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dia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dia"

Ambonese MalayEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Malay dia.

PronounEdit

dia

  1. he, she (3rd-person singular personal pronoun)

BavarianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • dir (German spelling)
  • da (unstressed form)

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with German dir.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

dia

  1. you (dative, singular)

See alsoEdit

Bavarian personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative
stressed unstressed stressed unstressed stressed unstressed
1st person singular i — mi — mia (mir) ma
2nd person singular
(informal) 		du — di — dia (dir) da
2nd person singular
(formal) 		Sie — Eahna — Eahna —
3rd person singular m er a eahm 'n eahm 'n
n es, des 's des 's
f se, de 's se 's ihr —
1st person plural mia (mir) ma uns — uns —
2nd person plural eß, ihr — enk, eich — enk, eich —
3rd person plural se 's eahna — eahna —

CatalanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Gascon dia and Spanish dia.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

dia m (plural dies)

  1. day (period of 24 hours)
    • 2011, Tobies Grimaltos Mascarós, Idees i paraules: Una filosofia de la vida quotidiana, Universitat de València, →ISBN, page 41:
      Avui és un dia normal. És un dia en el qual no res (m')ha passat especialment remarcable.
      Today is a normal day. It's a day in which nothing especially remarkable happened (to me).
  2. day (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)
    • 2011, Cinto Niqui Espinosa, Fonaments i usos de tecnologia audiovisual digital, Editorial UOC, →ISBN, page 362:
      En ona llarga durant el dia, a Catalunya, es poden escoltar les emissores Ràdio Montecarlo (RMC), als 216 kHz o Ràdio Alger, als 252 kHz.
      In long wave during the day, in Catalonia, you can hear the broadcasters Ràdio Montecarlo (RMC) at 216 kHz or Ràdio Alger, at 252 kHz.
    Antonym: nit

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Clipping of diapositief.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

dia m (plural dia's, diminutive diaatje n)

  1. (photography) slide
    Synonym: diapositief

Derived termsEdit

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From dio +‎ -a.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈdia]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: di‧a

AdjectiveEdit

dia (accusative singular dian, plural diaj, accusative plural diajn)

  1. godly, of or pertaining to God or gods, divine

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Shortened from diapositiivi, probably after the international example.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiɑ/, [ˈdiɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): di‧a

NounEdit

dia

  1. (photography) slide

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of dia (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative dia diat
genitive dian diojen
partitive diaa dioja
illative diaan dioihin
singular plural
nominative dia diat
accusative nom. dia diat
gen. dian
genitive dian diojen
diainrare
partitive diaa dioja
inessive diassa dioissa
elative diasta dioista
illative diaan dioihin
adessive dialla dioilla
ablative dialta dioilta
allative dialle dioille
essive diana dioina
translative diaksi dioiksi
instructive — dioin
abessive diatta dioitta
comitative — dioineen
Possessive forms of dia (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person diani diamme
2nd person diasi dianne
3rd person diansa

SynonymsEdit

CompoundsEdit

See alsoEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

dia

  1. yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn left
    Antonym: hue

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese dia. Cognate with Kabuverdianu dia.

NounEdit

dia

  1. day (period of 24 hours)
  2. day (period between sunrise and sunset)

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Shortened from diapozitív (“diapositive”), after the German Diapositiv.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

dia (plural diák)

  1. (photography) slide, diapositive (transparent plate used with a projector for projecting images)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative dia diák
accusative diát diákat
dative diának diáknak
instrumental diával diákkal
causal-final diáért diákért
translative diává diákká
terminative diáig diákig
essive-formal diaként diákként
essive-modal — —
inessive diában diákban
superessive dián diákon
adessive diánál diáknál
illative diába diákba
sublative diára diákra
allative diához diákhoz
elative diából diákból
delative diáról diákról
ablative diától diáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		diáé diáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		diáéi diákéi
Possessive forms of dia
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. diám diáim
2nd person sing. diád diáid
3rd person sing. diája diái
1st person plural diánk diáink
2nd person plural diátok diáitok
3rd person plural diájuk diáik

IbanEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

dia

  1. there (not very far from the speaker)

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Malay dia, cognate with ia, -nya, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

dia

  1. he
    Dia sedang kelaparan.
    He is starving now.
  2. she
    Dia suka musik pop.
    She loves pop music.

