural wî (wê, wie) uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik) unser (ûser)
2nd person plural gî (jê, î) jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik) jûwer (ûwer)
3rd person plural sê (sî, sie) em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen) ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)

For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here.

Moran[edit]

Noun[edit]

di

  1. water

References[edit]

  • P. R. T. Gurdon (1903) The Morāns (in Moran)

Nigerian Pidgin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English the.

Article[edit]

di

  1. the

North Frisian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Frisian thī, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só.

Article[edit]

di

  1. the (masculine singular)
  2. the (common singular) (Sylt)

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun[edit]

di

  1. you, thou (familiar object singular)

See also[edit]

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Preposition[edit]

di

  1. in
  2. an element of several circumpositions

Related terms[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse þín.

Pronoun[edit]

di

  1. feminine singular of din

See also[edit]

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
feminine masculine neuter plural
Singular First – jeg meg mi min mitt mine
Second general du deg di din ditt dine
formal (rare) De Dem Deres
Third feminine (person) hun henne hennes
masculine (person) han ham / han hans
feminine (noun) den dens
masculine (noun)
neuter (noun) det dets
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine
Plural First – vi oss vår vårt våre
Second general dere deres
formal (very rare) De Dem Deres
Third general de dem deres
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

di

  1. imperative of die

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse því, þí, the neuter singular dative of the determiner sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa. Akin to the English comparative correlative the, derived from Old English þȳ. Other cognates include Norwegian Bokmål ti. Other determiners and pronouns also derive from there, such as den, det, dei, and dess.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

di

  1. Used as a comparative correlative.
    Synonym: dess
    1. the; With multiple comparatives (or meir (“more”) with verb phrases), establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.
      Synonym: jo
      Di sterkare, di betre
      The stronger the better
    2. With a single adverbial meir (“more”) or comparative, establishes an often inverse correlation with a preceding comparative or stated degree.
      Han sa lite, men tenkte di meir
      He said little, but thought more (than he didn't speak)
  2. (literary, poetic) because

Conjunction[edit]

di

  1. (literary) because
  2. Used especially in more common compound adverbs and conjunctions.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse þín, feminine singular nominative of þinn (“your, yours”). See main entry for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

di

  1. feminine singular of din (“your”)

Pronoun[edit]

di

  1. feminine singular of din (“yours”)

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation spelling and/or eye dialect of various pronouns and determiners. See the etymology of the respective main entries.

Pronoun[edit]

di

  1. Eye dialect spelling of de.
  2. Eye dialect spelling of dei.

Determiner[edit]

di

  1. Eye dialect spelling of dei.

See also[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
person first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative eg, je1 du han ho det, dat2
accusative meg deg seg han, honom2 ho, henne2 det, dat2
dative2 meg deg seg honom henne di2
genitive min din sin hans hennar, hennes1 dess3
case plural
nominative me, vi de, dokker dei
accusative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg dei, deim2
dative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg deim2
genitive vår, okkar dykkar, dokkar sin deira, deires1
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.


References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs.

Noun[edit]

di oblique singular, m (oblique plural dis, nominative singular dis, nominative plural di)

  1. day (period of 24 hours)

References[edit]

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (di)

Old Frisian[edit]

Noun[edit]

dī m

  1. Alternative form of dei

Inflection[edit]

Declension of dī (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative dī degar, dega
genitive dīs dega
dative dī degum, degem
accusative dī degar, dega

Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *dī, from Proto-Indo-European *de; cognate with Latin dē.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

di (with dative)

  1. of, from

For quotations using this term, see Citations:di.

Inflection[edit]
Inflection of di
Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. dí(i)m dí(i)msa
2d person sing. dít
3d sing. masc./neut., dative de, dé desom
3d sing. masc./neut., accusative
3d sing. fem., dative dí
3d sing. fem., accusative
1st person pl. dín(n) dínni
2d person pl. díb díbsi
3d person pl., dative diib, dí(i)b diibsom, díbsem
3d person pl., accusative

Combinations with a definite article:

Combinations with a possessive determiner:

  • dim (“from my”)
  • dit (“from your sg”)
  • dia, dua (“from his/her/its/their”)

Combinations with a relative pronoun:

  • dia (“from which; when, if”)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Irish: de
  • Manx: jeh
  • Scottish Gaelic: de

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

di

  1. Alternative spelling of dí: to/from her

Further reading[edit]

