dei

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English

Interjection

dei

  1. (Singlish, Manglish) Alternative spelling of dey (informal term of address used when trying to get someone's attention.)

Basque

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

dei inan

  1. call, appeal
  2. call (telephone conversation)
  3. announcement
  4. (law) summons

Declension

Verb

dei

  1. Short form of deitu (to call).

Further reading

  • dei”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • dei”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos. Cognates include German dein, Yiddish דײַן (dayn), obsolete Dutch dijn, archaic English thine and thy, Old Norse þínn, Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þeins).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̥ɑɛ̯/
  • IPA(key): /d̥æː/ (East Central, Vienna)

Determiner

dei

  1. (possessive) thy, your (informal; to friends, relatives, children, etc.)

Declension

Declension of dei
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative dei dei dei deine
dative deim deiner deim deine
accusative dein dei dei deine

Derived terms

See also

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Noun

dei m (plural deis, feminine déôsse)

  1. a god

See also

  • Dei, the monotheist God of the Bible

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

dei m (plural deis)

  1. dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)

Edopi

Noun

dei

  1. cassowary

Further reading

Galician

Verb

dei

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Ido

Noun

dei

  1. plural of deo

Italian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • de' (truncation)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdej/, °/ˈdej/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ej
  • Hyphenation: déi

Contraction

dei

  1. Contraction of di i.; of the, from the
    1. some
      Abbiamo dei libri nell'apartamento.We have some books in the apartment.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛj/, (traditional) */ˈdɛj/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -ɛj
  • Hyphenation: dèi

Noun

dei m pl (archaic dii)

  1. plural of dio
Usage notes
  • The form of the definite article used with this word is gli.
    Gli dei sono scontenti.The gods are displeased.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

dei

  1. (archaic, poetic or colloquial Tuscan) Alternative form of devi, second-person singular present indicative of dovere

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

dei m (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of dey (dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers))

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 dei in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ dei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  3. ^ dei in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

dei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of でい

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

deī

  1. inflection of deus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

Verb

deī

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of deeō

Lindu

Noun

dei

  1. bunch; cluster

Low German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛɪ̯/, /ˈdaɪ̯/

Article

dei

  1. Alternative form of de

Mandarin

Romanization

dei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dēi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of děi.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

dei

  1. Alternative form of day

Etymology 2

Pronoun

dei

  1. Alternative form of þei (they)

Etymology 3

Noun

dei

  1. Alternative form of dee

Adverb

dei

  1. up, upward

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þeir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛɪː/, (unstressed) /dɛɪ/, /dɪ/

Article

dei

  1. the (plural form of den and det, usually used in front of adjectives modifying plural nouns)

Determiner

dei

  1. those; plural of den

Pronoun

dei (genitive deira)

  1. they
    Veit du kvar dei er?
    Do you know where they are?
  2. those
    Dei der borte?
    Those over there?

See also

References

Old French

Noun

dei oblique singularm (oblique plural deis, nominative singular deis, nominative plural dei)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of doit (finger)
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 164, line 1980:
      Un anel d'or trait de sun dei
      she removed a gold ring from her finger

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dag.

Noun

dei m

  1. day

Inflection

Declension of dei (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative dei degar, dega
genitive deis dega
dative dei degum, degem
accusative dei degar, dega

Descendants

  • North Frisian: däi
    Föhr-Amrum: dai
  • Saterland Frisian: Dai
  • West Frisian: dei

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German din. Compare German dein, English thy.

Determiner

dei

  1. (possessive) your

Declension

Declension of dei
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative dei dei dei dei
dative deim deinre deim deine
accusative dei dei dei dei

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: dei

Verb

dei

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Scots

Alternative forms

  • dee (more common)

Etymology

From Middle English die, from Old Norse deyja.

Verb

dei (third-person singular simple present deis, present participle deiin, simple past deid, past participle deed)

  1. (Southern Scots) to die

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Noun

dei m

  1. plural of deu
  2. plural of diu

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English day.

Pronunciation

Noun

dei

  1. day

Derived terms

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English day.

Noun

dei class IX (plural dei class X)

  1. (Kenya) day
    Synonym: siku

Usage notes

This word is only used for some holidays and not generally to refer to regular days.

Derived terms

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

dei

  1. second-person singular future colloquial of dod

Mutation

Mutated forms of dei
radical soft nasal aspirate
dei ddei nei unchanged

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

Noun

dei

  1. Soft mutation of tei.

Mutation

Mutated forms of tei
radical soft nasal aspirate
tei dei nhei thei

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

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dei.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /dɛi̯/, /dai̯/

Noun

dei c (plural dagen)

  1. day
  2. date

Derived terms

Further reading

  • dei”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Noun

dei

  1. Alternative form of die

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 35