SynonymsEdit

IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish día (“god”), from Proto-Celtic *dēwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit देव (deva), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)).

NounEdit

dia m (genitive singular dé, nominative plural déithe)

  1. a god
DeclensionEdit
Declension of dia

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dia déithe
Vocative a dhia a dhéithe
Genitive dé déithe
Dative dia déithe
déithibh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dia na déithe
Genitive an dé na ndéithe
Dative leis an dia

don dia

leis na déithe
leis na déithibh (archaic, dialectal)
  • Alternative vocative singular: dé
  • Archaic nominative plural: dée
  • Alternative genitive plural: dia
  • Alternative dative plural: déibh
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
  • Dia (“God”) (as a proper noun)

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Irish día (“day”), from Proto-Celtic *dīyos (compare Welsh dydd), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.

NounEdit

dia

  1. (literary) day
Derived termsEdit
  • Dé (“on (a day of the week)”)
  • dialann (“diary”)

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dia dhia ndia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

AdjectiveEdit

dia f

  1. feminine singular of dio

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

dia

  1. inflection of dare:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

AnagramsEdit

KabuverdianuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese dia.

NounEdit

dia

  1. day

LatinEdit

AdjectiveEdit

dia

  1. inflection of dius:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

AdjectiveEdit

diā

  1. ablative feminine singular of dius

LombardEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals.

PronunciationEdit

  • (Western, Milanese) IPA(key): /ˈdia/
  • Hyphenation: di‧a

NounEdit

dia m (feminine deja, masculine plural dia, feminine plural deje) (New Lombard Orthography)

  1. god, deity
    Synonym: dee

MalagasyEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Malay liar.

AdjectiveEdit

dia

  1. wild
    Synonym: haolo

Etymology 2Edit

Possibly connected with Swahili njia.

NounEdit

dia

  1. step
  2. journey
  3. mark, track, imprint

MalayEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with ia, -nya, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

dia (Jawi spelling دي‎)

  1. he, she, it

See alsoEdit

Malay personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person standard saya / ساي‎
aku/ku- / اکو‎ / كو-‎ (informal/towards God)
-ku / -كو‎ (informal possessive)
hamba / همبا‎ (dated) 		kami / کامي‎ (exclusive)
kita orang / كيت اورڠ‎ (informal exclusive)
kita / کيت‎ (inclusive)
royal beta / بيتا‎
2nd person standard kamu / کامو‎
anda / اندا‎ (formal)
engkau/kau- / اڠکاو‎/ كاو-‎ (informal/towards God)
awak / اوق‎ (friendly/older towards younger)
-mu / -مو‎ (possessive) 		kalian / کاليان‎
kamu semua / كامو سموا‎
kau orang / كاو اورڠ‎ (informal)
royal tuanku / توانكو‎
3rd person standard dia / دي‎
ia / اي‎
beliau / بلياو‎ (honorific)
-nya / -ڽ‎ (possessive) 		mereka / مريک‎
dia orang / دي اورڠ‎ (informal)
royal baginda / بݢيندا‎

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

dia

  1. Nonstandard spelling of diǎ.

Usage notesEdit

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Univerbation of di (“of/from”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

dia (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

  1. of/from his/her/its/their
    • c. 1000, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 1, published in Irische Teste, vol. 1 (1880), edited by Ernst Windisch:
      Ailbe ainm in chon, ocus lan hEriu dia aurdarcus.
      Ailbe was the dog’s name, and Ireland was full of his fame.

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

VerbEdit

dia

  1. simple past and past participle of die

OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan dia.

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio (Gascon)(file)

NounEdit

dia m (plural dias)

  1. day

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 56.