Old Prussian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier Prussian enclitic *-di, from dialectal Baltic *-di, probably from Proto-Indo-European enclitic *-di („he”, „she”).[1] Cognate with Avestan dim („him, her”). [2]

Pronoun[edit]

di n (third-person only, plural dīs or dī, accusative singular din, accusative plural dins)

  1. (anaphoric) he, she, it, self;
    • (Can we date this quote?), III katekizmas, page 93, line 14:
      kai Sara Abraham po
      klūſmai bhe / bebillē din Rikijs
      As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord.
    • (Can we date this quote?), III katekizmas, page 89, line 8:
      turri
      ti dins ſte mijls ſtēiſon dīlas paggan
      And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work.
  2. (indefinite, indeclinable, also spelt dei) (it)self, one (indefinite pronoun denoting unspecified subject)[1][3][4]

Declension[edit]

Mažiulis named some of the attested forms of the declinable variant.[2]

Declension of di
masculine feminine neuter
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative dis dīs dis dīs di dī
genitive ? ? ? ? di dī
dative ? ? ? ? di dī
accusative din dins din dins di dī

Usage notes[edit]

  • Appeared either as a suffix or standalone, the latter being usually stressed.
  • Besides the enclitic function, it also served as an impersonal pronoun, similarly to German man.
  • The suffix form merged with prepositions, creating new ones with function analogical to English thereby (there + by), herein (here + in), etc. Such forms still underwent declension.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mažiulis, Vytautas (2004) “-din ‘him, her’”, in Palmaitis, Letas, transl., Prūsų kalbos istorinė gramatika [Historical Grammar of Old Prussian], Vilnus: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, →ISBN, pages 74-75
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988) “-din”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎[1] (in Lithuanian), volume I, Vilnius: Mokslas, pages 202-203
  3. ^ Palmaitis, Letas (2006), in “Bāziskas Prūsiskai–Ēngliskas Wirdeīns Per Tālaisin Laksinis Rekreaciōnin” [Basic English-Prussian Dictionary for Further Lexical Reconstruction], page 70: “DI”
  4. ^ G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873) “di, dei”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 30

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese de and Spanish de and Kabuverdianu di.

Conjunction[edit]

di

  1. of, of the
  2. from, from the

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs.

Noun[edit]

di m (plural dis)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) day

Sardinian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

di

  1. (Campidanese) Alternative form of de

References[edit]

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sassarese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • d' (apocopic, used before vowel sounds)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin dē, from Proto-Italic *dē, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *de.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

di

  1. Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; 's
    Lu cani di Pàuru ― Paul's dog
    Edda è un'amigga di mamma ― She's a friend of mother's
  2. Used to indicate origin; from
    Eu soggu di Sàssari ― I'm from Sassari
  3. Used in comparisons; than
    La poltrona è più còmuda di la caddrea ― The armchair is more comfortable than the chair
  4. Used to indicate authorship; by, of, 's
    Canne al vento è un libru di Gràzia Deledda ― Canne al vento is a book by Grazia Deledda
  5. about, on, concerning
    E eddi cosa ni pènsani di te? ― What do they think about you?
  6. Used in superlative forms; in, of
    Edda è la più bedda di tutti ― She's the most beautiful (of all)
  7. Expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted
    Un'ampulla di veddru ― A glass bottle (literally, “A bottle of glass”)

References[edit]

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

di

  1. Alternative form of dhi

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier gdi.

Adverb[edit]

di (Cyrillic spelling ди)

  1. (Chakavian, Ikavian, chiefly Croatia, colloquial) where (interrogative)
    Di si ti cili božji dan? ― Where on earth have you been the whole day?
  2. (Chakavian, Ikavian, chiefly Croatia, proscribed, colloquial) whither, where, whereto
    Di si išao jučer? ― Where did you go yesterday?

Pronoun[edit]

di (Cyrillic spelling ди)

  1. (Chakavian, Ikavian, chiefly Croatia) where

Usage notes[edit]

  • Originally of Chakavian-Ikavian origin, the word is today colloquially used throughout Croatia and other countries to a lesser extent.

