A Roman numeral representing five hundred one (501).
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Etymology
Imitative.
Interjection
di
A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
The chorus goes like this: "didididi dum, da di da".
Anagrams
-id, I'd, I.D., ID, id, id.
Afrikaans
Article
di
Obsolete spelling of die
Pronoun
di
Obsolete spelling of die
Ajië
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ⁿdi]
Adjective
di
wet
References
Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Albanian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /di/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Albanian*dīja, from Proto-Indo-European*dʰeiH- (compare Sanskritध्याति(dhyāti, “to observe, feel”)).
Verb
di (first-person singular past tensedita, participleditur)
I know
Conjugation
Derived terms
ndiej
dituri
dije
See also
njoh
dihet
Etymology 2
The 3rd person singular din. From Proto-Albanian*dine, denominative of Proto-Indo-European*dey-no-(“day”). See din for more.
Alternative forms
dihet(medio-passive)
Verb
di (first-person singular past tensediu, participledirë)
(Tosk) to dawn (daylight)
Synonyms
gdhin
Related terms
gdhi, gdhij, gdhin
References
Aromanian
Etymology
From Latindē. Compare Romaniande.
Preposition
di
of
from
Bambara
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [dí]
Verb
di
to give
References
2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Belizean Creole
Etymology 1
Article
di
the
Etymology 2
Particle
di
continuous tense marker; -ing
Usage notes
It tends to immediately precede the verb that it modifies.
Derived terms
mi-di
Blagar
Adverb
di
also
References
Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 160
Bura
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [dì]
Noun
dì
town, settlement
land
References
2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
de (Sette Comuni)
Article
di
(Luserna) the; definite article for four declensions:
nominative singular feminine
accusative singular feminine
nominative plural
accusative plural
See also
References
“di” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dimasa
Noun
di
water
Derived terms
References
F. Jacquesson (2008) A Dimasa Grammar[1], page 46
1903, P. R. T. Gurdon, The Morāns
Eastern Magar
Noun
di
water
References
James Richardson Logan, Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (1970)
Ewe
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
di
to search
Fayu
Noun
di
water
river
Further reading
Duane A. Clouse, Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya (1997), page 172
Friulian
Etymology
From Latindē.
Preposition
di
of
from
by
Galician
Verb
di
third-person singular present indicative of dicir
second-person singular imperative of dicir
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguesede. Cognate with Kabuverdianudi.
Preposition
di
of
at
from
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From Frenchdire.
Verb
di
to say
to tell
Derived terms
vle di
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Italiandi.
Preposition
di
of (indicating possession)
Related terms
de(“from, of”)(where an amount is indicated)
da(“by”)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Minangkabaudi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*di, *i, from Proto-Austronesian*di.
Preposition
di
in
at
on
Irish
Alternative forms
dhi
Etymology
From Old Irishdi.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dʲɪ/
(Aran also) IPA(key): /dʲiː/
(Cois Fharraige also) IPA(key): /d̪ˠiː/
Pronoun
di (emphaticdise)
third-person singular feminine of de: from/of her, from/of it f
third-person singular feminine of do: to/for her, to/for it f
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /di/, [d̪i]
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: dì
Etymology 1
From Latindē(the name of the letterD).
Noun
dif (invariable)
The name of the Latin-script letter D.; dee
See also
(Latin-script letter names)lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta
Etymology 2
From Latindē.
Preposition
di
Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
from
by, of, ’s
than
Used in superlative forms; in, of
about, on, concerning
Expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted
(followed by an infinitive) to or omitted
Used with the definite article in partitive constructions; some
Used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article.
Usage notes
When followed by the definite article, di combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:
The i can additionally optionally be elided before vowel sounds to form d'.
Derived terms
See also
da
References
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
de
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈdi/
Etymology
From Englishthe.
