dy

See also: Dy, DY, dý, dŷ, d.y., d'y, dy-, and dy.

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English dyen, variant of dien (“to die”). More at die.

Verb edit

dy

Obsolete form of die.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […]

Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of already.

Adverb edit

dy

(text messaging) already

Anagrams edit

yd, yd.

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch dij, from Middle Dutch die, from Old Dutch *thio, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [də̟i̯]
Audio (file)

Noun edit

dy (plural dye, diminutive dytjie)

thigh

Albanian edit

**Albanian cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : dy Ordinal : dytë

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *duwō masc, *duwai fem, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.^[1] Matzinger reconstructs *duu̯a.^[2]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /dy/

Numeral edit

dy

two

Related terms edit

dytë

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dy”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 79
^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 216

Central Mazahua edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /dz/

Letter edit

dy (upper case Dy)

A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Danish edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain, possibly from Middle Low German dōgen (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Germanic *daugijaną, cognate with Dutch dogen (dialect).

Verb edit

dy (past tense dyede, past participle dyet)

(reflexive) to restrain oneself, to help oneself
- 2012, Richard Russo, Åndernes rige, Klim, →ISBN:
  Han er egentlig for klog til det, men han kan ikke dy sig.
  He is actually too clever for it, but he cannot help himself.
- 2010, Mette Winge, Et udestående: - en provisorietidsroman, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
  Han var lige ved at tilføje at der ikke havde været anført noget om sagen i de franske aviser, men han dyede sig, for politiinspektøren hørte ikke til dem man opmuntrede med vitser.
  He was just about to add that there had been no note of the case in the French papers, but he restrained himself, for the police inspector did not belong to those people that one cheered up with jokes.
- 2009, Hanne Reintoft, Hjertebånd, ArtPeople, →ISBN:
  De havde dyet sig og nøjedes med den tilmålte ration uden at stikke fingrene hverken i slunkne melsække eller halvtomme sulekar.
  They had restrained themselves and made do with the measured ration without sticking their fingers in lacking flour bags, nor in half-empty meat jars.

Conjugation edit

Inflection of dy

	present	past
simple	dyer or dyr	dyede
perfect	har dyet	havde dyet
passive	—	—
participle	-	dyet
imperative	dy	—
infinitive	dy	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	—	—

References edit

“dy” in Den Danske Ordbog

Egyptian edit

Romanization edit

dy

Alternative transliteration of dj.

Lower Sorbian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /dɨ/

Adverb edit

dy

Alternative form of gdy.

Middle English edit

Noun edit

dy

Alternative form of dee

Middle French edit

Verb edit

dy

first-person singular present indicative of dire

Silesian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdɨ/
Rhymes: -ɨ
Syllabification: dy

Conjunction edit

dy

Alternative form of gdy

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse dý, related to dyja (“to shake, tremble”), from Proto-Germanic *dūjan- (“to tremble”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist”).

Noun edit

dy c

mud, mire, sludge

Declension edit

Declension of dy
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dy	dyn	—	—
Genitive	dys	dyns	—	—

Derived terms edit

Traveller Norwegian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Romani duj.

Numeral edit

dy

two

Related terms edit

dypansj

References edit

“dy” in Norwegian Romani Dictionary.
“dy” in Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok, Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket.

Vilamovian edit

Pronunciation edit

Audio (file)

Article edit

dy (definite, feminine and plural form of dyr)

The; declined form of dyr

Welsh edit

Alternative forms edit

d' (before vowels)
'th (after vowels)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *towe (“your”); compare Cornish dha, Breton da, Irish do. See ti (“you”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /də/
- (colloquial) IPA^(key): /də/, (before a vowel) /d/
Rhymes: -ə

Determiner edit

dy (triggers soft mutation of a following consonant)

your (familiar singular)
Beth sy yn dy dŷ di?
What's in your house?

Pronoun edit

dy (triggers soft mutation of a following consonant)

you (familiar singular; as the direct object of a verbal noun)
Beth sy'n dy gnoi di?
What's worrying/annoying you?

Usage notes edit

After the noun or verbnoun which dy precedes, di is often added (or ti after bod when used to initiate a content clause). In formal language, this is done to emphasise the determiner or pronoun. In colloquial language, it is not necessarily an indicator of emphasis, and is often included with the determiner and always included with the pronoun. The exception to the latter case is in passive constructions employing cael, where di is never used.
In formal Welsh, contractions of dy include d' before a vowel-initial words in poetic language and 'th after mostly functional vowel-final words. In colloquial Welsh, these contractions are not used in writing although dy /də/ is often pronounced /d/ before vowel-initial words in rapid speech and so esentially becoming d'.
Pronomial dy can occur before any verbal noun. Before a verb, pronomial 'th is found only in literary language after certain vowel-final preverbal particles. See entry for 'th for more information.

West Frisian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Frisian thī, from Proto-West Germanic *siz, from Proto-Germanic *sa (“that, the”). Compare Dutch die, English the.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /dɘ/

Determiner edit

dy

that, those

Inflection edit

Common singular: dy
Neuter singular: dat
Plural: dy

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(Clay) IPA^(key): /dɛi̯/
(Wood) IPA^(key): /di/

Pronoun edit

dy

object of do ("thou"), thee

Xhosa edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /d̠̥ʲʱ/

Letter edit

dy (upper case Dy)

A digraph in Xhosa orthography.

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dy”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 79

[2] Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 216

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