# di
## Translingual
### Alternative forms

* (roman numeral): DI, CCCCCI, ccccci

### Number

di
* A Roman numeral representing five hundred one (501).

### See also

* Previous: d (five hundred, 500)
* Next: dii (five hundred two, 502)

## English
### Etymology

Imitative.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /di/

### Interjection

di
* A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
    The chorus goes like this: "di di di di dum, da di da".

### See also

* di lo
* di loh
* di lok
* voce di petto
* voce di testa

### Anagrams

* Id, I'd, id., I-D, id, I.D., -id, ID

## Afrikaans
### Article

di
* Obsolete spelling of die.

### Pronoun

di
* Obsolete spelling of die.

## Ajië
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ⁿdi]

### Adjective

di
* wet

### References

* Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
* Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Albanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *dīja, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyh₂- (compare Sanskrit ध्याति (dhyāti, “to observe, feel”)).

#### Verb

di (aorist dita, participle ditur)
* to know
    Nuk e di.I don't know.
    Do të doja të dija më shumë rreth teje.I'd like to know more about you.

##### Conjugation

* Show compound tenses:

##### Derived terms

* ndiej
* dituri
* dije

#### See also

* njoh
* dihet

### Etymology 2

The 3rd person singular din. From Proto-Albanian *dine, denominative of Proto-Indo-European *dey-no- (“day”). See din for more.

#### Alternative forms

* dihet (medio-passive)

#### Verb

di (aorist diu, participle dirë)
* (Tosk) to dawn (daylight)

##### Synonyms

* gdhin

##### Related terms

* gdhi, gdhij, gdhin

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “di”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 64-65

## Aromanian
### Etymology

From Latin dē. Compare Romanian de.

### Preposition

di
* of
* from

## Bambara
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dí]

### Verb

di
* to give

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Bavarian
### Etymology

Cognate with German dich.

### Pronoun

di
* you (accusative, singular)

### See also
## Belizean Creole
### Etymology 1
#### Article

di
* the

### Etymology 2
#### Particle

di
* continuous tense marker; -ing

##### Usage notes

* It tends to immediately precede the verb that it modifies.

##### Derived terms

* mi-di

## Blagar
### Adverb

di
* also

### References

* Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 160

## Bura
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dì]

### Noun

dì
* town, settlement
* land

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Cameroon Pidgin
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/

### Verb

di
* (auxiliary) imperfective or progressive aspect marker

## Catalan
### Verb

di
* first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

## Cebuano
### Adverb

di
* not

## Central Franconian
### Alternative forms

* dei, dein (Moselle Franconian)

### Etymology

From Middle High German dīn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diː/, /di/
* Homophone: die

### Determiner

di (masculine denge or dinge, feminine and plural deng or ding)
* (Ripuarian) your, thy (second-person singular possessive)
    Wo häs de dann di Jlas henjestallt?Where did you put your glass?

#### Usage notes

* The form deng/ding is used for the neuter when strongly stressed: Dat es ding Jlas! (“That's your glass!”) Contrariwise, the form di may be used for the masculine and feminine when unstressed, chiefly with words for relatives: di Papp (“your father”, but less common than denge Papp).

## Cimbrian
### Alternative forms

* de (Sette Comuni)

### Article

di
* (Luserna) the; definite article for four declensions:
** nominative singular feminine
** accusative singular feminine
** nominative plural
** accusative plural

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Dimasa
### Noun

di
* water

#### Derived terms

* dibu
* dijung
* dikong

#### References

* F. Jacquesson (2008) A Dimasa Grammar‎, page 46
* P. R. T. Gurdon (1903) The Morāns (in Dimasa)

## Eastern Magar
### Noun

di
* water

### References

* James Richardson Logan, Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (1970)

## Ewe
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

di
* to search

## Fayu
### Noun

di
* water
* river

### Further reading

Duane A. Clouse, Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya (1997), page 172

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin dē.

### Preposition

di
* of
* from
* by

## Galician
### Verb

di
* inflection of dicir:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of dizer:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese de. Cognate with Kabuverdianu di.

### Preposition

di
* of
* at
* from

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From Saint Dominican Creole French dir, from French dire.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/

### Verb

di
* to say
* to tell

#### Derived terms

* vle di

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian di.

