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daie (archaic)

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English day, from Old English dæġ (“day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʰ- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian dei (“day”), Dutch dag (“day”), German Tag (“day”), Swedish dag (“day”), Icelandic dagur (“day”), Sanskrit (dāhas, “heat”).

Not related to Latin dies (from Proto-Indo-European *dyeu- (“to shine”)).

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enPR: dā, IPA: /deɪ/, SAMPA: /deI/
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Rhymes: -eɪ

[edit] Noun

day (plural days)

Any period of 24 hours.

I've been here for 2 and a bit days.
A period from midnight to the following midnight.

The day begins at midnight.
(astronomy) Rotational period of a planet (especially earth).

A day on Mars is slightly over 24 hours.
The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.

I worked two days last week.
Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight, daytime.

day and night.

I work at night and sleep during the day.
A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.

Every dog has its day.
A period of contention of a day or less.

The day belonged to the Allies.

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[edit] Translations

period of 24 hours

Abkhaz: амш (ab) (amš)
Afrikaans: dag (af)
Amharic: ቀን (qän)
Anglo-Norman: jur
Arabic: يَوْمٌ (yaum) m.

Egyptian Arabic: يوم (yoom) m., ايام (eyam) f. pl.
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܝܘܡܐ (yawmā’) m.

Hebrew: יומא (yawmā’) m.
Armenian: օր (òr)
Aromanian: dzuã
Asturian: día (ast) m.
Azeri:

Cyrillic: ҝүн (az)

Roman: gün (az)
Basque: egun (eu)
Baure: roseskoner
Breton: deiz (br) m., devezh (br) m.
Bulgarian: денонощие (bg)
Campidanese Sardinian: dí
Catalan: dia (ca) m., jorn (ca) m.
Chamicuro: senesyako
Chinese:

Cantonese: 日 (jat6)

Mandarin: 日 (cmn) (rì), 天 (cmn) (tiān)

Min Nan: please add this translation if you can
Crimean Tatar: kün
Czech: den (cs) m.
Danish: døgn (da) n., dag (da) c.
Dutch: dag (nl) m., etmaal (nl) n.
Egyptian: hrw
Esperanto: tago (eo)
Estonian: ööpäev (et), päev (et)
Ewe: ŋkeke n.
Faroese: dagur (fo) m.
Fijian: siga (fj)
Finnish: päivä (fi), vuorokausi (fi)
French: jour (fr) m., journée (fr) f.
Friulian: dì
Galician: día (gl) m.
Georgian: დღე (ka) (dḡe)
German: Tag (de) m.
Greek: ημέρα (el) f. (iméra); μέρα (el) f. (méra); εικοσιτετράωρο (el) n. (eikositetráoro); ημερονύχτιο (el) n. (imeroníchtio);
Greenlandic: ulloq (kl)
Hebrew: יממה (yemama) f.; יום (yom) m.
Hindi: दिन (hi) (din) m.
Hungarian: nap (hu)
Icelandic: dagur (is) m.
Ido: jorno (io)
Ilocano: aldaw
Indonesian: hari (id)
Irish: lá (ga) m.
Italian: giorno (it) m.
Japanese: 日 (ja) (hi)

Khmer: ថ្ងៃ (tngai)
Korean: 일 주야 (iljuya, 一晝夜)
Kurdish: رۆژ (ku)
Lao: ວັນ (lo) (wan)
Latgalian: dīna f.
Latin: dies (la) m. and f., lux (la) f.
Latvian: diena (lv) f., diennakts (lv)
Limburgish: daag (li)
Lithuanian: para (lt), diena (lt) f.
Lojban: djedi (jbo)
Lower Sorbian: źeń m.
Malay: hari (ms)
Nahuatl: tonalli
Navajo: jį́
Norwegian: dag (no) m., døgn (no) n.
Occitan: jorn (oc) m.
Old Church Slavonic: дьнь (dĭnĭ) m.
Old French: jor
Old Frisian: di
Old Provençal: jorn
Ottoman Turkish: روز (rûz), یوم (yevm), ایام (eyyâm), گون (gün)
Papiamentu: día
Persian: روز (fa) (ruz)
Polish: dzień (pl) m., doba (pl) f.
Portuguese: dia (pt) m.
Romanian: zi (ro) f.
Romansch: di (rm)
Russian: сутки (sútki) pl., день (den’) m.
Santali: ᱫᱤᱱ (din)
Scottish Gaelic: latha (gd) m.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дан (sh) m.

