dis

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

Abbreviation of disrespect (originally US black English).

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dis (third-person singular simple present disses, present participle dissing, simple past and past participle dissed)

  1. (informal) alternative spelling of diss; to show disrespect
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to diss; to show disrespect

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dis (plural disses)

  1. a diss, an expression of disrespect
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to diss; to show disrespect

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse dís.

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dis (plural disir)

  1. 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)

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Representing a colloquial pronunciation of this.

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dis

  1. (slang) this

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dis

  1. dit is (that's)

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dis

  1. imperative of disse

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dis

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dire
  2. second-person singular present indicative of dire
  3. first-person singular past historic of dire
  4. second-person singular past historic of dire
  5. second-person singular imperative of dire

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dis

  1. second-person singular present indicative of dicir

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dis

  1. (cardinal) ten

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[edit] Etymology 1

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dīs m., f., n., (genitive dītis); third declension

  1. 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] Inflection
Number Singular Plural
Case \ Gender M.F. N. MM.FF. NN.
nominative dīs dīs dītēs dītia
genitive dītis dītis dītium dītium
dative dītī dītī dītibus dītibus
accusative dītem dīs dītēs dītia
ablative dītī dītī dītibus dītibus
vocative dīs dīs dītēs dītia

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Inflected form of deus (“god”).

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dīs

  1. dative plural of deus
  2. ablative plural of deus

[edit] Louisiana Creole French

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dis

  1. (cardinal) ten

[edit] Nigerian Pidgin

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From English this

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dis

  1. this

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Latin decem

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dis

  1. ten
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From the verb dire

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dis

  1. First-person singular present indicative of dire
  2. Second-person singular present indicative of dire
  3. Second-person singular present imperative of dire

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dis m.

  1. (music) D sharp

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dis n. (uncountable)

  1. haze; a thin fog
  2. indefinite genitive singular of di

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Declension of dis
uncountable uncountable
Neuter indefinite definite
nominative dis diset
genitive dis disets

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dis

  1. under
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