# dei
## English
### Interjection

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

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /dei̯/, [d̪e̞i̯]

### Noun

dei inan
* call, appeal
* call (telephone conversation)
* announcement
* (law) summons

#### Declension
### Verb

dei
* 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: /d̥ɑɛ̯/
* IPA: /d̥æː/ (East Central, Vienna)

### Determiner

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

#### Derived terms

* deiner
* deinige

#### See also

| | | attributive (nominative case) | attributive (nominative case) | independent |
| | | singular | plural | independent |
| 1st person singular | 1st person singular | mei | meine | meins |
| 2nd person singular (informal) | 2nd person singular (informal) | dei | deine | deins |
| 2nd person singular (formal) | 2nd person singular (formal) | Eahna | Eahnare | Eahnas |
| 3rd person singular | m, n | sei | seine | seins |
| 3rd person singular | f | ihr | ihre | ihrs |
| 1st person plural | 1st person plural | unsa | unsare | unsas |
| 2nd person plural | 2nd person plural | eia | eire | eias |
| 3rd person plural | 3rd person plural | eahna | eahnare | eahnas |

## Bourguignon
### Etymology

From Latin deus.

### Noun

dei m (plural deis, feminine déôsse)
* a god

### See also

* Dei, the monotheist God of the Bible

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdej]

### Noun

dei m (plural deis)
* dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)

## Edopi
### Noun

dei
* cassowary

### Further reading

* Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

## Galician
### Verb

dei
* first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

## Ido
### Noun

dei
* plural of deo

## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* de' (truncation)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdej/, $^°$/ˈdej/
* Rhymes: -ej
* Hyphenation: déi

#### Contraction

dei
* Contraction of di i.; of the, from the
** 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

* dèi

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛj/, (traditional) $^*$/ˈdɛj/
* Rhymes: -ɛj
* Hyphenation: dèi

#### Noun

dei m pl (archaic dii)
* 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

* debbi (archaic)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛj/, /ˈdej/
* Rhymes: -ɛj, -ej
* Hyphenation: dèi, déi

#### Verb

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

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛj/
* Rhymes: -ɛj
* Hyphenation: dèi

#### Noun

dei m (invariable)
* Alternative form of dey (“dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)”)

### References

* 1 2 3 4 dei in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* ↑ dei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* ↑ dei in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

### Anagrams

* -ide, die, diè

## Japanese
### Romanization

dei
* Rōmaji transcription of でい

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈde.iː/, [ˈd̪eiː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈde.i/, [ˈd̪ɛːi]

### Noun

deī
* inflection of deus:
** nominative/vocative plural
** genitive singular

### Verb

deī
* second-person singular present active imperative of deeō

## Lindu
### Noun

dei
* bunch; cluster

## Low German
### Alternative forms

* de

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛɪ̯/, /ˈdaɪ̯/

### Article

dei
* Alternative form of de

## Mandarin
### Romanization

dei
* Nonstandard spelling of dēi.
* 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
* Alternative form of day

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

dei
* Alternative form of þei (“they”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

dei
* Alternative form of dee

## Navajo
### Adverb

dei
* up, upward

#### Related terms

* deigo

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse þeir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛɪː/, (unstressed) /dɛɪ/, /dɪ/

### Article

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

### Determiner

dei
* those; plural of den

### Pronoun

dei (genitive deira)
* they
    Veit du kvar dei er?Do you know where they are?
* those
    Dei der borte?Those over there?

#### See also
### References

* “dei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Noun

dei oblique singular, m (oblique plural deis, nominative singular deis, nominative plural dei)
* (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 deishe removed a gold ring from her finger

## Old Frisian
### Alternative forms

* dī

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dag.

### Noun

dei m
* day

#### 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
* (possessive) your

#### Declension
## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdej/ [ˈdeɪ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɐj/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɐj/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈdej/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈdej/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈde/
* Hyphenation: dei

### Verb

dei
* 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)
* (Southern Scots) to die

## Sicilian
### Alternative forms

* dii

### Noun

dei m
* plural of deu
* plural of diu

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English day.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dei̯/

### Noun

dei
* day

#### Derived terms

* deinen

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English day.

### Noun

dei class IX (plural dei class X)
* (Kenya) day
    Synonym: siku

#### Usage notes

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

#### Derived terms

* Jamhuri Dei (“Jamhuri Day”)
* leba dei (“Labor Day, May Day”)
* Madaraka Dei (“Madaraka Day”)
* Mashujaa Dei (“Mashujaa Day”)

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* deui (literary)
* doi

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dei̯/

### Verb

dei
* second-person singular future colloquial of dod

#### Mutation

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

### Noun

dei
* Soft mutation of tei.

#### Mutation

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: /dɛi̯/, /dai̯/

### Noun

dei c (plural dagen)
* day
* date

#### Derived terms

* hjoeddeisk

#### Further reading

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

## Yola
### Noun

dei
* 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