Synonyms[edit]

Sicilian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin dē.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

di

  1. Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
    A raggia di Apollu ― Apollo’s wrath (literally, “The wrath of Apollo”)
    a cuda dû cani ― the dog’s tail
    Dichiarazziuni Univirsali dî Diritti di l’Omu
    Universal declaration of the Rights of [the] Man
    Sìmmulu di l'Apòstuli ― Signs of the Apostles
    Manifestu dâ cucina futurista ― Manifesto of the futurist kitchen
    Di li dilitta e di li peni
    Of [the] crimes and [of the] punishments
  2. from
    Iḍḍa è di Murriali, 'n Sicilia, ma ora campa a Ruma
    She's from Monreale in Sicily, but she now lives in Rome
  3. by, of, ’s
    A me canzuni prifiruta dî Pink Floyd? 'Echoes' !
    My favorite song by Pink Floyd? 'Echoes'!
    A Divina Cummedia di Danti Aligheri
    The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
  4. than
    Jack è cchiù autu di so mugghieri, Joan.
    Jack is taller than his wife, Joan.
    Biden dissi ca l'ecunumìa USA è 'n cunnizziuna pijuri di quantu pinzassi
    Biden says US economy is in worse shape than he thought.
  5. Used in superlative forms; in, of
    Pont Neuf è u ponti cchiù anticu di Parisi
    Pont Neuf is the oldest bridge in Paris.
  6. about, on, concerning
    Euclidi scrissi diversi libbra di matimàtica.
    Euclid wrote many books on mathematics.
    Parramu di sintimenta. ― Let's talk about feelings.
  7. Expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted
    Sei Nazziuna: a Scozzia joca cu l'Italia nni nu ncontru dicisivu pâ cucchiara di lignu.
    Six Nations: Scotland meet Italy today in a wooden-spoon decider.
    Acchattai na cuḍḍana d'oru jancu.
    I bought a white [made of] gold necklace.
  8. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted
    Iḍḍa dissi di nun priuccupàrisi.
    She said not to worry.
    Ch'avissi a fari si penzu d'aviri nu virus nnô me cumputer?
    What should I do if I believe I have a virus on my computer?
  9. Used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article.
    Ca penzu di se ― I think so
    Nenti di megghiu ― nothing better
    Chi cc’è di novu? ― What's new?
Usage notes[edit]
  • When followed by a definite article, di combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:
di + article Combined form
di + u dû
di + lu di lu
di + a dâ
di + la di la
di + i dî
di + li di li
di + l' di l'
  • The i can additionally optionally be elided before vowel sounds to form d'.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin dē (the name of the letter D).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

di (f)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.; dee

Singpho[edit]

Noun[edit]

di

  1. egg

References[edit]

Slavomolisano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ikavian Serbo-Croatian gdi, di; compare standard Ijekavian gdje, Ekavian gde.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

di

  1. (interrogative) where

Pronoun[edit]

di

  1. where
    • 2010, Natalina Spadanuda, Le renard et le loup:
      Kum, ja znam di je na masarija di, unutra, jesu čuda stvari za jist. Što gorivaš, šma po?
      Godfather, I know where there is a farm where there are many things to eat inside. What do you say, shall we go?

References[edit]

  • Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi/ [ˈd̪i]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: di

Etymology 1[edit]

See dar.

Verb[edit]

di

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar
    Dile lo que te di. ― Tell him what I gave you.

Etymology 2[edit]

See decir.

Verb[edit]

di

  1. second-person singular imperative of decir
    Dile lo que te di. ― Tell him what I gave you.
  2. Obsolete spelling of dice

Sumerian[edit]

Romanization[edit]

di

  1. Romanization of 𒁲 (di)

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From dia (“to suckle”), from Proto-Germanic *dijōną (“to suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”). Related to dägga (däggdjur).

Noun[edit]

di c

  1. suck, suckle; milk from the mother (human or animal) directly to the offspring

Declension[edit]

Declension of di 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative di din — —
Genitive dis dins — —
Declension of di 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative di dien — —
Genitive dis diens — —

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

di

  1. Pronunciation spelling of de, representing Finland Swedish.
    • 1895, Gustaf Fröding, Tre käringer i en backe:
      Dä satt tre käringer i en backe, å di va vinne å di va skacke,
      Three old women were sitting in a slope, and they were wry and they were crooked,
  2. (dialectal, obsolete) your, yours; feminine singular of din
    • 1886, Fredrik August Dahlgren, Frierfâla:
      Ho får sej nåck en hârr-khär, hva länge dä lir, Men se dä ska ja’ sij’ dej att allri di ho blir.
      She will surely get herself a gentleman before long, But I will say to you, that yours she'll never be.