Article
di
the
Kabyle
Preposition
di
in
Synonym:deg
during
Kuna
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
di
water
Ladin
Etymology
de + i
Contraction
di
of the (masculine plural)
Latin
Noun
dīm pl
nominative plural of deus
vocative plural of deus
63 B.C.E., Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)
O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In qua urbe vivimus?.
O ye immortal gods, where on earth are we? What is the government we have? In what city are we living?
References
di in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
di in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Ligurian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /di/
Contraction
di
Contraction of de i.; of the (masculine plural)
Malay
Etymology
First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD. From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*di, *i, from Proto-Austronesian*di, *i (compare Indonesiandi).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /di/
Rhymes: -di, -i
Preposition
di (Jawi spellingد)
in
at
on
Mandarin
Romanization
di
Nonstandard spelling of dī.
Nonstandard spelling of dí.
Nonstandard spelling of dǐ.
Nonstandard spelling of dì.
Usage notes
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 Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutchthī, from Proto-Germanic*þiz.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /diː/, /di/
Pronoun
di
accusative/dative of du
Further reading
“di”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Middle English
Noun
di
Alternative form of dee
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxonthī, from Proto-Germanic*þiz.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /diː/
Pronoun
dî
(second person singular dative) you, thee
(second person singular accusative) you, thee
Declension
Moran
Noun
di
water
References
1903, P. R. T. Gurdon, The Morāns
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From Englishthe.
Article
di
the
North Frisian
Etymology 1
From Old Frisianthī, from Proto-Germanic*sa, from Proto-Indo-European*só.
Article
di
the (masculine singular)
the (common singular)(Sylt)
See also
jü
dåt
da
dit
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun
di
you, thou (familiar object singular)
See also
dü
Northern Kurdish
Preposition
di
in
an element of several circumpositions
Related terms
di ... de
di ... re
di ... ve
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norseþín.
Pronoun
di
feminine singular of din
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
di
imperative of die
References
“di” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norseþví, þí, the neuter singular dative of the determiner sá, from Proto-Germanic*sa. Akin to the English comparative correlative the, derived from Old Englishþȳ. Other cognates include Norwegian Bokmålti. Other determiners and pronouns also derive from there, such as den, det, dei, and dess.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /diː/ (example of pronunciation)
Adverb
di
Used as a comparative correlative.
Synonym:dess
the; With multiple comparatives (or meir(“more”) with verb phrases), establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.
Synonym:jo
With a single adverbial meir(“more”) or comparative, establishes an often inverse correlation with a preceding comparative or stated degree.
(literary, poetic) because
Conjunction
di
(literary) because
Used especially in more common compound adverbs and conjunctions.
Derived terms
av di
difor
etter di
fordi, for di
med di
Etymology 2
From Old Norseþín, feminine singular nominative of þinn(“your, yours”). See main entry for more.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /diː/ (example of pronunciation)
Determiner
di
feminine singular of din(“your”)
Pronoun
di
feminine singular of din(“yours”)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation spelling and/or eye dialect of various pronouns and determiners. See the etymology of the respective main entries.
Pronoun
di
Eye dialect spelling of de.
Eye dialect spelling of dei.
Determiner
di
Eye dialect spelling of dei.
See also
References
“di” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
ID, id
Old French
Etymology
From Latindiēs.
Noun
dim (oblique pluraldis, nominative singulardis, nominative pluraldi)
day (period of 24 hours)
References
Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (di)
Old Frisian
Noun
dīm
Alternative form of dei
Inflection
Old Irish
Alternative forms
de
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic*dī, from Proto-Indo-European*de; cognate with Latindē.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dʲi/
Preposition
di (with dative)
of, from
Inflection
Combinations with a definite article:
din(d), den, don, dunsg
dinaib, donaibpl
Combinations with a possessive determiner:
dim(“from my”)
dit(“from your sg”)
dia, dua(“from his/her/its/their”)
Combinations with a relative pronoun:
dia(“from which; when, if”)
Related terms
dí-(prefix)
Descendants
Irish: de
Manx: jeh
Scottish Gaelic: de
Etymology 2
Pronoun
di
Alternative spelling of dí: to/from her
Further reading
Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 de, di”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Rudolf Thurneysen (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, §§ 435, 831, pages 274, 504–6
Old Prussian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun
di
it, the third person [singular] neuter pronoun
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguesede and Spanishde and Kabuverdianudi.
