だい

See also: たい, tai, タイ, and Appendix:Variations of "tai"

Japanese

Etymology 1

Compound of だ (da, the plain-form copula or "to be" verb) +‎ い (emphatic particle, used in compounds with certain sentence-ending particles to create a familiar effect).[1][2]

Attested since at least 1809.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [da̠i]

Particle

だい • (dai) 

  1. [from 1908] (informal, men's speech) an interrogative particle
    どうしたんだい？
    Dō shita n dai?
    What’s the matter?
  2. [from 1809] (dated) a particle used to state something with conviction
    そんなのはいらねえってんだい。
    Sonna no wa iranē tte n dai.
    I don't need that stuff.

See also

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of だい – see the following entries.
【代】3
[noun] price
[noun] generation of a family
[noun] reign of a royal
[noun] decade
[noun] era
[counter] generation of a royal family
[counter] era, age, decade
[suffix] charge, fare, rate, fee, price, rent
[suffix] (indicating years spanning a specific period) -ies, -hundreds
【台】2
[counter] machines, especially vehicles or computers
[suffix] tables, beds
[suffix] level, especially of price
[suffix] period of time in a person's life
【題】3
[noun] title
[noun] theme
[noun] issue
[noun] problem
[counter] questions on a test
[suffix] question on a test
[suffix] (calligraphy) calligraphy by […]
【大】1
[prefix] big, large
[prefix] the large part of
[prefix] (religion) arch-
[suffix] Abbreviation of 大学 (daigaku, “university”).
Alternative spelling
die
【第】3
[prefix] ordinal marker, often with affix 号
Alternative spelling
㐧
(This term, だい, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as だい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as だい.)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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