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diu

See also: DIU, Diu, díu, diù, diū, dịu, and di'u

Catalan

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Verb

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diu

  1. third-person singular present indicative of dir
  2. (Alghero) inflection of diure:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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The Algherese imperative form diu alternates with the form digue, the latter seeing use when the pronouns -li or -lis or the pronoun cluster -lis-hi attach to the end of the verb.

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  • El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 47

Corsican

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin deus, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Cognates include Italian dio and French dieu.

Noun

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diu m (plural dii)

  1. god, deity

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  • When referring to the Judeo-Christian God, the lemma Diu is used.

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin deus.

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diu m (plural dius)

  1. god, deity
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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyéw(i) (“during the day”), locative case of *dyḗws, with d possibly imported from diēs. Cognate with Old Armenian տիւ (tiw), Sanskrit दिवा (divā, “by day”).

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Adverb

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diū (comparative diūtius, superlative diūtissimē)

  1. long, a long while, a while, for long, for a long time
    Antonyms: longinquō, paulisper
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations‎[1]:
      Quam diu quisquam erit qui te defendere audeat, vives, et vives ita ut nunc vivis, multis meis et firmis praesidiis obsessus ne commovere te contra rem publicam possis. Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.
      As long as one person exists who can dare to defend you, you shall live; but you shall live as you do now, surrounded by my many and trusty guards, so that you shall not be able to stir one finger against the republic: many eyes and ears shall still observe and watch you, as they have hitherto done, though you shall not perceive them.
  2. continually, all day
  3. long enough

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Descendants

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  • Romansch: ditg

References

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  • “diu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “diu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • diu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the issue of the day was for a long time uncertain: diu anceps stetit pugna
  • diu in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Mandarin

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Romanization

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diu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of diū.

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  • 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.

Manx

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Pronoun

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diu

  1. second-person plural/formal of da
    to you

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Picard

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Etymology

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From Latin deus.

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diu m (plural dius)

  1. a god
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Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin deus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.u/, [ˈd̪iːʊ̠]
  • Hyphenation: dì‧u

Noun

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diu m (plural dii or dei)

  1. god, deity
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