Alternative forms[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *diq (“particle of negation”). Blust (2010-) notes that this word is believed by some to be short for hindi (“no; not”), but its agreement with the monosyllabic word in other languages suggests that this shorter form is older. See also dili (“not; no; hardly; rarely; seldom”). Compare Yami ji, Ilocano di, Isnag di, Cebuano di/dili, Maranao di, Western Subanon di, Mansaka di, Tausug di.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /diʔ/, [dɪʔ]
  • IPA(key): /deʔ/, [dɛʔ] (relaxed)

Adverb[edit]

dî (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)

  1. no; not
    Antonyms: oo, (respectful) opo
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: di
  • IPA(key): /di/, [dɪ]
  • Rhymes: -i

Adverb[edit]

di (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)

  1. (sometimes preceded by eh) then; in that case
    Synonyms: kung gayon, kung ganoon, (Marinduque) kundi, (Nueva Ecija) garod
    Eh, di wow.
    Well, then “Wow”.
    Di sino ang daingan kundi ang Padre?
    Then to whom to complain to if not the Father?
    Kung sarado ang pintuan, di buksan mo.
    If the door is closed, then open it.
    Sino pa bang maglilinis kung hindi si ate, di ako!
    Who else would clean if not our older sister, then [none other than] me!

Etymology 3[edit]

From English dee, the English name of the letter D/d.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: di
  • IPA(key): /di/, [dɪ]
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun[edit]

di (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d, in the Filipino alphabet.
    Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) da, (in the Abecedario) de
See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • chapter DI, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*diq”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Tarifit[edit]

Preposition[edit]

di (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⵉ)

  1. location marker
    1. expresses a location inside something or movement into something: in, into
      aqa-t di taddart
      He is in the house.
      nudef deg waman
      We went into the water.

Usage notes[edit]

When the preposition di is followed by a vowel it will take the form deg.

Talysh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Persian ده (deh).

Noun[edit]

di

  1. village

Tat[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭲𐭠 (deh, “country, land, village”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎢 (dahạyau), from Proto-Iranian *dahyu- (“country, district, province”).

Noun[edit]

di

  1. village

Derived terms[edit]

Tausug[edit]

Adverb[edit]

di

  1. not

Teribe[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

di

  1. water
  2. river

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Juan Diego Quesada, A Grammar of Teribe (2000)

Trumai[edit]

Noun[edit]

di

  1. water
  2. mirror

References[edit]

  • Raquel Guirardello, A reference grammar of Trumai (1999)

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 移.

Verb[edit]

di

  1. to change position; to move
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 遺.

Verb[edit]

di

  1. (only in compounds) to leave behind; to bequeath
Derived terms[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Preposition[edit]

di

  1. of

Walloon[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

di (after an open syllable and/or before a vowel: d')

  1. of

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

di

  1. Soft mutation of ti.
  2. you (singular); thou
Usage notes[edit]

The form di is used after verb forms ending with a vowel (namely the simple future tense), while ti is used after other verb forms which end in -t. Di is also the form used as an emphatic pronoun after dy (“your”) in possessive and infinitive contexts.

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
ti di unchanged△ thi
△Irregular.
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

di f (plural diau)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.

Mutation[edit]

This word cannot be mutated.

See also[edit]

White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.[1]”

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

di (classifier: daim)

  1. used in di ncauj (“lip(s)”)

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[4], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 35.
  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

Wolof[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

di

  1. and (used between clauses)

See also[edit]

Yoruba[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

dí

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

dí

  1. (intransitive) to become opaque
  2. (transitive) to occlude, to obstruct
  3. (transitive) to block, to clog, to plug
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

di

  1. (transitive) to change to something else
  2. (transitive) Alternative form of da (to become)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Verb[edit]

dì

  1. (transitive) to bind, to fasten, to tie up
  2. (transitive) to pack, to bundle
  3. (transitive) to braid, to plait
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

Verb[edit]

di

  1. (transitive) to defeat, to conquer, to vanquish

Etymology 6[edit]

Verb[edit]

dì

  1. (intransitive) to coagulate, to solidify
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 7[edit]

Verb[edit]

dì

  1. (intransitive) to win a game

Zhuang[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Cantonese 啲 (di1, “a few; a bit”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Classifier[edit]

di (Sawndip form 的, 1957–1982 spelling di)

  1. a bit of; a little; some

Adverb[edit]

di (Sawndip form 的, 1957–1982 spelling di)

  1. a little more

Zia[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Trans-New Guinea *titi.

Noun[edit]

di

  1. tooth
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