Old IrishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Univerbation of di (“of/from”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

dïa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

  1. of/from his/her/its/their
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 134d3
      Ɔ·riris-siu .i. ar·troídfe{a}-siu inna droch daíni, a Dǽ, dïa n‑anduch, air is fechtnach a n‑andach mani erthroítar húa Día.
      You will bind, i.e. you will restrain the evil men, O God, from their iniquity, for their iniquity is prosperous if they are not restrained by God.

Etymology 2Edit

di (“of/from”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

dïa·

  1. of/from whom/which

ConjunctionEdit

dïa

  1. (with preterite) when
  2. (with subjunctive, positive only) if
    Synonym: má

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

Usage notesEdit

The conjunction is followed by the appropriate dependent verbal form, applying the nasal mutation to it. Unlike modern Irish, no factual-counterfactual distinction exists in the use of má and dïa; they are completely interchangeable.

DescendantsEdit

  • Middle Irish: dia
    • Irish: dá
    • Manx: dy
    • Scottish Gaelic: nan

Etymology 3Edit

Univerbation of do (“to/for”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

dïa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

  1. to/for his/her/its/their

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

Etymology 4Edit

do (“to/for”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

dïa·

  1. to/for whom/which

Etymology 5Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

dia m

  1. Alternative spelling of día (“god”)

Further readingEdit

Old OccitanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs.

NounEdit

dia m or f

  1. day (period of 24 hours)

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • dya (alternative spelling)

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Old Occitan dia and Old Galician-Portuguese dia.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

dia m (plural dias)

  1. day
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4v.
      Qvádo lo ſopo labá al dia t́cero. q́ ſe ẏua priſo de ſos amẏgos. E fue trá Jacob. Andadura. vij. dias. e alcáçol en el móte de galaath.
      When Laban came to know on the third day that he was fleeing, he took his relatives and went after Jacob, walking seven days, and he overtook him on the hill of Gilead.

AntonymsEdit

DescendantsEdit

PapiamentuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese dia and Spanish día and Kabuverdianu dia.

NounEdit

dia

  1. day

PlautdietschEdit

AdjectiveEdit

dia

  1. expensive, dear

PomEdit

NounEdit

dia

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)

PortugueseEdit

 
Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician-Portuguese dia (“day”), from Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs (“day”), reformed from the accusative diem, from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous (“day, sky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”).

PronunciationEdit

 

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdi.a/
  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: di‧a

NounEdit

dia m (plural dias)

  1. day
    2. period between sunrise and sunset
      • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 5th canto:
        Trazia o Sol o dia celebrado / Em que tres Reis das partes do Oriente,
        The Sun brought the celebrated day / In which three Kings from the East,
    4. period from midnight to the following midnight
    6. period of 24 hours
      • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 5th canto:
        Mas logo ao outro dia ſeus parceiros / Todos nús, & da cor da eſcura treua,
        But just the other day his partners / All naked, & coloured as the dark darkness,
    8. (astronomy) rotational period of a planet
    10. (in phrases) date celebrating a particular thing, usually an event, profession or person
    11. (in phrases) a unspecified period of time either in the past or in the future

QuotationsEdit

AntonymsEdit

  • (period of daylight): noite (“night”)

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

AdverbEdit

dia (not comparable)

  1. occurring on the specified day of the month
    O evento ocorreu dia um de fevereiro. ― The event occurred February first.

QuotationsEdit

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish día (“god”), from Proto-Celtic *dēwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit देव (deva), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

dia m (genitive singular dè, plural diathan)

  1. god, deity

Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
dia dhia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “dia”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 día”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

SpanishEdit

NounEdit

dia m (plural dias)

  1. Misspelling of día.
  2. Obsolete spelling of día

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English deer.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

dia

  1. deer

TolaiEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • diat (when not preceding a verb)

PronounEdit

dia

  1. they (many), them (many) (third-person plural pronoun)

DeclensionEdit

Tolai personal pronouns
singular dual paucal plural
1st person exclusive iau amir
mir 		amital
mital 		avet
ave1
1st person inclusive - dor datal dat
da1
2nd person u amur
mur 		amutal
mutal 		avat
ava1
3rd person ia
i 		dir
di 		dital diat
dia1
1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.


TswanaEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

go dia

  1. to delay
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