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Dia

DIA

, Greek, a prefix, denotes through.

Definition 2024

Día

Día

Old Irish

Noun

Día m ‎(genitive Dé)

  1. (Christianity) God
Declension
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Día — —
Vocative Dé — —
Accusative DíaN — —
Genitive DéL — —
Dative DíaL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Día Día
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		nDía
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

día

día

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dia"

Asturian

Noun

día m ‎(plural díes)

  1. day

See also

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese dia, from Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs ‎(“day”).

Noun

día m ‎(plural días)

  1. day (24 hours)
  2. period of light, when the sun is above the horizon

Antonyms

  • (period of light): noite

Related terms

Ladino

Alternative forms

Noun

día m ‎(Latin spelling)

  1. day

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲiːa̯/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *dīyos (compare Welsh dydd), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-. Cognate with Latin diēs.

Noun

día ?

  1. day
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

día m ‎(genitive dé, nominative plural dé)

  1. god
Declension
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative día díaL déL
Vocative dé díaL deu
Accusative díaN díaL deu
Genitive déL día díaN
Dative díaL déib déib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
día día
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndía
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “2 día (‘god’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “3 día (‘day’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs ‎(“day”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws ‎(“heaven, sky”). Akin to Catalan and Portuguese dia, etc. Not related to English day, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia

Noun

día m ‎(plural días)

  1. Period of daylight: day
  2. Period of rotation of a planet: day (especially Earth's 24 hours day).

Antonyms

Related terms

Etymology

Capitalized form of día ‎(“a god”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲiːa̯/

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