### Preposition

di
* of (indicating possession)
    La domo di mea matroThe house of my mother

#### Related terms

* de (“from, of”) (where an amount is indicated)
* da (“by”)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay di, from Proto-Malayic *di, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i, from Proto-Austronesian *i. Doublet of -i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: di

### Preposition

di
* on
** positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above
    Gelasnya di meja.The glass is on the table
** positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to
    Ada luka besar di punggungnya.There is a big wound on his back.
** at or in (a certain region or location)
** near; adjacent to; alongside; just off
** (with certain modes of transport, especially public transport) inside (a vehicle) for the purpose of travelling
    Kami makan cukup banyak saat di kereta.We ate quite a lot while on the train
** at the date of
* in
** contained by
    Ada sedikit sisa air di botolku.There is a little water left in my bottle.
** within the bounds or limits of
    Ada banyak pohon di taman itu.There are many trees in the park.
** surrounded by; among; amidst
    Kita ada di kemah musuh.We are in the enemy's camp.
** during (a period of time)
    Ulang tahunku di bulan Januari.My birthday is in January.
* at
** (indicating time) indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.
** holding a given speed or rate
** (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) on the subject of; regarding
* (dialect) to (in the direction of, so as to arrive at)
* (dialect, especially in Central Sumatra) about; of (used as a function word to indicate what is dealt with as the object of thought, feeling, or action)
* (dialect, especially in Central Sumatra) from

#### Derived terms

* di samping itu
* di sisi lain

### Further reading

* “di” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* dhi

### Etymology

From Old Irish dí.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʲɪ/
* (Aran also) IPA: /dʲiː/
* (Cois Fharraige also) IPA: /d̪ˠiː/

### Pronoun

di (emphatic dise)
* third-person singular feminine of de: from/of her, from/of it f
* third-person singular feminine of do: to/for her, to/for it f

### References

* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 83

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Latin dē. Cognate with English to.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: di

#### Preposition

di
* used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
    L’ira di Apollo ― Apollo’s wrath (literally, “The wrath of Apollo”)
    la coda del cane ― the dog’s tail
    Canto dello sciatore ― Song of the skier
    Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti dell’UomoUniversal declaration of the Rights of the Man
    Simbolo degli Apostoli ― Signs of the Apostles
    Manifesto della cucina futurista ― Manifesto of the futurist kitchen
    Dei delitti e delle peneOf crimes and punishments(literally, “Of the crimes and of the punishments”)
* from
    Lei è di Monreale in Sicilia, ma adesso vive a RomaShe's from Monreale in Sicily, but she now lives in Rome
* by, of, ’s
    La mia canzone preferita degli U2? 'One' !My favorite song by U2? 'One'!
    La Divina Commedia di Dante AlighieriThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
* than
    Jack è più alto di sua moglie, Joan.Jack is taller than his wife, Joan.
    Biden ha detto che l'economia USA è in condizioni peggiori di quanto pensasseBiden says US economy is in worse shape than he thought.
* used in superlative forms; in, of
    Pont Neuf è il più antico ponte di ParigiPont Neuf is the oldest bridge in Paris.
* about, on, concerning
    Euclide scrisse diversi libri di matematica.Euclid wrote many books on mathematics.
    Parliamo di sentimenti. ― Let's talk about feelings.
* expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted
    Sei Nazioni: la Scozia gioca con l'Italia in un incontro decisivo per il cucchiaio di legno.Six Nations: Scotland meet Italy today in a wooden-spoon decider.
    Ho comprato una collana d'oro bianco.I bought a white gold necklace.
* (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted
    Lei ha detto di non preoccuparsi.She said not to worry.
    Che devo fare se penso di avere un virus nel mio computer?What should I do if I believe I have a virus on my computer?
* used with the definite article in partitive constructions; some
    Vuoi dell'acqua? ― Would you like some water?
* used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article
    penso di sì ― I think so
    niente di meglio ― nothing better
    Che c’è di nuovo? ― What's new?

##### Usage notes

* When followed by the definite article, di combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:
    di + article Combined form di + il del di + lo dello di + l' dell' di + i dei di + gli degli di + la della di + le delle
* The i can additionally optionally be elided before vowel sounds to form d'.

