dei
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
dei inan
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | dei | deia | deiak |
ergative | deik | deiak | deiek |
dative | deiri | deiari | deiei |
genitive | deiren | deiaren | deien |
comitative | deirekin | deiarekin | deiekin |
causative | deirengatik | deiarengatik | deiengatik |
benefactive | deirentzat | deiarentzat | deientzat |
instrumental | deiez | deiaz | deiez |
inessive | deitan | deian | deietan |
locative | deitako | deiko | deietako |
allative | deitara | deira | deietara |
terminative | deitaraino | deiraino | deietaraino |
directive | deitarantz | deirantz | deietarantz |
destinative | deitarako | deirako | deietarako |
ablative | deitatik | deitik | deietatik |
partitive | deirik | — | — |
prolative | deitzat | — | — |
Verb edit
dei
- Short form of deitu (“to call”).
Further reading edit
Bavarian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos. Cognates include German dein, Yiddish דײַן (dayn), obsolete Dutch dijn, archaic English thine and thy, Old Norse þínn, Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þeins).
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
dei
Declension edit
Declension of dei | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | dei | dei | dei | deine |
dative | deim | deiner | deim | deine |
accusative | dein | dei | dei | deine |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
attributive (nominative case) | independent | |||
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singular | plural | |||
1st person singular | mei | meine | meins | |
2nd person singular (informal) |
dei | deine | deins | |
2nd person singular (formal) |
Eahna | Eahnare | Eahnas | |
3rd person singular | m, n | sei | seine | seins |
f | ihr | ihre | ihrs | |
1st person plural | unsa | unsare | unsas | |
2nd person plural | eia | eire | eias | |
3rd person plural | eahna | eahnare | eahnas |
Bourguignon edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
dei m (plural deis, feminine déôsse)
- a god
See also edit
- Dei, the monotheist God of the Bible
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dei m (plural deis)
- dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)
Edopi edit
Noun edit
dei
Further reading edit
- Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)
Galician edit
Verb edit
dei
Ido edit
Noun edit
dei
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
- de' (truncation)
Pronunciation edit
Contraction edit
dei
- Contraction of di i.; of the, from the
- some
- Abbiamo dei libri nell'apartamento. ― We have some books in the apartment.
- some
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dei m pl (archaic dii)
Usage notes edit
- The form of the definite article used with this word is gli.
- Gli dei sono scontenti. ― The gods are displeased.
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dei
- (archaic, poetic or colloquial Tuscan) Alternative form of devi, second-person singular present indicative of dovere
Etymology 4 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dei m (invariable)
- Alternative form of dey (“dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)”)
References edit
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
dei
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈde.iː/, [ˈd̪eiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.i/, [ˈd̪ɛːi]
Noun edit
deī
Verb edit
deī
Lindu edit
Noun edit
dei
Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Article edit
dei
- Alternative form of de
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
dei
- Nonstandard spelling of dēi.
- Nonstandard spelling of děi.
Usage notes edit
- 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.
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
dei
- Alternative form of day
Etymology 2 edit
Pronoun edit
dei
- Alternative form of þei (“they”)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
dei
- Alternative form of dee
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Adverb edit
dei
Related terms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Article edit
dei
Determiner edit
dei
Pronoun edit
dei (genitive deira)
See also edit
person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
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case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
case | plural | |||||
nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 |
References edit
- “dei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French edit
Noun edit
dei oblique singular, m (oblique plural deis, nominative singular deis, nominative plural dei)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of doit (finger)
Old Frisian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *dag.
Noun edit
dei m
Inflection edit
Declension of dei (masculine a-stem) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | dei | degar, dega |
genitive | deis | dega |
dative | dei | degum, degem |
accusative | dei | degar, dega |
Descendants edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German din. Compare German dein, English thy.
Determiner edit
dei
- (possessive) your
Declension edit
Declension of dei | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | dei | dei | dei | dei |
dative | deim | deinre | deim | deine |
accusative | dei | dei | dei | dei |
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: dei
Verb edit
dei
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
- dee (more common)
Etymology edit
From Middle English die, from Old Norse deyja.
Verb edit
dei (third-person singular simple present deis, present participle deiin, simple past deid, past participle deed)
- (South Scots) to die
Sicilian edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
dei m
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dei
Derived terms edit
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
dei (n class, plural dei)
Usage notes edit
This word is only used for some holidays and not generally to refer to regular days.
Derived terms edit
- Jamhuri Dei (“Jamhuri Day”)
- leba dei (“Labor Day, May Day”)
- Madaraka Dei (“Madaraka Day”)
- Mashujaa Dei (“Mashujaa Day”)
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dei
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
dei | ddei | nei | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Noun edit
dei
- Soft mutation of tei.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
tei | dei | nhei | thei |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian dei.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dei c (plural dagen)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “dei”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola edit
Noun edit
dei
- Alternative form of die
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 35