dia

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Translingual

Etymology

From English Dia.

Symbol

dia

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Dia.

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

From Malay dia.

Pronoun

dia

he, she (3rd-person singular personal pronoun)

Bavarian

Alternative forms

dir (German spelling)
da (unstressed form)

Etymology

Cognate with German dir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̥iɐ̯/
Rhymes: -iɐ̯

Pronoun

dia

you (dative, singular)

Betawi

Alternative forms

diah, jiah (Bekasi)
die (Tanah Abang)
diè (Meester)

Etymology

From Malay dia, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronunciation

(Literary) IPA^(key): /di.ˈ(j)a/
- Audio: (file)
(Meester) IPA^(key): /di.ˈ(j)ɛ/
- Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -a, -ɛ
Hyphenation: di‧a

Pronoun

dia

he; she (third-person singular pronoun)
Dia lagi ngelempus.
He is sleeping now.

Dia demen ama tu orang.
She loves him/that person.

Synonyms

Catalan

Alternative forms

día (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Gascon dia and Spanish día.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈdi.ə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈdi.a]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Rhymes: -ia

Noun

dia m (plural dies)

day (period of 24 hours)
- 2011, Tobies Grimaltos Mascarós, Idees i paraules: Una filosofia de la vida quotidiana, Universitat de València, →ISBN, page 41:
  Avui és un dia normal. És un dia en el qual no res (m')ha passat especialment remarcable.
  Today is a normal day. It's a day in which nothing especially remarkable happened (to me).
day (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)
Antonym: nit
- 2011, Cinto Niqui Espinosa, Fonaments i usos de tecnologia audiovisual digital, Editorial UOC, →ISBN, page 362:
  En ona llarga durant el dia, a Catalunya, es poden escoltar les emissores Ràdio Montecarlo (RMC), als 216 kHz o Ràdio Alger, als 252 kHz.
  In long wave during the day, in Catalonia, you can hear the broadcasters Ràdio Montecarlo (RMC) at 216 kHz or Ràdio Alger, at 252 kHz.

Synonyms

jorn

Derived terms

Related terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdiʔa/ [ˈd̪iː.ʔa]
Hyphenation: di‧a

Verb

dia (Badlit spelling ᜇᜒᜀ)

(colloquial) clipping of adia (“here is; to be here; to have here”)
Dia mi'y balay.
We have a house here.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish día (“day”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdia/ [ˈdi.a]

Hyphenation: di‧a

Noun

dia

day

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of diapositief.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdi.aː/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: dia
Rhymes: -iaː

Noun

dia m (plural dia's, diminutive diaatje n)

(photography) slide
Synonym: diapositief

Derived terms

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian diobor.

Esperanto dio

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto dia

From dio + -a.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdia/
Audio 1: (file)
Audio 2: (file)
Rhymes: -ia
Syllabification: di‧a

Adjective

dia (accusative singular dian, plural diaj, accusative plural diajn)

godly, divine (of or pertaining to God or gods)

Finnish

Etymology

Shortened from diapositiivi, probably after the international example.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdiɑ/, [ˈdiɑ̝]
Rhymes: -iɑ
Syllabification^(key): di‧a
Hyphenation^(key): dia

