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די

די

Aramaic

Alternative forms

  • ܕܝ

Conjunction

דִּי ()

  1. that

See also


Hebrew

Adverb

דַּי (dái) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. enough, sufficient, adequate
    דַּי לָאַלִּימוּתdái la'alimútenough with the violence
    • a. 217 CE, Haggadah of Passover
      אִלּוּ הוֹצִיאָנוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם / וְלֹא עָשָׂה בָהֶם שְׁפָטִים / דַּיֵּנוּ[H 1]
      If He had brought us out of Egypt / but had not executed justice upon them [the Egyptians] / [even that would have been] enough for us.

Usage notes

  • Sometimes used with suffixed pronouns.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Adverb

דֵּי (déi)

  1. quite, fairly
    דֵּי טוֹבdéi tovfairly good

References

  1. דיינו at Zemereshet

Yiddish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [di]

Determiner

די (di)

  1. nominative singular feminine of דער (der)
  2. accusative singular feminine of דער (der)
  3. nominative plural of דער (der)
  4. accusative plural of דער (der)
  5. dative plural of דער (der)

Declension

masculine neuter feminine plural
nominative דער (der) דאָס (dos) די (di) די (di)
accusative דעם (dem) דאָס (dos) די (di) די (di)
dative דעם (dem) דעם (dem) דער (der) די (di)

Usage notes

While Yiddish as standardized in the 20th century retains gender systems, among native speakers of Yiddish this is only reflected to a limited degree, with די (di) being the only definite article ("the") in most situations.