##### Derived terms

* d'accordo
* d'andata
* d'epoca
* d'improvviso
* d'oro
* del caso
* del cazzo
* del cuore
* del genere
* del tutto
* di andata
* di base
* di brutto
* di buongrado
* di buonora
* di certo
* di colore
* di colpo
* di conseguenza
* di continuo
* di fortuna
* di frequente
* di mezzo
* di nascosto
* di norma
* di notte
* di nuovo
* di persona
* di preferenza
* di punto in bianco
* di rado
* di recente
* di ruolo
* di sbieco
* di seguito
* di serie
* di sghembo
* di sicuro
* di solito
* di soppiatto
* di sopra
* di soprassalto
* di sottecchi
* di tanto in tanto
* di traverso
* penso di sì

#### See also

* da

#### References

* ↑ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

### Etymology 2

From Latin dē (the name of the letter D).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: $^{**}$/ˈdi/$^*$
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: dì

#### Noun

di f (invariable)
* The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.; dee

##### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

## Jamaican Creole
### Alternative forms

* de

### Etymology

Derived from English the.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdi/

### Article

di
* the
    Is a riddim mi love from birth. Di harmonies, di lyrics; everything perfect. ― It's a rhythm I've always loved. The harmony, the lyrics ... everything's perfect.

### Further reading

* di at majstro.com

## Japanese
### Romanization

di
* The katakana syllable ディ (di) in Hepburn-like romanization.

## Kabyle
### Preposition

di
* in
    Synonym: deg
    di yexxam-inuin my house
    Izeddeɣ di Lezzayer.He lives in Algeria.
* during

## Krio
### Etymology

From English the.

### Article

dì
* the

### References

* ↑ Fyle, Clifford N., Jones, Eldred D. (1980) A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 70

## Kuna
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

di
* water

## Ladin
### Etymology

de +‎ i

### Contraction

di
* of the (masculine plural)

## Latin
### Noun

dī m pl
* nominative/vocative plural of deus
** 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations‎:O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In qua urbe vivimus?.O ye immortal gods, where on earth are we? What is the government we have? In what city are we living?

### References

* "di", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "di", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Ligurian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/

### Contraction

di
* Contraction of de i.; of the (masculine plural)

## Louisiana Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/
* Rhymes: -i

### Etymology 1

Inherited from French dire (“to say, to tell”).

#### Verb

di (invariable)
* to say, to tell

### Etymology 2

Inherited from French dix (“ten”).

#### Numeral

di
* ten

##### Usage notes

* Precedes consonant-initial words. See usage notes at dis.

## Macanese
### Alternative forms

* d' (optionally, before certain words starting with a vowel)

### Etymology

From Portuguese de, from Old Galician-Portuguese de (“of”), from Latin dē (“of”).

### Preposition

di
* of (indicates the semantic relation between two elements: such as possession, origin, place)
    guínde di águ ― jug of water
    Ui di bôm! ― Very good!
    Êle pôssa di grándi! ― He is very big!
    Êle bem di capaz! ― He is really clever!

#### Usage notes

* Note that the usage of di is more flexible compared to Portuguese de, and may be followed not necessarily by nouns.

#### Derived terms

* di-frónt (“in front, ahead”)
* ui-di (“very”)

### References

* https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/ [di]
* Rhymes: -i

### Etymology 1

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD. From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di, *i, from Proto-Austronesian *di, *i.

#### Preposition

di (Jawi spelling before consonant-initial words د, Jawi spelling before vowel-initial words دأ)
* in
    di Kuala Lumpur ― in Kuala Lumpur
* at
    di sungai ― at the river
* on
    di jalan ― on the road

##### Synonyms

* dekat (informal)

### Etymology 2

From English dee.

#### Noun

di (plural di-di)
* The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

##### Synonyms

* dè (Indonesian)
* dal (Jawi letter name)

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) huruf; e, bi, si, di, i, ef, ji, hec, ai, je, ke, el, em, en, o, pi, kiu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dabel yu, eks, way, zed

### Further reading

* “di” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mandarin
### Romanization

di (di$^5$ / di$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄧ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 得
di
* Nonstandard spelling of dī.
* Nonstandard spelling of dí.
* Nonstandard spelling of dǐ.
* Nonstandard spelling of dì.

#### 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.

## Mansaka
### Adverb

di
* not

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diː/, /di/

### Pronoun

di
* accusative/dative of du

### Further reading

* “di”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

## Middle English
### Noun

di
* Alternative form of dee

## Middle Low German
### Etymology

From Old Saxon thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diː/

### Pronoun

dî
* (second person singular dative) you, thee
* (second person singular accusative) you, thee

#### Declension

For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here.

## Moran
### Noun

di
* water

#### References

* P. R. T. Gurdon (1903) The Morāns (in Moran)

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From English the.