Noun

dia

(photography, computing) slide

Declension

Inflection of dia (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		dia	diat
genitive		dian	diojen
partitive		diaa	dioja
illative		diaan	dioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		dia	diat
accusative	nom.	dia	diat
accusative	gen.	dian	diat
genitive		dian	diojen diain ^rare
partitive		diaa	dioja
inessive		diassa	dioissa
elative		diasta	dioista
illative		diaan	dioihin
adessive		dialla	dioilla
ablative		dialta	dioilta
allative		dialle	dioille
essive		diana	dioina
translative		diaksi	dioiksi
abessive		diatta	dioitta
instructive		—	dioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of dia (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		diani	diani
accusative	nom.	diani	diani
accusative	gen.	diani	diani
genitive		diani	diojeni diaini ^rare
partitive		diaani	diojani
inessive		diassani	dioissani
elative		diastani	dioistani
illative		diaani	dioihini
adessive		diallani	dioillani
ablative		dialtani	dioiltani
allative		dialleni	dioilleni
essive		dianani	dioinani
translative		diakseni	dioikseni
abessive		diattani	dioittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	dioineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		diasi	diasi
accusative	nom.	diasi	diasi
accusative	gen.	diasi	diasi
genitive		diasi	diojesi diaisi ^rare
partitive		diaasi	diojasi
inessive		diassasi	dioissasi
elative		diastasi	dioistasi
illative		diaasi	dioihisi
adessive		diallasi	dioillasi
ablative		dialtasi	dioiltasi
allative		diallesi	dioillesi
essive		dianasi	dioinasi
translative		diaksesi	dioiksesi
abessive		diattasi	dioittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	dioinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		diamme	diamme
accusative	nom.	diamme	diamme
accusative	gen.	diamme	diamme
genitive		diamme	diojemme diaimme ^rare
partitive		diaamme	diojamme
inessive		diassamme	dioissamme
elative		diastamme	dioistamme
illative		diaamme	dioihimme
adessive		diallamme	dioillamme
ablative		dialtamme	dioiltamme
allative		diallemme	dioillemme
essive		dianamme	dioinamme
translative		diaksemme	dioiksemme
abessive		diattamme	dioittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	dioinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		dianne	dianne
accusative	nom.	dianne	dianne
accusative	gen.	dianne	dianne
genitive		dianne	diojenne diainne ^rare
partitive		diaanne	diojanne
inessive		diassanne	dioissanne
elative		diastanne	dioistanne
illative		diaanne	dioihinne
adessive		diallanne	dioillanne
ablative		dialtanne	dioiltanne
allative		diallenne	dioillenne
essive		diananne	dioinanne
translative		diaksenne	dioiksenne
abessive		diattanne	dioittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	dioinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		diansa	diansa
accusative	nom.	diansa	diansa
accusative	gen.	diansa	diansa
genitive		diansa	diojensa diainsa ^rare
partitive		diaansa	diojaan diojansa
inessive		diassaan diassansa	dioissaan dioissansa
elative		diastaan diastansa	dioistaan dioistansa
illative		diaansa	dioihinsa
adessive		diallaan diallansa	dioillaan dioillansa
ablative		dialtaan dialtansa	dioiltaan dioiltansa
allative		dialleen diallensa	dioilleen dioillensa
essive		dianaan dianansa	dioinaan dioinansa
translative		diakseen diaksensa	dioikseen dioiksensa
abessive		diattaan diattansa	dioittaan dioittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	dioineen dioinensa

Synonyms

(photography): diakuva, kuultokuva (dated)

Derived terms

compounds

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dja/
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)

Interjection

dia

yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn left
Antonym: hue

Derived terms

à hue et à dia

Galician

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdia/ [ˈd̪i.ɐ]
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: dí‧a

Noun

dia m (plural dias)

reintegrationist spelling of día

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese dia. Cognate with Kabuverdianu dia.

Noun

dia

day (period of 24 hours)
day (period between sunrise and sunset)

Hungarian

Etymology

Ellipsis of diapozitív (“diapositive”), after the German Diapositiv.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdijɒ]
Hyphenation: dia
Rhymes: -jɒ

Noun

dia (plural diák)

(photography) slide, diapositive (transparent plate used with a projector for projecting images)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	dia	diák
accusative	diát	diákat
dative	diának	diáknak
instrumental	diával	diákkal
causal-final	diáért	diákért
translative	diává	diákká
terminative	diáig	diákig
essive-formal	diaként	diákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	diában	diákban
superessive	dián	diákon
adessive	diánál	diáknál
illative	diába	diákba
sublative	diára	diákra
allative	diához	diákhoz
elative	diából	diákból
delative	diáról	diákról
ablative	diától	diáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	diáé	diáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	diáéi	diákéi

Possessive forms of *dia*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	diám	diáim
2nd person sing.	diád	diáid
3rd person sing.	diája	diái
1st person plural	diánk	diáink
2nd person plural	diátok	diáitok
3rd person plural	diájuk	diáik

Derived terms

Compound words

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /diaʔ/

Adverb

dia

there (not very far from the speaker)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdia/ [ˈdi.a]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: di‧a

Etymology 1

From Malay dia, cognate with ia, -nya, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

False cognate of Swabian dia (“third person plural pronoun; they”), which is cognate to English they.

Pronoun

dia

he
Dia bisa berbahasa Inggris.
He can speak English.
she
Dia mempunyai kegemaran menari.
She has a passion for dancing.

Alternative forms

ia
doi (colloquial)
doski (colloquial)

Synonyms

beliau

Etymology 2

From Rote

Verb

dia

to fold lontar leaves into haik

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʲiə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish día (“god”), from Proto-Celtic *deiwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit दे॒व (devá), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)).

