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diacetate is any salt or ester having two acetate groups, dialkene is any alkene having two double bonds, diarchy is a state under the rule of two people; the form of government of such state, diactinal is having two rays
diglossia is the presence of a cleft or doubled tongue, dicatalectic is doubly catalectic, at both the middle and the end of the verse, dichoree is a double choree
diblock is of or pertaining to two blocks together, dimeson is a bound pair of mesons, dijet is a pair of jets
Both, possessing two distinct (possibly opposing) qualities.
dikinetic is having both metakinetic and mesokinetic joints, dialetheism is the theory that statements can be both true and false at the same time and in the same sense, dianalytic is describing a function that is analytic or antianalytic with regards to both the domain and codomain
Alternative form of dis-: split, to split; shortened before l, m, n, r, s (followed by a consonant), and v; also often shortened before g, and sometimes before j.
divide is to split or separate (something) into two or more parts, diverge is to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions
diactinic is capable of transmitting the chemical or actinic rays of light, dielectric is an electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, ie its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field
Probably cognate with a prefix of similar shape occurring in other Athabascan languages a reflexive possessive pronoun.
Probably cognate with classifier -d- marking passive and reflexive verbs.
Prefix
di- (position IV)
Personal prefix used in combination with the prefix of position I à-, marking the reflexive verbs. It always triggers a classifier shift (∅ → d, ł → l).
From Proto-Bantu*jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
From Proto-Bantu*jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
From Proto-Bantu*jí-. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
The negative prefix di- indicates a lack of something and is most often attached to a noun in a similar manner to English -less, e.g. dienw(“anonymous, nameless”), di-waith(“unemployed (“workless”)”), diobaith(“hopeless”). In contrast, af- and an- simply denote the negative form of the following root rather than the lack of it.
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “di-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies