dalia

See also: Dalia, dália, and dalía

Cebuano

Etymology

dali +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧li‧a

Adjective

dalia

1. exclamatory form of dali

Anagrams

• ilada

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian delija (“brave man; hero, soldier; Turkish bodyguard”), from Ottoman Turkish دلی (deli, “mad, insane; the grand vizier's Bosnian or Albanian bodyguard”). Modern Turkish spelling is deli. Doublet of deli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒlijɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: da‧lia
• Rhymes: -jɒ

Noun

dalia (plural daliák)

1. hero, valiant knight

   Synonyms: hős, (archaic, literary) bajnok, bajvívó, lovag, vitéz

2. (literary) a tall, muscular man

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	dalia	daliák
accusative	daliát	daliákat
dative	daliának	daliáknak
instrumental	daliával	daliákkal
causal-final	daliáért	daliákért
translative	daliává	daliákká
terminative	daliáig	daliákig
essive-formal	daliaként	daliákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	daliában	daliákban
superessive	dalián	daliákon
adessive	daliánál	daliáknál
illative	daliába	daliákba
sublative	daliára	daliákra
allative	daliához	daliákhoz
elative	daliából	daliákból
delative	daliáról	daliákról
ablative	daliától	daliáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	daliáé	daliáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	daliáéi	daliákéi

Possessive forms of dalia
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	daliám	daliáim
2nd person sing.	daliád	daliáid
3rd person sing.	daliája	daliái
1st person plural	daliánk	daliáink
2nd person plural	daliátok	daliáitok
3rd person plural	daliájuk	daliáik

Derived terms

• daliás

 

Further reading

• dalia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• dalia in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.lja/
• Rhymes: -alja
• Hyphenation: dà‧lia

Noun

dalia f (plural dalie)

1. dahlia

Anagrams

• alida, laida

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁-. Cognate with Latvian daļa (“part, share”), Proto-Slavic *doľa (“share, fate”).

Noun

dalià f (plural dãlios) stress pattern 4

1. fate

   Synonyms: likimas, laimė

Declension

Declension of dalià

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	dalià	dãlios
genitive (kilmininkas)	daliõs	dalių̃
dative (naudininkas)	dãliai	dalióms
accusative (galininkas)	dãlią	daliàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	dalià	daliomìs
locative (vietininkas)	daliojè	daliosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	dãlia	dãlios

Further reading

• “dalia”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

Polish

dalia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.lja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: da‧lia
• Homophone: Dalia

Etymology 1

Named after Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.

Noun

dalia f (related adjective daliowy)

1. dahlia (any plant of the genus Dahlia)

   Synonym: georginia

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dalia f

1. Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis)

   Synonym: czarna ryba

Declension

Declension of dalia

	singular	plural
nominative	dalia	dalie
genitive	dalii	dalii/dalij (archaic)
dative	dalii	daliom
accusative	dalię	dalie
instrumental	dalią	daliami
locative	dalii	daliach
vocative	dalio	dalie

Further reading

• dalia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dalia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdalja/ [ˈd̪a.lja]
• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: da‧lia

Noun

dalia f (plural dalias)

1. dahlia

Further reading

• “dalia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَالِيَا (dāliyā).

Noun

dalia (n class, plural dalia)

1. yellow powder (used as makeup and for burials)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdalja/

Verb

dalia

1. second-person singular imperative of dal

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dalia	ddalia	nalia	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.