Noun

dia m (genitive singular dé, nominative plural déithe)

a god

Declension

Declension of dia (irregular)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	dia	déithe
vocative	a dhia	a dhéithe
genitive	dé	déithe
dative	dia	déithe déithibh (archaic, dialectal)

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an dia	na déithe
genitive	an dé	na ndéithe
dative	leis an dia don dia	leis na déithe leis na déithibh (archaic, dialectal)

Alternative vocative singular: dé
Archaic nominative plural: dée
Alternative genitive plural: dia
Alternative dative plural: déibh

Derived terms

aindia m (“false god”)
bandia m (“goddess”)
diaga (“divine”)
dialathach (“theocratic”)

Related terms

Dia (“God”) (as a proper noun)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish día (“day”), from Proto-Celtic *dyīus (compare Welsh dydd), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.

Noun

dia

(literary) day

Derived terms

Dé (“on (a day of the week)”)
dialann (“diary”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *dia*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
dia	dhia	ndia

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

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdi.a/
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: dì‧a

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs. Doublet of die.

Noun

dia m or f (Old Italian, chiefly in poetry)

day

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

dia f

feminine singular of dio

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dia

inflection of dare:
1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Ida, adì, dai

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dyew-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws

Proto-Italic *djous

Latin di-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Vulgar Latin *dia

Old Galician-Portuguese dia

Portuguese diader.

Kabuverdianu dia

Derived from Portuguese dia.

Noun

dia

day

Kituba

Verb

dia

to eat

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb

dia

to eat

Ladino

Noun

dia m (Hebrew spelling דיאה)

alternative spelling of diya
- 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎^[2], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 11:
  En mi corason esta tu memoria santa
  Dia i noce de mi no se aparta
  In my heart lies your holy memory, day and night it separates not from me.

Latin

Pronunciation 1

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.a]

Adjective

dīa

inflection of dīus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Pronunciation 2

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.aː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.a]

Adjective

dīā

ablative feminine singular of dīus

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals.

Pronunciation

(Western, Milanese) IPA^(key): /ˈdia/
Hyphenation: di‧a

Noun

dia m (feminine deja, masculine plural dia, feminine plural deje) (New Lombard Orthography)

god, deity
Synonym: dee

Macanese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dyew-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws

Proto-Italic *djous

Latin di-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Vulgar Latin *dia

Old Galician-Portuguese dia

Portuguese diader.

Macanese dia

Derived from Portuguese dia.

Noun

dia (plural dia-dia)

day
todo dia ― always; every day (literally, “all day”)

Derived terms

dia-a-dia (“day by day, by the day”)

Malagasy

Etymology 1

From Malay liar.

Adjective

dia

wild
Synonym: haolo

Etymology 2

Possibly connected with Swahili njia.

Noun

dia

Malay

Alternative forms

Dia (referring to God)
die (schwa-variety pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

From di +‎ ia. Originally a result of the preposition di merging with the third-person pronoun, especially when used in objective or emphatic positions.

Compare daku (from di + aku) and dikau (from di + kau), which follow the same formation pattern, often appearing after the preposition akan (e.g., akan dia).

Cognate with ia, -nya, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

False cognate of Swabian dia (“third person plural pronoun; they”). The true cognate would be English they.

Pronunciation

(Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈdijə/ [ˈdi.jə]
- Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- Rhymes: -iə, -ə
(Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈdija/ [ˈdi.ja]
- Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- Rhymes: -ia, -a
Hyphenation: di‧a

Pronoun

dia (Jawi spelling دي)

Genderless third person pronoun; he, she, it.
Dia adik lelaki saya.
He is my younger brother.

Affixations

diakan

Compounds

dia orang (“they”)

Descendants

Ambonese Malay: dia
Betawi: dia
Indonesian: dia

Mandarin

Romanization

dia

nonstandard spelling of diǎ

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 Irish

Etymology

Univerbation of di (“of/from”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̠ʲiə̯/

Determiner

dia (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

of/from his/her/its/their

Quotations

c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
Ailbe ainm in chon, ocus lan hEriu dia aurdarcus.
Ailbe was the dog’s name, and Ireland was full of his fame.

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *þaizǭ

Proto-Norse ᚦᚨᛁᛉᛟ (þaiʀo /⁠þaizō⁠/)

Old Norse þeirader.

English their

Nigerian Pidgin dia

Inherited from English their.

Determiner

dia

their
- 2025 April 24, “Wetin dey cause NiMet strike wey dey affect airlines and passengers”, in BBC News Pidgin‎^[3], archived from the original on 27 April 2025:
  As e be so dem don withdraw dia services for all airports across di kontri and dis action dey affect some passengers and airlines.
  As they have withdrawn their services for all airports across the country and this action is affecting some passengers and airlines.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

diet

Verb

dia

simple past and past participle of die

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan dia, from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs.

