dei

See also dēi, and děi

Basque

Noun

dei

1. call (clarification of this Basque definition is being sought)

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Galician

Verb

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

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Ido

Noun

dei

1. Plural form of deo

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Italian

Etymology 1

• prep di + article i

Pronunciation

• IPA: [d̪ei̯], /dei/, X-SAMPA: /dei/
• Hyphenation: déi

Contraction

dei

1. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in plural not starting with a vowel, gn, pn, ps, s+consonant, x, y, nor z).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA: [d̪ɛi̯], /dɛi/, X-SAMPA: /dEi/
• Hyphenation: dèi

Noun

dei m

1. Plural form of dio

Usage notes

• The form of the definite article used with this word is gli.

  Gli dei sono scontenti - The gods are displeased.

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Latin

Noun

deī

1. nominative plural of deus
2. genitive singular of deus
3. vocative plural of deus

Verb

deī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of deeō

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Lojban

Cmavo

dei

1. (self-referential pro-sumti, referring to parts of the text containing it) this very utterance

Related terms

di'u de'u da'u

di'e de'e

da'e do'i

Rafsi

dei

1. rafsi of djedi.

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Low German

Alternative forms

• de

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɛɪ̯/, /ˈdaɪ̯/

Article

dei

1. Alternative form of de.

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Mandarin

Romanization

dei

1. Nonstandard spelling of dēi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of děi.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Navajo

Adverb

dei

1. up, upward

Related terms

• deigo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þeir.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɛi/ (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

dei (genitive deira)

1. they

   Veit du kvar dei er?

   Do you know where they are?

2. those

   Dei der borte?

   Those over there?

References

• “dei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

See also

    Personal pronouns in Nynorsk

	Nominative	Objective case	Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person	eg	meg	min m
Second person	du	deg	din m
Third person m	han	han, honom3	hans
Third person f	ho	ho, henne	hennar, hennes4
Third person n	det, dat1	det, dat1	dess 2
Plural
First person	me, vi	oss	vår m
Second person	de, dokker	dykk, dokker	dykkar, dokkar, deires4
Third person	dei	dei, deim3	deira
Notes
1Never part of official Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily used before Landsmål received an official written norm.
2Rare or literary
3No longer part of the official written norm. Now primarily used in Høgnorsk texts.
4No longer part of the official written norm. These non-traditional forms were added to the norm to either approach the the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects.

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Old French

Etymology

Latin digitus

Noun

dei m (oblique plural deis, nominative singular deis, nominative plural dei)

1. finger

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Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• dī

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Compare Old English dæġ, Old Saxon and Old Dutch dag, Old High German tag, Old Norse dagr.

Noun

dei m

1. day

Declension

Declension of dei (strong a-stem, masculine)

	singular	plural
nominative	dei	degar, dega
accusative	dei	degar, dega
genitive	deis	dega
dative	dei	degum, degem

Descendants

• West Frisian: dei

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Scots

Verb

tae dei (third-person singular simple present deis, present participle deiin, simple past deid, past participle deed)

1. (South Scots) to die

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dei, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

Noun

dei c (plural dagen)

1. day
2. date