# Dia
## English
### Proper noun

Dia
* A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Dia terms

### Anagrams

* I'da, IAD, Ida., Adi, -iad, I'd-a, Dai, AID, DAI, dai, aid, IDA, Ida

## Bavarian
### Alternative forms

* Tia (alternative spelling)

### Etymology

From Middle High German tür, from Old High German turi, from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̥iːɐ̯/
* Homophone: Tier

### Noun

Dia f (plural Dian)
* door (rigid plane on a hinge)
* door; doorway (passage that can be blocked with such a plane)

## German
### Etymology

Clipping of Diapositiv

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdiː.a/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Dia n (strong, genitive Dias, plural Dias)
* slide (transparent image, to be projected to a screen)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Dia” in Duden online
* “Dia” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish Día, from Proto-Celtic *deiwos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʲiə/

### Proper noun

Dia m (genitive Dé)
* God
    Proverb: Tá Dia láidir is máthair mhaith aige. ― God is strong and He has a good mother.
    Go gcuidí Dia leo. ― May God help them.

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
Dia
vocative
a Dhia
genitive
Dé
dative
Dia
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an Dia
genitive
an Dé
dative
leis an Dia don Dia :
* Alternative vocative singular: a Dhé

#### Derived terms

* ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
* bail ó Dhia ort (“God bless you”)
* bóín Dé (“ladybird”)
* bolgach Dé (“smallpox”)
* Dia an Mac (“God the Son”)
* Dia an Spiorad Naomh (“God the Holy Ghost”)
* Dia an tAthair (“God the Father”)
* Dia dhuit (“hello”)
* Dia duit (“hello”)
* Dia linn (“bless you (response to a sneeze)”)
* diamhasla (“blasphemy”)
* diamhaslaigh (“to blaspheme”)
* dias (“deism”)
* go mbeannaí Dia duit (“God bless you”)
* go ngnóthaí Dia duit (“goodbye”)

#### Related terms

* dia (“a god”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 día”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 32, page 18
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 81
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 401, page 133

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Dia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Dia”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 237
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Dia”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “Dia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Latin
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῖα (Dîa).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdiː.a/, [ˈd̪iːä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈdi.a/, [ˈd̪iːä]

#### Proper noun

Dīa f sg (genitive Dīae); first declension
* A small island off the coast of Crete
* A city in Chersonesus

##### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdiː.a/, [ˈd̪iːä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈdi.a/, [ˈd̪iːä]

#### Proper noun

Dīa
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of Dīon

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdi.a/, [ˈd̪iä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈdi.a/, [ˈd̪iːä]

#### Proper noun

Dia
* accusative singular of Zeus

### References

* “Dia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Dia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “Dia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

## Old Irish
### Proper noun

Dia m
* Alternative spelling of Día

### Mutation

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

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish día, from Proto-Celtic *deiwos.

### Noun

Dia m (genitive singular Dhè or Dè, plural Diathan)
* God

#### Derived terms

* Dia leat!

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 día”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Spanish
### Proper noun

Dia f
* Acronym of Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, a Spanish supermarket chain.
    Alternative form: DIA