Conjunction
di
of, of the
from, from the
Romansch
Alternative forms
gi(Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
de(Surmiran)
Etymology
From Latindiēs.
Noun
dim (pluraldis)
(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) day
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latindiēs, compare Spanishdía; from Proto-Indo-European*dyew-(“heaven, sky; to shine”).
Noun
dí
(Campidanese) day
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irishdi.
Pronoun
di
Alternative form of dhi
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From earlier gdi.
Adverb
di (Cyrillic spellingди)
(Chakavian, Ikavian, chiefly Croatia, colloquial) where (interrogative)
Originally of Chakavian-Ikavian origin, the word is today colloquially used throughout Croatia and other countries to a lesser extent.
Synonyms
gdje(Standard)
Singpho
Noun
di
egg
References
Stephen Morey, The Singpho Agentive – Functions and Meanings (2012), p. 13
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /di/
Rhymes: -i
Etymology 1
See dar.
Verb
di
First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of dar.
Etymology 2
See decir.
Verb
di
Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of decir.
Obsolete spelling of dice
Swedish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
dic
suck, suckle; milk from the mother (human or animal) directly to the offspring
Declension
Derived terms
dia
Related terms
dibarn
Pronoun
di
Pronunciation spelling of de, representing Finland Swedish.
1895, Gustaf Fröding, Tre käringer i en backe
Dä satt tre käringer i en backe, å di va vinne å di va skacke,
Three old women were sitting in a slope, and they were wry and they were crooked,
(dialectal, obsolete) your, yours; feminine singular of din
1886, Fredrik August Dahlgren, Frierfâla
Ho får sej nåck en hârr-khär, hva länge dä lir, Men se dä ska ja’ sij’ dej att allri di ho blir.
She will surely get herself a gentleman before long, But I will say to you, that yours she'll never be.
Alternative forms
(they)de, dom(colloquial)
(your)din
Anagrams
id
Tagalog
Alternative forms
hindi
Etymology
Either from a Clipping of hindi or directly from Proto-Philippine*di. Cognate with Cebuanodili.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /di/
IPA(key): /dɛ/
Adverb
di
no; not
Interjection
di
no
Antonyms
oo
opo
Derived terms
diba
di nga
Teribe
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /di/
Noun
di
water
river
Synonyms
diwa
References
Juan Diego Quesada, A Grammar of Teribe (2000)
Trumai
Noun
di
water
mirror
References
Raquel Guirardello, A reference grammar of Trumai (1999)
Venetian
Etymology
From Latindiēs, compare Spanishdía and Sardiniandí; from Proto-Indo-European*dyew-(“heaven, sky; to shine”).
Noun
dim (invariable)
day
Drio ła nòte vien el di.
After (the) night comes (the) day.
Stò via tri di.
I am away for three days. / I shall be away for three days.
Volapük
Preposition
di
of
Welsh
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /diː/
Homophones: du, dŷ(South Wales)
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
ti
Pronoun
di
Soft mutation of ti.
you (singular); thou
Usage notes
The form di is used after verb forms ending with a vowel (namely the simple future tense), while ti is used after other verb forms which end in -t. Di is also the form used as an emphatic pronoun after dy(“your”) in possessive and infinitive contexts.
Mutation
Etymology 2
Noun
dif (pluraldiau)
The name of the Latin-script letter D.
Mutation
This word cannot be mutated.
See also
(Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i/i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u/u bedol, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd(Category: cy:Latin letter names)