dia

See also Appendix:Variations of "dia"

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin diēs.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iə

Noun

dia m (plural dies)

1. day

Derived terms

• migdia

See also

• (days of the week) dia de la setmana; dilluns, dimarts, dimecres, dijous, divendres, dissabte, diumenge ^{(Category: ca:Days of the week)}

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Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of diapositief.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdi.aː/

Noun

dia m (plural dia's, diminutive diaatje)

1. (photography) slide

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Esperanto

Adjective

dia (plural diaj, accusative singular dian, accusative plural diajn)

1. godly, of or pertaining to God or gods, divine

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Finnish

Etymology

Shortened from diapositiivi, probably after the international example.

Noun

dia

1. (photography) slide

Declension

Declension of dia (type kala) singular plural nominative dia diat genitive dian diojen diain1 partitive diaa dioja accusative dia dian diat inessive diassa dioissa elative diasta dioista illative diaan dioihin adessive dialla dioilla ablative dialta dioilta allative dialle dioille essive diana dioina translative diaksi dioiksi instructive – dioin abessive diatta dioitta comitative – dioineen 1) Rare.

Synonyms

(slide) diakuva, (dated) kuultokuva

See also

• nega
• negatiivi

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Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from diapozitív, probably after the German example.

Noun

dia

1. slide

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dia, cognate with ia, -nya, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dia/

Pronoun

dia

1. he

   Dia sedang kelaparan.

   He is starving now.

2. she

   Dia suka musik pop.

   She loves pop music.

Synonyms

• ia
• beliau

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish día, from Proto-Celtic *dēwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit देव (devá), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [dʲiə]

Noun

dia m (genitive dé, nominative plural déithe)

1. a god

Declension

Declension of dia

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dia déithe Vocative a dhia a dhéithe Genitive dé déithe Dative dia déithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dia na déithe Genitive an dé na ndéithe Dative leis an dia don dia leis na déithe

Related terms

• Dia (“God”) (as a proper noun)

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.

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Italian

Verb form

dia

1. first-person singular, second-person singular and third-person singular present subjunctive of dare
2. third-person singular imperative of dare

Anagrams

• adì, dai, Ida

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Latin

Adjective

dia

1. nominative feminine singular of dius
2. nominative neuter plural of dius
3. accusative neuter plural of dius
4. vocative feminine singular of dius
5. vocative neuter plural of dius

diā

1. ablative feminine singular of dius

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Malay

Etymology

Cognate with ia, -nya, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /diə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /dia/
• Rhymes: -iə, -jə, -ə

Pronoun

dia

1. he, she

See also

Malay personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	familiar	aku / اکو	kami / کامي (exclusive) kita / کيت (inclusive)
	polite	saya / ساي
2nd person	familiar	engkau / اڠکاو kamu / کامو awak / اوق
	polite	anda / اندا
3rd person		dia / دي ia / اي -nya / -ڽ	mereka / مريک

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Mandarin

Romanization

dia

1. Nonstandard spelling of diǎ.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin dīēs (“day”).

Noun

dia m (oblique plural dias, nominative singular dias, nominative plural dia)

1. day (period of 24 hours)

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Portuguese

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Etymology

From Latin diēs (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyeu- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdi.ɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi.a/
• (Carioca) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
• (Nordestino) IPA: /ˈdi.a/
• (Caipira) IPA: /ˈdi.a/

Noun

dia m (plural dias)

1. Period of daylight: day
   • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 5th canto:

     Trazia o Sol o dia celebrado / Em que tres Reis das partes do Oriente,

     The Sun brought the celebrated day / In which three Kings from the East,

1. Period of rotation of a planet: day (especially, Earth’s 24-hour day).
   • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 5th canto:

     Mas logo ao outro dia ſeus parceiros / Todos nús, & da cor da eſcura treua,

     But just the other day his partners / All nake, & coloured as the dark darkness,

Antonyms

• (period of daylight) noite

Derived terms

• dia-a-dia

Related terms

• diário, diurno, cotidiano

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʲia/

Noun

dia m (genitive dè, plural diathan)

1. god, deity

Derived terms

• ban-dia

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Spanish

Noun

dia

1. Common misspelling of día.

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Tolai

Alternative forms

• diat (when not preceding a verb)

Pronoun

dia

1. Third-person plural pronoun: they (many), them (many)

Declension

Tolai personal pronouns

	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person exclusive	iau	amir mir	amital mital	avet ave1
1st person inclusive	-	dor	datal	dat da1
2nd person	u	amur mur	amutal mutal	avat ava1
3rd person	ia i	dir di	dital	diat dia1
1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

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Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdi.a/

Verb

go dia

1. to delay