Roman: dan (sh) m.
Sicilian: jornu m. , jonnu m.
Slovene: dan (sl)
Spanish: día (es) m.
Sumerian: 𒌓 (UD, U4)
Swahili: siku (sw)
Swedish: dygn (sv) n., dag (sv) c.
Tagalog: araw
Tajik: рӯз (tg)
Tatar: көн (tt)
Thai: วัน (th) (wan), กลางวัน (th) (klaaŋwan)
Tibetan: ཉི་མ (bo) (nyi ma)
Turkish: gün (tr)
Ukrainian: день (uk) (den')
Urdu: دن (ur) (din) m.
Uyghur: كۈن (ug)
Vietnamese: ngày (vi)
Volapük: del (vo)
Welsh: dydd (cy) m., dwthwn (cy) m.
West Frisian: dei (fy) c.
!Xóõ: ǁʻân
Yiddish: טאָג (yi) (tog) m.

period from midnight to the following midnight

Aramaic:

Syriac: ܝܘܡܐ (yawmā’) m.

Hebrew: יומא (yawmā’) m.
Armenian: օր (òr)
Basque: egun (eu)
Belarusian: дзень (be) (dzen') m.
Bulgarian: денонощие (bg) n.
Catalan: dia (ca) m., jorn m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. 一天, simpl. 一天 (pinyin: yì tiān)
Czech: den (cs) m.
Danish: døgn (da) n., dag (da) c.
Dutch: dag (nl) m., etmaal (nl) n.
Estonian: päev (et), ööpäev (et)
Ewe: ŋkeke n.
Finnish: päivä (fi), vuorokausi (fi)
French: jour (fr) m.
German: Tag (de) m.
Greek: ημέρα (el) f. (iméra); μέρα (el) f. (méra); εικοσιτετράωρο (el) n. (eikositetráoro); ημερονύχτιο (el) n. (imeroníchtio);
Hebrew: יממה (yemama) f.; יום (yom) m.
Hindi: दिन (hi) (din) m.
Hungarian: nap (hu)
Ilocano: aldaw
Irish: lá (ga) m.
Japanese: 日 (ja) (ひ, hi)
Korean: 일 (il, 日), 날 (nal), 하루 (haru)

Lao: ວັນ (lo) (wan)
Latvian: diena (lv) f.
Limburgish: daag (li)
Lithuanian: diena (lt) f.
Lojban: djedi (jbo)
Lower Sorbian: źeń m.
Malay: hari (ms)
Norwegian: døgn (no) n., dag (no) m.
Old Church Slavonic: дьнь (dĭnĭ) m.
Old Frisian: di
Persian: شبانَه روز (fa)
Polish: dzień (pl) m., doba (pl) f.
Portuguese: dia (pt) m.
Russian: сутки (sútki) pl., день (den’) m.
Scottish Gaelic: latha (gd) m.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дан (sh) m.

Roman: dan (sh) m.
Slovene: dan (sl)
Swedish: dygn (sv) n., dag (sv) c.
Tagalog: araw
Thai: วัน (th) (wan)
Turkish: gün (tr)
Urdu: دن (ur) (din) m.
Vietnamese: ban ngày (vi)
Volapük: del (vo)
West Frisian: dei (fy) c.

rotational period of a planet

Armenian: օր (òr)
Basque: egun (eu)
Bulgarian: денонощие (bg) n.
Catalan: dia (ca) m., jorn m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. 白晝, simpl. 白昼 (pinyin: bái zhòu)
Czech: den (cs) m.
Danish: døgn (da) n.
Dutch: dag (nl) m.
Estonian: päev (et), ööpäev (et)
Ewe: ŋkeke n.
Finnish: vuorokausi (fi)
French: jour (fr) m.
German: Tag (de) m.
Greek: ημέρα (el) f. (iméra); μέρα (el) f. (méra); εικοσιτετράωρο (el) n. (eikositetráoro); ημερονύχτιο (el) n. (imeroníchtio)
Hungarian: nap (hu)
Ilocano: aldaw

Irish: lá (ga) m.
Latin: dies (la)
Latvian: diena (lv) f., diennakts (lv)
Lithuanian: para (lt) f., diena (lt) f.
Lojban: djedi (jbo) fi tu'a lo plini
Malay: hari (ms)
Norwegian: døgn (no) n.
Polish: dzień (pl) m.
Portuguese: dia (pt) m.
Russian: сутки (sútki) pl., день (d'en’) m.
Scottish Gaelic: latha (gd) m.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дан (sh) m.

Roman: dan (sh) m.
Slovene: dan (sl)
Swedish: dygn (sv) n.
Turkish: gün (tr)
Volapük: del (vo)

part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.