Pronunciation

Audio (Gascony): (file)

Noun

dia m (plural dias)

day

Derived terms

uei lo dia

References

Guilhemjoan, Patric (2005), Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), Per Noste, →ISBN, page 56.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

diia, dija, dya

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdia/
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: di‧a

Noun

dia m (plural dias)

daytime
Antonym: noite
day (period of 24 hours)
day (observance)
Dia dos Santos Innocentes ― Day of the Holy Innocents

Derived terms

Descendants

Fala: día
Galician: día
Portuguese: dia (see there for further descendants)

References

Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “dia”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “dia”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “dia”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “dia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Univerbation of di (“of/from”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲi.a/

Determiner

dïa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

of/from his/her/its/their

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

Etymology 2

di (“of/from”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲi.a/

Pronoun

dïa·

of/from whom/which

Conjunction

dïa

(with preterite) when
(with subjunctive, positive only) if
Synonym: má

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

Usage notes

The conjunction is followed by the appropriate dependent verbal form, applying the nasal mutation to it. Unlike modern Irish, no factual-counterfactual distinction exists in the use of má and dïa; they are completely interchangeable.

Descendants

Middle Irish: dia
- Irish: dá
- Manx: dy
- Scottish Gaelic: nan

Etymology 3

Univerbation of do (“to/for”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲi.a/

Determiner

dïa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

to/for his/her/its/their

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

Etymology 4

do (“to/for”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲi.a/

Pronoun

dïa· (triggers eclipsis)

to/for whom/which

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲiːa̯/

Noun

dia m

alternative spelling of día (“god”)

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

di m

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs.

Noun

dia m or f

day (period of 24 hours)

Descendants

Occitan: dia

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “dīes”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 71

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

dya (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dyew-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws

Proto-Italic *djous

Latin di-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Vulgar Latin *dia

Old Spanish dia

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Old Occitan dia and Old Galician-Portuguese dia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdia/

Noun

dia m (plural dias)

day
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4v:
  Qvãdo lo ſopo labã al dia t̃cero. q̃ ſe ẏua priſo de ſos amẏgos. E fue trã Jacob. Andadura .vij. dias. e alcãçol en el mõte de galaath.
  [Quando lo sopo Laban al día tercero, que se iva priso de sos amigos, e fue tras Jacob, andadura siete días, e alcançó-l en el monte de]
  When Laban came to know on the third day that he was fleeing, he took his relatives and went after Jacob, walking seven days, and he overtook him on the hill of Gilead.

Antonyms

noche f

Descendants

Ladino: diya
Spanish: día
- Papiamentu: dia

Papiamentu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dyew-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws

Proto-Italic *djous

Latin di-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Vulgar Latin *dia

Old Galician-Portuguese dia

Portuguese diader.

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Vulgar Latin *dia

Old Spanish dia

Spanish díader.

▲

Portuguese diader.

Kabuverdianu diader.

Papiamentu dia

Derived from Portuguese dia, Spanish día, and Kabuverdianu dia.

Noun

dia

day

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German dûre, dûr, from Old Saxon diuri.

Adjective

dia (comparative diera, superlative dieeschta)

expensive, dear
Antonym: billich

Derived terms

jlikjendia

Pom

Noun

dia

water

References

The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

dia

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dia, from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs, reformed from the accusative diem, from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous (“day, sky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Distantly related to Deus, Zeus and Jove.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ɐ/

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ɐ/
Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Rhymes: -iɐ
Hyphenation: di‧a

Noun

dia m (plural dias, diminutive diazinho)

day
2. period between sunrise and sunset
  - 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, “Canto Quinto [Canto the Fifth]”, in Os Luſiadas [The Lusiads], Lisbon: Casa de Antonio Gõçaluez, page 90v:
    Trazia o Sol o dia celebrado / Em que tres Reis das partes do Oriente […]
    The Sun brought the celebrated day / In which three Kings from the Eastern parts […]
4. period from midnight to the following midnight
6. period of 24 hours
  - 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, “Canto Quinto [Canto the Fifth]”, in Os Luſiadas [The Lusiads], Lisbon: Casa de Antonio Gõçaluez, page 84v:
    Mas logo ao outro dia ſeus parceiros / Todos nús, & da cor da eſcura treua […]
    But just the other day, his partners / All naked, and of a deep dark complexion […]
8. (astronomy) rotational period of a planet
10. (in phrases) date celebrating a particular thing, usually an event, profession or person
11. (in phrases) an unspecified period of time either in the past or in the future

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “period of daylight”): noite (“night”)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Kabuverdianu: dia
Guinea-Bissau Creole: dia
Macanese: dia

