Dia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dia"

English

Proper noun

Dia

  1. A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Dia terms

Anagrams

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(key): /d̥iːɐ̯/
  • Homophone: Tier

Noun

Dia f (plural Dian)

  1. door (rigid plane on a hinge)
  2. door; doorway (passage that can be blocked with such a plane)

German

Etymology

Clipping of Diapositiv

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiː.a/
  • (file)

Noun

Dia n (strong, genitive Dias, plural Dias)

  1. 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 *dēwos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲiə/

Proper noun

Dia m (genitive )

  1. God
    Proverb: Dia láidir is máthair mhaith aige.God is strong and He has a good mother.
    Go gcuidí Dia leo.May God help them.

Declension

  • Alternative vocative singular:

Derived terms

  • dia (a god)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Dia Dhia nDia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῖα (Dîa).

Proper noun

Dīa f sg (genitive Dīae); first declension

  1. A small island off the coast of Crete
  2. A city in Chersonesus
Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Dīa
Genitive Dīae
Dative Dīae
Accusative Dīam
Ablative Dīā
Vocative Dīa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Dīa

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of Dīon

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

  1. Alternative spelling of Día

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Dia Dia
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
nDia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

Dia m (genitive singular Dhè or , plural Diathan)

  1. God

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
DiaDhia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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