dis
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[edit] English
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- IPA: /dɪs/
[edit] Etymology 1
Abbreviation of disrespect (originally US black English).
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to dis (third-person singular simple present disses, present participle dissing, simple past and past participle dissed)
- (informal) to diss; to show disrespect
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to diss; to show disrespect
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dis (plural disses)
to diss; to show disrespect
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[edit] Etymology 2
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dis (plural disir)
- Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
- 1851: In Norway the Dîsir appear to have been held in great veneration. — Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology (E Lumley 1851, p. 116)
- 1993: A number of places in Norway and Sweden were also named after the Disir — Hilda Ellis Davidson, The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe (Routledge 1993, p. 113)
- 1997: Bard had prepared a feast for him, because a sacrifice was being made to the disir. — ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 67)
[edit] Etymology 3
Representing a colloquial pronunciation of this.
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dis
[edit] Afrikaans
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dis
[edit] French
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dis
- First-person singular present indicative of dire.
- Second-person singular present indicative of dire.
- First-person singular past historic of dire.
- Second-person singular past historic of dire.
- Second-person singular imperative of dire.
[edit] Galician
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dis
- second-person singular present indicative of dicir.
[edit] Latin
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- IPA: /dɪs/
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dis
- rich, wealthy
- Apud Helvetios longe nobilissimus fuit et ditissimus Orgetorix. By far the noblest and wealthiest man among the Helvetii was Orgetorix. — Caesar, The Gallic War, I.ii
[edit] Nigerian Pidgin
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dis
[edit] Swedish
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| Declination for dis | Singular | Uncountable | ||
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| Nominative | dis | diset | ||
| Genitive | dis | disets | ||
dis n. (uncountable)
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