### Article

di
* the

## North Frisian
### Etymology 1

From Old Frisian thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.

#### Pronoun

di (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt)
* Object case of dü: you, thee; yourself, thyself

##### Alternative forms

* de (Mooring)

##### See also

* The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
* At is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
* Dual forms wat / onk and jat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine jü / hör.
* Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.
* The forms üsens, jamens, hörens are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.
* The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
* Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
* The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects.
* Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.

### Etymology 2

From Old Frisian thī, derived from forms of Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só.

#### Article

di
* (Mooring, Sylt) the (masculine singular, full form)
    Coordinate term: (reduced form, Mooring) e
* (Sylt) the (feminine singular)
* (Sylt) the (plural)

##### Alternative forms

* (masculine): de (Föhr-Amrum)
* (feminine): det (Föhr-Amrum), jü (Mooring)
* (plural): dön (Föhr-Amrum), da (Mooring)

##### See also
## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

Akin to Central Kurdish دە (de), Zazaki de, Persian در. For the second sense compare Zazaki -en (used for the present tense but after the stem) which is a cognate of Northern Kurdish li and English in, probably initially used for present continuous much like Persian می.

### Preposition

di
* in
* Used to mark present tense put before the stem of the verb.
    -bêj- > di bêjim - I say (=I am in saying)
    -k- > di ke - does (=is in doing)
    -ê-, -hê- > t'ê, di hê - comes (=is in coming)

#### Usage notes

* In a lot of positions, bi and di may not be read unlike ji and li. When the noun comes after the verb with these prepositions, it becomes an -e instead (eg. xiste navê , "put inside"; not *xist di navê). Coming after nouns, they become -î (eg. mayî min kir, "interfered with me"; mostly not *may di min kir).
* Unlike ji and li, which lose the schwa before any vowel; bi and di lose it only before long vowels (ie. a, ê, î). di becomes t' in those positions.
* In the second sense mostly separated from the prepositional use in modern Kurdish script but it is essentially no different from it. Seems to be originally written separately since Ehmedê Xanî.

#### Related terms

* di ... de
* di ... re
* di ... ve

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse þín.

#### Pronoun

di
* feminine singular of din

#### See also

| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive |
| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | feminine | masculine | neuter | plural |
| Singular | First | – | jeg | meg | mi | min | mitt | mine |
| Singular | Second | general | du | deg | di | din | ditt | dine |
| Singular | Second | formal (rare) | De | Dem | Deres | Deres | Deres | Deres |
| Singular | Third | feminine (person) | hun | henne | hennes | hennes | hennes | hennes |
| Singular | Third | masculine (person) | han | ham / han | hans | hans | hans | hans |
| Singular | Third | feminine (noun) | den | den | dens | dens | dens | dens |
| Singular | Third | masculine (noun) | den | den | dens | dens | dens | dens |
| Singular | Third | neuter (noun) | det | det | dets | dets | dets | dets |
| Singular | Third | reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |
| Plural | First | – | vi | oss | vår | vår | vårt | våre |
| Plural | Second | general | dere | dere | deres | deres | deres | deres |
| Plural | Second | formal (very rare) | De | Dem | Deres | Deres | Deres | Deres |
| Plural | Third | general | de | dem | deres | deres | deres | deres |
| Plural | Third | reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

di
* imperative of die

### References

* “di” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse því, þí, the neuter singular dative of the determiner sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa. Akin to the English comparative correlative the, derived from Old English þȳ. Other cognates include Norwegian Bokmål ti. Other determiners and pronouns also derive from there, such as den, det, dei, and dess.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diː/

#### Adverb

di
* Used as a comparative correlative.
    Synonym: dess
** the; With multiple comparatives (or meir (“more”) with verb phrases), establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.
    Synonym: jo
    Di sterkare, di betreThe stronger the better
** With a single adverbial meir (“more”) or comparative, establishes an often inverse correlation with a preceding comparative or stated degree.
    Han sa lite, men tenkte di meirHe said little, but thought more (than he didn't speak)
* (literary, poetic) because

#### Conjunction

di
* (literary) because
* Used especially in more common compound adverbs and conjunctions.

##### Derived terms

* av di
* difor
* etter di
* fordi, for di
* med di

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse þín, feminine singular nominative of þinn (“your, yours”). See main entry for more.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diː/

#### Determiner

di
* feminine singular of din (“your”)

#### Pronoun

di
* feminine singular of din (“yours”)

### Etymology 3

Pronunciation spelling and/or eye dialect of various pronouns and determiners. See the etymology of the respective main entries.

