ды

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dy"

Belarusian

Etymology

From an unstressed variant of Old Ruthenian да (da), from Old East Slavic да (da), from Proto-Slavic *da.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɨ]

Conjunction

ды • (dy)

1. and

   Synonym: і (i)

2. but; well

Erzya

Alternative forms

• да (da), (obsolete) дэ (dë)

Etymology

From Russian да (da). This borrowing in copulative conjunction sense came in addition to native constructions with -как (-kak) (-гак (-gak), -як (-jak)) clitics and native conjunction марто (marto).

Conjunction

ды • (dï)

1. and

   Synonym: (rare) и (i)

2. but

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ды”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Ossetian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tuHám, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Northern Kurdish tu, Pashto ته (tə), Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬨 (tūm).

Pronunciation

• (Iron) IPA^(key): /d̪ɘ/

Pronoun

ды • (dy)

1. you