Armenian: օր (òr)
Basque: egun (eu), lanegun (eu)
Bulgarian: ден (bg) m.
Catalan: jornada (ca) f.
Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. 一天, simpl. 一天 (pinyin: yì tiān)
Czech: den (cs) m.
Danish: dag (da) c.
Dutch: dag (nl) m.
Estonian: päev (et)
Ewe: ŋkeke n.
Finnish: päivä (fi)
French: jour (fr) m.
German: Tag (de) m.
Greek: ημέρα (el) f. (iméra); μέρα (el) f. (méra)
Hebrew: יום (yom) m.
Hungarian: nap (hu)
Ilocano: aldaw
Irish: lá (ga) m.
Korean: 주간 (jugan, 晝間)

Kurdish: رۆژ (ku)
Latin: dies (la)
Latvian: diena (lv) f.
Malay: hari (ms)
Norwegian: dag (no) m.
Old Frisian: di
Polish: dzień (pl)
Portuguese: dia (pt) m.
Russian: день (d'en’) m.
Scottish Gaelic: latha (gd) m.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дан (sh) m.

Roman: dan (sh) m.
Slovene: dan (sl)
Spanish: día (es)
Swedish: dag (sv) c.
Tagalog: araw
Turkish: gün (tr)
Volapük: del (vo)
West Frisian: dei (fy) c.

period between sunrise and sunset

Aramaic:

Syriac: ܐܝܡܡܐ (’īmāmā’) m.

Hebrew: איממא (’īmāmā’) m.
Armenian: օր (òr), ցերեկ (hy) (c’erek)
Basque: egun (eu)
Bulgarian: ден (bg) m.
Catalan: dia (ca) m., jorn m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. 白天, simpl. 白天 (pinyin: bái tiān)
Czech: den (cs) m.
Danish: dag (da) c.
Dutch: dag (nl) m.
Estonian: päev (et)
Ewe: ŋkeke n.
Finnish: päivä (fi)
French: jour (fr) m.
German: Tag (de) m.
Greek: ημέρα (el) f. (iméra); μέρα (el) f. (méra)
Hebrew: יום (yom) m.
Hungarian: nappal (hu)
Ido: jorno (io)
Ilocano: aldaw
Italian: di (it)
Korean: 낮 (nat)

Latin: dies (la)
Latvian: diena (lv) f.
Lithuanian: diena (lt) f.
Lojban: donri (jbo)
Malay: siang (ms)
Nahuatl: tonalli
Ngarrindjeri: nunggi
Norwegian: dag (no) m.
Old Frisian: di
Persian: روز (fa)
Polish: dzień (pl) m.
Portuguese: dia (pt) m.
Russian: день (den’) m.
Scottish Gaelic: latha (gd) m.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: обданица (sh) f.

Roman: obdanica (sh) f.
Slovene: dan (sl)
Swedish: dag (sv) c.
Tagalog: araw
Turkish: gündüz (tr)
Volapük: del (vo)
West Frisian: dei (fy) c.

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Afrikaans: dag (af)
Albanian: ditë (sq) f.
Guaraní: ára
Hawaiian: lā, ao
Hebrew: יום (yôm) m.
Ido: dio
Indonesian: hari (1,2)
Interlingua: die (ia)
Kurdish: roj
Lakota: ãpetu
Latin: dies (la) m. and f.
Lithuanian: diena (lt)
Livonian: pǟvaīe (1,2,3), pǟva (4,5)
Malayalam: ദിവസം (divasam) (1,2,3), പകല് (pakal) (5)
Maltese: jum, ġurnata

Maori: raa, ao (mi)
Ojibwe: giizhig, giizhigoon pl.
Old English: dæġ m., dōgor n.
Romanian: zi f.
Sardinian:

Campidanese: di m. and f.

Nugorese: díe m. and f.
Slovak: deň m.
Swahili: siku
Telugu: రోజు (rōǧu), దినము (dinamu) (1,2,3,4), పగలు (pagalu) (5)
Thai: วัน (wân), ทิพ (thip), วาร (wān)
Tok Pisin: de (tpi) (1,2,3,4,5)
Tupinambá: 'ara
Ukrainian: день (uk) m. (den’), доба (doba) f.
Welsh: dydd
Wolof: bés

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Most common English words before 1923: def · might · being · #114: day · through · himself · go

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d'ya
yad

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Old English dæġ

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day (plural days)

day

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English: day

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From Old English dæġ.

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day (plural days)

day
(definite singular) today
- A’m sorry, A’ve no seen Angus the day.
  
  I’m sorry, I haven’t seen Angus today.

day

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