#### Pronoun

di
* Eye dialect spelling of de.
* Eye dialect spelling of dei.

#### Determiner

di
* Eye dialect spelling of dei.

#### See also

$^1$Obsolete. $^2$Landsmål. $^3$Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.

### References

* “di” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* ID, id

## Old French
### Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs.

### Noun

di oblique singular, m (oblique plural dis, nominative singular dis, nominative plural di)
* day (period of 24 hours)

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (di)

## Old Frisian
### Noun

dī m
* Alternative form of dei

#### Inflection
## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* de

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *dī, from Proto-Indo-European *de; cognate with Latin dē.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʲi/

#### Preposition

di (with dative)
* of, from
For quotations using this term, see Citations:di.

##### Inflection

Combinations with a definite article:
* din(d), dint; den, don, dun sg
* dinaib, donaib pl
Combinations with a possessive determiner:
* dim (“from my”)
* dit (“from your sg”)
* dia, dua (“from his/her/its/their”)
Combinations with a relative pronoun:
* dia (“from which; when, if”)

##### Related terms

* dí- (prefix)

##### Descendants

* Irish: de
* Manx: jeh
* Scottish Gaelic: de

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

di
* Alternative spelling of dí: to/from her

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 de, di”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, §§ 435, 831, pages 274, 504–6; reprinted 2017

## Old Prussian
### Etymology

From earlier Prussian enclitic *-di, from dialectal Baltic *-di, probably from Proto-Indo-European enclitic *-di („he”, „she”). Cognate with Avestan dim („him, her”).

### Pronoun

di n (third-person only, plural dīs or dī, accusative singular din, accusative plural dins)
* (anaphoric) he, she, it, self;
** (Can we date this quote?), III katekizmas, page 93, line 14:kai Sara Abraham po klūſmai bhe / bebillē din RikijsAs Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord.
** (Can we date this quote?), III katekizmas, page 89, line 8:turri ti dins ſte mijls ſtēiſon dīlas pagganAnd have a high opinion of them in love because of their work.
* (indefinite, indeclinable, also spelt dei) (it)self, one (indefinite pronoun denoting unspecified subject)

#### Usage notes

* Appeared either as a suffix or standalone, the latter being usually stressed.
* Besides the enclitic function, it also served as an impersonal pronoun, similarly to German man.
* The suffix form merged with prepositions, creating new ones with function analogical to English thereby (there + by), herein (here + in), etc. Such forms still underwent declension.

#### Declension

Mažiulis named some of the attested forms of the declinable variant.
| | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine | neuter | neuter |
| | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| nominative | dis | dīs | dis | dīs | di | dī |
| genitive | ? | ? | ? | ? | di | dī |
| dative | ? | ? | ? | ? | di | dī |
| accusative | din | dins | din | dins | di | dī |

#### Derived terms

* kāidi
* prēidin
* pērdin
* turedi
* wīrsti

### References

* 1 2 Mažiulis, Vytautas (2004) “-din ‘him, her’”, in Palmaitis, Letas, transl., Prūsų kalbos istorinė gramatika [Historical Grammar of Old Prussian], Vilnus: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, →ISBN, pages 74-75
* 1 2 Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988) “-din”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎ (in Lithuanian), volume I, Vilnius: Mokslas, pages 202-203
* ↑ Palmaitis, Letas (2006), in “Bāziskas Prūsiskai–Ēngliskas Wirdeīns Per Tālaisin Laksinis Rekreaciōnin” [Basic English-Prussian Dictionary for Further Lexical Reconstruction], page 70: “DI”
* ↑ G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873) “di, dei”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung; Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 30

## Old Welsh
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *di, from Proto-Celtic *dū (“to”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ði/

### Preposition

di (triggers soft mutation)
* to
* for

#### Inflection

* 3rd-person singular masculine: didu

#### Descendants

* Middle Welsh: y
** Welsh: i

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese de and Spanish de and Kabuverdianu di.

### Conjunction

di
* of, of the
* from, from the

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* gi (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
* de (Surmiran)

### Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs.