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish día (“god”), from Proto-Celtic *deiwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit दे॒व (devá), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʲia/

Noun

dia m (genitive singular dè, nominative plural diathan or dèe)

god, deity

Declension

Declension of *dia* (irregular)
indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	dia	diathan, (obsolete) dèe
genitive	dhè	dhia, (obsolete) dhèe
dative	dia	diathan, (obsolete) dèe, (obsolete) dèibh, (obsolete) diathaibh

definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) dia	(na) diathan, (obsolete) dèe
genitive	(an) dè	(nan) dia, (obsolete) dèe
dative	(an) dia	(na) diathan, (obsolete) dèe, (obsolete) dèibh, (obsolete) diathaibh
vocative	dhè, dhia	dhiatha

Derived terms

ban-dia

Mutation

Mutation of *dia*
radical	lenition
dia	dhia

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

Sicilian

Alternative forms

dìa (diacritic variant)
ria, rìa (rhotacized, dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Gascon dia, Spanish dia and Italian dia~dì.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdi.a/, [ˈdi.a], [ˈɾi.a]
Hyphenation: dì‧a

Noun

dia (m)

(dated) day (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)
Antonym: notti

Synonyms

jornu

Derived terms

Spanish

Noun

dia m (plural dias)

misspelling of día
obsolete spelling of día

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English deer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dia/, [dia̠], [diɑ̟]

Noun

dia

deer
- 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎^[4], New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:
  Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’
  [Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki e bro.']
  Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِيَة (diya).^[1]

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

dia class IX (plural dia class X)

bloodwite, wergeld, diyya

References

^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302 Nr. 2906

Swedish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish di, dia, from Proto-Germanic *dijōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”).

Verb

dia (present diar, preterite diade, supine diat, imperative dia)

to suckle

Conjugation

Conjugation of *dia* (weak)
	active		passive
infinitive	dia		dias
supine	diat		diats
imperative	dia		—
imper. plural¹	dien		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	diar	diade	dias	diades
ind. plural¹	dia	diade	dias	diades
subjunctive²	die	diade	dies	diades

present participle		diande
past participle		diad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

Related terms

di

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dia, short for diapositive. First attested in 1964.

Noun

dia c

(photography) a slide (or possibly a diapositive more generally)
Synonyms: diabild, diapositiv

dior och negativ
slides and negatives

Declension

Declension of **dia**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dia	dias
singular	definite	dian	dians
plural	indefinite	dior	diors
plural	definite	diorna	diornas

Derived terms

Tolai

Alternative forms

diat (when not preceding a verb)

Pronoun

dia

they (many), them (many) (third-person plural pronoun)

Declension

Tolai personal pronouns
	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person exclusive	iau	amir mir	amital mital	avet ave¹
1st person inclusive	-	dor	datal	dat da¹
2nd person	u	amur mur	amutal mutal	avat ava¹
3rd person	ia i	dir di	dital	diat dia¹

¹⁾ The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

Tswana

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdi.a/

Verb

go dia

to delay

Umbrian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dowjō. Compare also 𐌕𐌉𐌕𐌖 (titu) and cognate Latin dō.

Verb

dia (late Iguvine) (third-person singular subjunctive present)

(transitive) to give

References

Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), “dia”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 12

[1] Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302 Nr. 2906

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	direct*		indirect*		oblique	locative	allative	existential**		destination	interjection**		manner**
	full	short	full	short	oblique	locative	allative	full	short	destination	full	short	full	short
near speaker***	kirí karí	ri	niiri niari	iri ari	kan-ari^† kan-iri^†	dirí	ngarí	adia	dia	arí	diará	dará	ingon iri ingon ari	ing-ari in-ari
near speaker and listener***	kiní kaní	ni	niini niani	ini ani	kan-ani^† kan-ini^†	dinhi	nganhi	ania	nia	anhi	niará	nará	ingon ini ingon ani	ing-ani in-ani
near listener	kanâ	nà	nianà	anà	kan-anà^†	dinhà dirâ	nganhà ngarâ	anaa	naa	anhà	naará	nará	ingon anà	ing-anà in-anà
remote	kadto kató	to	niadto niato	adto ato	kan-adto^†	didto	ngadto	atua	tua	adto	tuará	turá	ingon adto ingon ato	ing-ato in-ato

	Singular	Plural
1^st person	saya¹ aku³	kita⁴ kami^{2 & 5} kita orang^{3 & 5}
2^nd person	awak¹ anda² awda⁸ (eng)kau³ kamu³	(2^nd person) + semua⁶ kalian² (eng)kau orang³
3^rd person	dia ia beliau⁷ -nya²	mereka² dia orang³

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