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English

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Proper noun

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Dia

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

See also

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Anagrams

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Bavarian

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Alternative forms

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  • Tia (alternative spelling)

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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Dia f (plural Dian)

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

German

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Etymology

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Clipping of Diapositiv.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Dia n (strong, genitive Dias, plural Dias)

  1. slide (transparent image, to be projected to a screen)

Declension

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Declension of Dia [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Dia die Dias
genitive eines des Dias der Dias
dative einem dem Dia den Dias
accusative ein das Dia die Dias

Further reading

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  • Dia” in Duden online
  • Dia” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish Día,[1] from Proto-Celtic *deiwos.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

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Declension of Dia (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Dia
vocative a Dhia
genitive
dative Dia
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Dia
genitive an
dative leis an Dia
don Dia
  • Alternative vocative singular: a Dhé

Derived terms

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Related terms

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  • dia (a god)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of Dia
radical lenition eclipsis
Dia Dhia nDia

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 día”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 81
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 401, page 133

Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῖα (Dîa).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Dīa f sg (genitive Dīae); first declension

  1. A small island off the coast of Crete
  2. a city in Chersonesus
Declension
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First-declension noun, singular only.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Dīa

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of Dīon

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Dia

  1. accusative singular of Zeus

References

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  • 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

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Proper noun

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Dia m

  1. alternative spelling of Día

Mutation

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Mutation of Dia
radical lenition nasalization
Dia Dia
pronounced with /ðʲ-/
nDia

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Noun

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Dia m (genitive singular Dhè or , plural Diathan)

  1. God

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of Dia
radical lenition
Dia Dhia

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

Further reading

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Spanish

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Proper noun

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Dia f

  1. acronym of Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, a Spanish supermarket chain
    Alternative form: DIA