### Noun

di m (plural dis)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) day

## Sardinian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/

### Preposition

di
* (Campidanese) Alternative form of de

### References

* Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

## Sassarese
### Alternative forms

* d' (apocopic, used before vowel sounds)

### Etymology

From Latin dē, from Proto-Italic *dē, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *de.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/

### Preposition

di
* Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; 's
    Lu cani di Pàuru ― Paul's dog
    Edda è un'amigga di mamma ― She's a friend of mother's
* Used to indicate origin; from
    Eu soggu di Sàssari ― I'm from Sassari
* Used in comparisons; than
    La poltrona è più còmuda di la caddrea ― The armchair is more comfortable than the chair
* Used to indicate authorship; by, of, 's
    Canne al vento è un libru di Gràzia Deledda ― Canne al vento is a book by Grazia Deledda
* about, on, concerning
    E eddi cosa ni pènsani di te? ― What do they think about you?
* Used in superlative forms; in, of
    Edda è la più bedda di tutti ― She's the most beautiful (of all)
* Expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted
    Un'ampulla di veddru ― A glass bottle (literally, “A bottle of glass”)

### References

* Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʲi/, /tʲiː/

### Pronoun

di
* Alternative form of dhi

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From earlier gdi.

### Adverb

di (Cyrillic spelling ди)
* (Chakavian, Ikavian, chiefly Croatia, colloquial) where (interrogative)
    Di si ti cili božji dan? ― Where on earth have you been the whole day?
* (Chakavian, Ikavian, chiefly Croatia, proscribed, colloquial) whither, where, whereto
    Di si išao jučer? ― Where did you go yesterday?

### Pronoun

di (Cyrillic spelling ди)
* (Chakavian, Ikavian, chiefly Croatia) where

### Usage notes

* Originally of Chakavian-Ikavian origin, the word is today colloquially used throughout Croatia and other countries to a lesser extent.

### Synonyms

* gdje (Standard)

## Sicilian
### Etymology 1

From Latin dē.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/
* IPA: /di/ (Apocopic form)
* Rhymes: -di
* Hyphenation: di

#### Preposition

di
* Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s
    A raggia di Apollu ― Apollo’s wrath (literally, “The wrath of Apollo”)
    a cuda dû cani ― the dog’s tail
    Dichiarazziuni Univirsali dî Diritti di l’OmuUniversal declaration of the Rights of [the] Man
    Sìmmulu di l'Apòstuli ― Signs of the Apostles
    Manifestu dâ cucina futurista ― Manifesto of the futurist kitchen
    Di li dilitta e di li peniOf [the] crimes and [of the] punishments
* from
    Iḍḍa è di Murriali, 'n Sicilia, ma ora campa a RumaShe's from Monreale in Sicily, but she now lives in Rome
* by, of, ’s
    A me canzuni prifiruta dî Pink Floyd? 'Echoes' !My favorite song by Pink Floyd? 'Echoes'!
    A Divina Cummedia di Danti AligheriThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
* than
    Jack è cchiù autu di so mugghieri, Joan.Jack is taller than his wife, Joan.
    Biden dissi ca l'ecunumìa USA è 'n cunnizziuna pijuri di quantu pinzassiBiden says US economy is in worse shape than he thought.
* Used in superlative forms; in, of
    Pont Neuf è u ponti cchiù anticu di ParisiPont Neuf is the oldest bridge in Paris.
* about, on, concerning
    Euclidi scrissi diversi libbra di matimàtica.Euclid wrote many books on mathematics.
    Parramu di sintimenta. ― Let's talk about feelings.
* Expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted
    Sei Nazziuna: a Scozzia joca cu l'Italia nni nu ncontru dicisivu pâ cucchiara di lignu.Six Nations: Scotland meet Italy today in a wooden-spoon decider.
    Acchattai na cuḍḍana d'oru jancu.I bought a white [made of] gold necklace.
* (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted
    Iḍḍa dissi di nun priuccupàrisi.She said not to worry.
    Ch'avissi a fari si penzu d'aviri nu virus nnô me cumputer?What should I do if I believe I have a virus on my computer?
* Used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article.
    Ca penzu di se ― I think so
    Nenti di megghiu ― nothing better
    Chi cc’è di novu? ― What's new?

##### Usage notes

* When followed by a definite article, di combines with the article to produce the following combined forms:
    di + article Combined form di + u dû di + lu di lu di + a dâ di + la di la di + i dî di + li di li di + l' di l'
* The i can additionally optionally be elided before vowel sounds to form d'.

##### Derived terms

* d'accordu
* d'accusì
* d'accuḍḍì
* d'oru
* d'èbbica
* di basi
* di certu
* di corpu
* di cuntìnuu
* di cunzichitanza
* di norma
* di notti
* di novu
* di pirsuna
* di ricenti
* di sicuru
* di supra
* di sòlitu
* di tantu 'n tantu
* di truppeḍḍu
* dâ minchia
* dû cori
* dû gèniri

##### Related terms

* 'n
* a
* cu
* ncapu
* ncoḍḍu
* nfra
* nna
* nne
* nni
* ntra
* pi
* supra

#### See also
### Etymology 2

From Latin dē (the name of the letter D).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/
* IPA: /di/ (Apocopic form)
* Rhymes: -di
* Hyphenation: di

#### Noun

di (f)
* The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.; dee

## Singpho
### Noun

di
* egg

### References

* Stephen Morey, The Singpho Agentive – Functions and Meanings (2012), p. 13

## Slavomolisano
### Etymology

From Ikavian Serbo-Croatian gdi, di; compare standard Ijekavian gdje, Ekavian gde.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/

### Adverb

di
* (interrogative) where

### Pronoun

di
* where
** 2010, Natalina Spadanuda, Le renard et le loup:Kum, ja znam di je na masarija di, unutra, jesu čuda stvari za jist. Što gorivaš, šma po?Godfather, I know where there is a farm where there are many things to eat inside. What do you say, shall we go?

### References

* Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdi/ [ˈd̪i]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: di

### Etymology 1

See dar.

#### Verb

di
* first-person singular preterite indicative of dar
    Dile lo que te di. ― Tell him what I gave you.

### Etymology 2

See decir.

#### Verb

di
* second-person singular imperative of decir
    Dile lo que te di. ― Tell him what I gave you.
* Obsolete spelling of dice.

## Sumerian
### Romanization

di
* Romanization of 𒁲 (di)

## Swedish
### Etymology

From dia (“to suckle”), from Proto-Germanic *dijōną (“to suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”). Related to dägga (däggdjur).

### Noun

di c
* suck, suckle; milk from the mother (human or animal) directly to the offspring

#### Derived terms

* dibarn

#### Related terms

* dia
* dägga
* däggdjur

### Pronoun

di
* Pronunciation spelling of de, representing Finland Swedish.
** 1895, Gustaf Fröding, Tre käringer i en backe:Dä satt tre käringer i en backe, å di va vinne å di va skacke,Three old women were sitting in a slope, and they were wry and they were crooked,
* (dialectal, obsolete) your, yours; feminine singular of din
** 1886, Fredrik August Dahlgren, Frierfâla:Ho får sej nåck en hârr-khär, hva länge dä lir, Men se dä ska ja’ sij’ dej att allri di ho blir.She will surely get herself a gentleman before long, But I will say to you, that yours she'll never be.

#### Alternative forms

* de, dom (they, colloquial)
* din (your)

### References

* di in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* di in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* di in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* id

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *diq (“particle of negation”). Blust (2010-) notes that this word is believed by some to be short for hindi (“no; not”), but its agreement with the monosyllabic word in other languages suggests that this shorter form is older. See also dili (“not; no; hardly; rarely; seldom”). Compare Yami ji, Ilocano di, Isnag di, Cebuano di/dili, Maranao di', Western Subanon di, Mansaka di, Tausug di'.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /diʔ/ [d̪ɪʔ], (colloquial) /deʔ/ [d̪ɛʔ]
* Rhymes: -iʔ
* Syllabification: di

#### Particle

dî (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)
* no; not
    Antonyms: oo, (respectful) opo

##### Alternative forms

* 'di
* d — text messaging, Internet slang

##### Derived terms

* 'di ba
* 'di nga
* di hamak
* hindi

##### Related terms

* di-

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /di/ [d̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: di

#### Adverb

di (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)
* (sometimes preceded by e) then; in that case
    Synonyms: kung gayon, kung ganoon, (Marinduque) kundi, (Nueva Ecija) garod
    E, di wow.Well, then “Wow”.
    Di sino ang daingan kundi ang Padre?Then to whom to complain to if not the Father?
    Kung sarado ang pintuan, di buksan mo.If the door is closed, then open it.
    Sino pa bang maglilinis kung hindi si ate, di ako!Who else would clean if not our older sister, then [none other than] me!

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English dee, the English name of the letter D/d.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /di/ [d̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: di

#### Noun

di (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)
* the name of the Latin-script letter D/d, in the Filipino alphabet
    Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) da, (in the Abecedario) de

##### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

### Further reading

* “di”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*diq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Talysh
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian ده (deh).

### Noun

di
* village

## Tarifit
### Preposition

di (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⵉ)
* location marker
** expresses a location inside something or movement into something: in, into
    aqa-t di taddartHe is in the house.
    nudef deg wamanWe went into the water.

#### Usage notes

When the preposition di is followed by a vowel it will take the form deg.

## Tat
### Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭲𐭠 (deh, “country, land, village”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎢 (dahạyau), from Proto-Iranian *dahyu- (“country, district, province”).

### Noun

di
* village

#### Derived terms

* diij

## Teribe
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/

### Noun

di
* water
* river

#### Synonyms

* diwa

### References

* Juan Diego Quesada, A Grammar of Teribe (2000)

## Trumai
### Noun

di
* water
* mirror

### References

* Raquel Guirardello (1999) A reference grammar of Trumai, Houston: Rice University (PhD thesis)

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [zi˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [jɪj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [jɪj˧˧]
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 移.

#### Verb

di
* (colloquial) to change position; to move

##### Derived terms

* di căn (移根, “to metastasize”)
* di chuyển (移轉, “to transfer, to move”)
* di cư (移居, “to migrate”)
* di dân (移民, “to migrate”)
* di động (移動, “mobile”)
* di tản (移散, “to evacuate”)
* di thực (移植, “(botany) to acclimatize”)

### Etymology 2
#### Romanization

di
* Sino-Vietnamese reading of 遺

##### Derived terms

* di chỉ (遺址, “ruins”)
* di chiếu (遺詔, “posthumous edict”)
* di chúc (遺囑, “will; testament”)
* di chứng (遺症, “(medicine) complication”)
* di ngôn (遺言, “last words, testament”)
* di sản (遺產, “legacy, heritage”)
* di tích (遺跡, “historical site”)
* di truyền học (遺傳學, “genetics”)
* di truyền (遺傳, “hereditary”)
* di vật (遺物, “relic”)

## Volapük
### Preposition

di
* of

## Walloon
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/

### Preposition

di (after an open syllable and/or before a vowel: d')
* of

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diː/
* Homophones: du (South Wales), dŷ (South Wales)
* Rhymes: -iː

### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* ti

#### Pronoun

di
* Soft mutation of ti.
* you (singular); thou

##### Usage notes

The form di is used after verb forms ending with a vowel (namely the simple future tense), while ti is used after other verb forms which end in -t. Di is also the form used as an emphatic pronoun after dy (“your”) in possessive and infinitive contexts.

#### Mutation

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

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

di f (plural diau)
* The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

#### Mutation

This word cannot be mutated.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

## White Hmong
### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.”

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di˧/

### Noun

di (classifier: daim)
* used in di ncauj (“lip(s)”)

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 35.
* ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

## Wolof
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di/

### Conjunction

di
* and (used between clauses)

#### See also

* ak
* té

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (high-tone): IPA: /dí/
* (mid-tone): IPA: /dī/
* (low-tone): IPA: /dì/

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

dí
* The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

dí
* (intransitive) to become opaque
* (transitive) to occlude, to obstruct
* (transitive) to block, to clog, to plug

##### Derived terms

* dídí

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

di
* (transitive) to change to something else
* (transitive) Alternative form of da (to become)

##### Derived terms

* (to become): ọládiméjì
* (to become): òṣùpádẹ̀jẹ̀

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

dì
* (transitive) to bind, to fasten, to tie up
* (transitive) to pack, to bundle
* (transitive) to braid, to plait

##### Derived terms

* dídì (“braiding”)
* irun dídì (“braided hair”)
* onídìrí (“hairdresser”)
* àdìmọ́lẹ̀ (“cornrows”)
* ìdì
* ìdìpọ̀

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

di
* (transitive) to defeat, to conquer, to vanquish

### Etymology 6
#### Verb

dì
* (intransitive) to coagulate, to solidify

##### Derived terms

* adì

### Etymology 7
#### Verb

dì
* (intransitive) to win a game

## Zhuang
### Etymology

Compare Cantonese 啲 (di1, “a few; a bit”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /ti˨˦/
* Tone numbers: di$^1$
* Hyphenation: di

### Classifier

di (Sawndip form 的, 1957–1982 spelling di)
* a bit of; a little; some

### Adverb

di (Sawndip form 的, 1957–1982 spelling di)
* a little more

## Zia
### Etymology

From Proto-Trans-New Guinea *titi.

### Noun

di
* tooth