די

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܕܝ‎

Etymology

Related to Arabic ذُو‎ (ḏū).

Conjunction

דִּי • (dī)

1. that

See also

• דְּ־‎

Hebrew

Adverb

דַּי • (dái) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. enough, sufficient, adequate

   ‏דַּי לָאַלִּימוּת‎ ― dái la'alimút ― enough with the violence

   • a. 217 C.E., Haggadah of Passover

     ‏אִלּוּ הוֹצִיאָנוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם / וְלֹא עָשָׂה בָהֶם שְׁפָטִים / דַּיֵּנוּ‎‎

     If He had brought us out of Egypt / but had not executed justice upon them [the Egyptians] / [even that would have been] enough for us.

Usage notes

• Sometimes used with suffixed pronouns.

Synonyms

• (enough): מספיק‎

Derived terms

• יוֹתֵר מִדַּי‎
• כדאי‎
• מִדַּי‎

References

• H1767 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Interjection

דַּי • (dái)

1. stop!, enough!, cease!

Adverb

דֵּי • (déi)

1. quite, fairly

   ‏דֵּי טוֹב‎ ― déi tov ― fairly good

Ladino

Preposition

די (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling de)

1. of
   • 1910, Ben Yitzhak Saserdoti, Refael i Miriam, page 3:

     ‏אירה אונה די אקילייאס מאדֿרוגאדֿאס פֿריסקאס אי טיירנאס אין איל מיס די סיפטימברי, אינטרי ראש השנה אי יום כפור.‎‎

     Era una de akelyas maḏrugaḏas freskas i tiernas en el mes de septembre, entre Rosh Ashana i Yom Kippur.

     It was one of those fresh, tender early mornings in the month of September, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

2. from

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• דיא‎ (di)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [di]

Determiner

די • (di)

1. nominative singular feminine of דער‎ (der)
2. accusative singular feminine of דער‎ (der)
3. nominative plural of דער‎ (der)
4. accusative plural of דער‎ (der)
5. dative plural of דער‎ (der)

Usage notes

While Yiddish as standardized in the 20th century retains gender systems, among many native speakers of Yiddish this is only reflected to a limited degree, with די‎ (di) being the only definite article ("the") in most situations.

Declension

	masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative	דער‎ (der)	דאָס‎ (dos)	די (di)	די (di)
accusative	דעם‎ (dem)	דאָס‎ (dos)	די (di)	די (di)
dative	דעם‎ (dem)	דעם‎ (dem)	דער‎ (der)	די (di)