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English
Proper noun
Dia
A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea .
See also
Anagrams
I'da , IAD , Ida. , Adi , -iad , I'd-a , Dai , AID , DAI , dai , aid , IDA , Ida
Bavarian
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 )
door ( rigid plane on a hinge )
door ; doorway ( passage that can be blocked with such a plane )
German
Etymology
Clipping of Diapositiv
Pronunciation
Noun
Dia n (strong , genitive Dias , plural Dias )
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 Dé )
God
Proverb: Tá Dia láidir is máthair mhaith aige. ― God is strong and He has a good mother.
Go gcuidí Dia leo. ― May God help them.
Declension
Alternative vocative singular: a Dhé
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 día ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ 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
^ Finck, F. N. (1899 ) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect ] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 81
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906 ) A Dialect of Donegal , Cambridge University Press, § 401 , page 133
Further reading
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “Dia ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904 ) “Dia”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla , 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 237
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959 ) “Dia ”, in English-Irish Dictionary , An Gúm
“Dia ”, in New English-Irish Dictionary , Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῖα ( Dîa ) .
Proper noun
Dīa f sg (genitive Dīae ) ; first declension
A small island off the coast of Crete
A city in Chersonesus
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
Dīa
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
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 Dè , plural Diathan )
God
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading