Dia

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English

Proper noun

Dia

  1. A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

See also

Anagrams

Bavarian

Alternative forms

  • Tia (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Middle High German tür, from Old High German turi, from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-.

Pronunciation

Noun

Dia f (plural Dian)

  1. door (rigid plane on a hinge)
  2. door; doorway (passage that can be blocked with such a plane)

German

Etymology

Clipping of Diapositiv

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiː.a/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Dia n (strong, genitive Dias, plural Dias)

  1. slide (transparent image, to be projected to a screen)

Declension

Further reading

  • Dia” in Duden online
  • Dia” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Día,[1] from Proto-Celtic *deiwos.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dia m (genitive )

  1. God
    Proverb: Dia láidir is máthair mhaith aige.God is strong and He has a good mother.
    Go gcuidí Dia leo.May God help them.

Declension

Declension of Dia (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Dia
vocative a Dhia
genitive
dative Dia
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Dia
genitive an
dative leis an Dia
don Dia
  • Alternative vocative singular: a Dhé

Derived terms

  • dia (a god)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Dia
radical lenition eclipsis
Dia Dhia nDia

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 día”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 32, page 18
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 81
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 401, page 133

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῖα (Dîa).

Proper noun

Dīa f sg (genitive Dīae); first declension

  1. A small island off the coast of Crete
  2. A city in Chersonesus
Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Dīa

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of Dīon

References

  • Dia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Dia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Dia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old Irish

Proper noun

Dia m

  1. Alternative spelling of Día

Mutation

Mutation of Dia
radical lenition nasalization
Dia Dia
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
nDia

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish día, from Proto-Celtic *deiwos.

Noun

Dia m (genitive singular Dhè or , plural Diathan)

  1. God

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of Dia
radical lenition
Dia Dhia

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading