dì
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdi/*[1]
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: dì
Etymology 1
From the older form die, from Latin diēs, back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”).
Synonyms
- giorno (not archaic)
Ladin
Conjugation
- Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | dì, dir | |||||
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auxiliary verb | — | gerund | — | |||
past participle | dit, dic, dita, dites | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | ie | tu | el / ela | nos | vos | ei / eles |
present | dije | dijes | dij | dijon | dijeis | dij |
imperfect | dijove | dijoves | dijova | dijovan | dijovais | dijova |
future | dijaré | dijaras | dijarà | dijaron | dijareis | dijarà |
subjunctive | che ie | che tu | che el / ela | che nos | che vos | che ei / eles |
present | dije | dijes | dije | dijon | dijeis | dije |
imperfect | dijesse | dijesses | dijessa | dijessan | dijessais | dijessa |
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – |
— | dì | — | — | dijede | — |
Lombard
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- di (nonstandard)
Pronunciation
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Romanization
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 偙.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 僀.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哋.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啲.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 圬.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 地.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坔.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埁.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埊.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墆.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墬.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 奃.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 娣.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 媜.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嵺.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶳.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 帝.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弟.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 怟.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 慸.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 揤.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 摕.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 旳.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 杕.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 梊.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棣.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 楴.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樀.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泜.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 渧.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 焍.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 玓.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 甋.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疐.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皁.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 睇.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碲.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 祶.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禘.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 第.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 紁.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 締, 缔.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 肑.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胝.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腣.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 芍.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苏.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菁.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒂, 蔕.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 虳.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝃, 螮.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 諦, 谛.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 起.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 踶.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹃.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹎.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軑.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轪.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 递, 逓.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 逪.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遞.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遰.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 釱.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉪.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隲.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顊.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 题.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 馰.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髠.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬀.
Sassarese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di/
Etymology 1
From Latin diēs, back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”), derived from the root *dyew- (“to be bright; sky”).
Noun
dì f (invariable)
- day (period of 24 hours)
- 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Sirénziu [Silence]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 99:
- Cunnosciu una ziddài ¶ chi dugna dì di sòri si piena
- I know a city that is filled with sunshine every day
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- day (period from midnight to the following midnight)
- day, daytime
- 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Sera di fribagiu [February Night]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 37:
- In zeru v’è la luna. ¶ I lu viari ¶ la luzi di la dì s’è fendi notti.
- The Moon is in the sky. In the street, the light of day is turning into night.
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- day (part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.)
- day (specified time or period)
- 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Diario [Diary]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 87:
- E venarà una dì, ¶ una dì cortha
- And a day will come, a short day
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Derived terms
- diadda
Related terms
- diurnu
Etymology 2
From a contraction of Latin dīcere, present active infinitive of dīcō, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to be pointing out”), athematic root present of the root *deyḱ- (“to point out, to show; to speak solemnly”).
Verb
dì (transitive)
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | dì | |||||
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compound | abé + past participle | ||||||
gerund | simple | dizendi | |||||
compound | abendi + past participle | ||||||
past participle | dittu | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | eu, éiu | tu | eddu/edda | noi | voi | eddi | |
(simple tenses) | present | diggu | dì | dizi | dimmu | diddi | dìzini |
imperfect | dizia, diziu | dizì | dizia | dizìami | dizìaddi | dizìani | |
past historic1 | dizisi | dizisi | dizisi | dizìsimi | dizìsiddi | dizìsini | |
future | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
present indicative of abé + a dì | |||||||
future indicative of abé + a dì | |||||||
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of abé + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of abé + past participle | ||||||
past anterior1 | past historic indicative of abé + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of abé + past participle | ||||||
present of abé + a + abé + past participle | |||||||
future of abé + a + abé + past participle | |||||||
conditional | eu, éiu | tu | eddu/edda | noi | voi | eddi | |
present | dizarìsthia | dizaristhi | dizarìsthia | dizarìsthiami | dizarìsthiaddi | dizarìsthiani | |
perfect | present conditional of abé + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | chi eu, chi éiu | chi tu | chi eddu/edda | chi noi | chi voi | chi eddi | |
(simple tenses) | present | dìgghia | digghi | dìgghia | dìgghiami | dìgghiaddi | dìgghiani |
imperfect | dizissi, dizìssia | dizissi | dizissi, dizìssia | dizìssimi, dizìssiami | dizìssiddi, dizìssiaddi | dizìssini, dizìssiani | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of abé + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of abé + past participle | ||||||
imperative | éiu, eu | tu | eddu/edda | noi | voi | eddi | |
— | dì, no dì | dizia | dimmu | diddi | dìgghiani | ||
1. Chiefly archaic, and generally replaced by the pluperfect |
References
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
Venetian
Noun
dì
- day
- Drio ła nòte vien el dì.
- After (the) night comes (the) day.
- Stò via tri dì.
- I am away for three days. / I shall be away for three days.
- Drio ła nòte vien el dì.
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 姨 (“maternal aunt”, SV: di).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zi˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jɪj˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jɪj˨˩]
- Homophone: gì
Synonyms
- mẹ kế
- dì ghẻ
Derived terms
- dì ghẻ