dei
Basque
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /dei̯/, [d̪e̞i̯]
Declension
indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | dei | deia | deiak |
ergative | deik | deiak | deiek |
dative | deiri | deiari | deiei |
genitive | deiren | deiaren | deien |
comitative | deirekin | deiarekin | deiekin |
causative | deirengatik | deiarengatik | deiengatik |
benefactive | deirentzat | deiarentzat | deientzat |
instrumental | deiez | deiaz | deiez |
inessive | deitan | deian | deietan |
locative | deitako | deiko | deietako |
allative | deitara | deira | deietara |
terminative | deitaraino | deiraino | deietaraino |
directive | deitarantz | deirantz | deietarantz |
destinative | deitarako | deirako | deietarako |
ablative | deitatik | deitik | deietatik |
partitive | deirik | — | — |
prolative | deitzat | — | — |
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).
Declension
Declension of dei | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | dei | dei | dei | deine |
dative | deim | deiner | deim | deine |
accusative | dein | dei | dei | deine |
See also
attributive (nominative case) | independent | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | |||
1st person singular | mei | meine | meins | |
2nd person singular (informal) |
dei | deine | deins | |
2nd person singular (formal) |
Eahna | Eahnare | Eahnas | |
3rd person singular | m, n | sei | seine | seins |
f | ihr | ihre | ihrs | |
1st person plural | unsa | unsare | unsas | |
2nd person plural | eia | eire | eias | |
3rd person plural | eahna | eahnare | eahnas |
Bourguignon
See also
- Dei, the monotheist God of the Bible
Catalan
Edopi
Further reading
- Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)
Galician
Ido
Italian
Alternative forms
- de' (truncation)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdej/, °/ˈdej/[1]
- Rhymes: -ej
- Hyphenation: déi
Contraction
dei
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
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)
Verb
dei
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛj/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛj
- Hyphenation: dèi
References
- 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
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈde.iː/, [ˈd̪eiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.i/, [ˈd̪ɛːi]
Mandarin
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
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛɪː/, (unstressed) /dɛɪ/, /dɪ/
Article
dei
Pronoun
dei (genitive deira)
See also
person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
case | plural | |||||
nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 |
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 dei
- she removed a gold ring from her finger
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dag.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German din. Compare German dein, English thy.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdej/ [ˈdeɪ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdɐj/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdej/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdej/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈde/
- Hyphenation: dei
Swahili
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dei̯/
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian dei.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dɛi̯/, /dai̯/
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dei”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
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