diere

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Noun

diere

  1. plural of dier

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian dieri, from Arabic دِيَار (diyār), plural of دَار (dār, “house, building, structure”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdjɛ.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛre
  • Hyphenation: diè‧re

Noun

diere m (plural dieri)

  1. (architecture) Sicilian rupestrian house carved into the limestone rock, found on the Hyblaean Mountains

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch diuri, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Adjective

diere

  1. valuable
  2. expensive
  3. dear, precious
  4. excellent
Inflection

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Alternative forms
Descendants
  • Dutch: dier, duur
  • Limburgish: deer, duur
  • West Flemish: diere

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

diere

  1. inflection of dijn:
    1. feminine genitive/dative singular
    2. genitive plural

Determiner

diere

  1. inflection of die:
    1. feminine genitive/dative singular
    2. genitive plural

Noun

diere

  1. inflection of dier:
    1. dative singular
    2. nominative/accusative/genitive plural

Further reading

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *diurijaz. Cognate with Old Frisian diūre, Old Saxon diuri, Old Dutch diuri, Old High German tiuri, Old Norse dýrr.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dīere

  1. (West Saxon) expensive
    Sweord bēoþ swīðe dīeru wǣpnu and torbeġīetu.
    Swords are very expensive weapons, and hard to get.
  2. (West Saxon) dear, precious

Declension

Declension of dīere — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dīere dīeru, dīero dīere
Accusative dīerne dīere dīere
Genitive dīeres dīerre dīeres
Dative dīerum dīerre dīerum
Instrumental dīere dīerre dīere
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dīere dīera, dīere dīeru, dīero
Accusative dīere dīera, dīere dīeru, dīero
Genitive dīerra dīerra dīerra
Dative dīerum dīerum dīerum
Instrumental dīerum dīerum dīerum
Declension of dīere — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dīera dīere dīere
Accusative dīeran dīeran dīere
Genitive dīeran dīeran dīeran
Dative dīeran dīeran dīeran
Instrumental dīeran dīeran dīeran
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dīeran dīeran dīeran
Accusative dīeran dīeran dīeran
Genitive dīerra, dīerena dīerra, dīerena dīerra, dīerena
Dative dīerum dīerum dīerum
Instrumental dīerum dīerum dīerum

Derived terms

Adverb

dīere

  1. expensively, for a lot of money
  2. dearly

Antonyms

Descendants

Slovak

Noun

diere

  1. dative/locative singular of diera

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdjeɾe/
  • Rhymes: -eɾe
  • Syllabification: die‧re

Verb

diere

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of dar

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch diere, from Old Dutch diuri, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Adjective

diere (comparative dierder, superlative dierste)

  1. expensive
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