dy

See also: Dy, DY, dý, dŷ, d.y., d'y, and dy.

English

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

dy

1. Obsolete form of die.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […]

Etymology 2

Clipping of already.

Adverb

dy

1. (text messaging) already

Anagrams

• yd, yd.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dij, from Middle Dutch die, from Old Dutch *thio, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [də̟i̯]

• Audio:

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Noun

dy (plural dye, diminutive dytjie)

1. thigh

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Albanian

Albanian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dy     Ordinal : dytë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *duwō masc, *duwai fem, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Matzinger reconstructs *duu̯a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy/

Numeral

dy

1. two

Related terms

• dytë

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Danish

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from Middle Low German dōgen (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Germanic *daugijaną, cognate with Dutch dogen (dialect).

Verb

dy (past tense dyede, past participle dyet)

1. (reflexive) to restrain oneself, to help oneself
   • 2012, Richard Russo, Åndernes rige, Klim →ISBN

     Han er egentlig for klog til det, men han kan ikke dy sig.

     He is actually too clever for it, but he cannot help himself.

   • 2010, Mette Winge, Et udestående: - en provisorietidsroman, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN

     Han var lige ved at tilføje at der ikke havde været anført noget om sagen i de franske aviser, men han dyede sig, for politiinspektøren hørte ikke til dem man opmuntrede med vitser.

     He was just about to add that there had been no note of the case in the French papers, but he restrained himself, for the police inspector did not belong to those people that one cheered up with jokes.

   • 2009, Hanne Reintoft, Hjertebånd, ArtPeople →ISBN

     De havde dyet sig og nøjedes med den tilmålte ration uden at stikke fingrene hverken i slunkne melsække eller halvtomme sulekar.

     They had restrained themselves and made do with the measured ration without sticking their fingers in lacking flour bags, nor in half-empty meat jars.

Inflection

Inflection of dy

	present	past
simple	dyer or dyr	dyede
perfect	har dyet	havde dyet
passive	—	—
participle	-	dyet
imperative	dy	—
infinitive	dy	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	—	—

References

• “dy” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Egyptian

Romanization

dy

1. Template:egy-alt

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɨ/

Adverb

dy

1. Alternative form of gdy.

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “dy”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “dy”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

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Middle English

Noun

dy

1. Alternative form of dee

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Middle French

Verb

dy

1. first-person singular present indicative of dire

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dý, related to dyja (“to shake, tremble”), from Proto-Germanic *dūjan- (“to tremble”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist”).

Noun

dy c

1. mud, mire, sludge

Declension

Declension of dy

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dy	dys
	definite	dyn	dyns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

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Traveller Norwegian

Etymology

Inherited from Romani duj.

Numeral

dy

1. two

Related terms

• dypansj

References

• “dy” in Norwegian Romani Dictionary.
• “dy” in Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok, Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket.

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Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Article

dy (definite, feminine and plural form of dyr)

1. The; declined form of dyr

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tou- (“your”); compare Cornish dha, Breton da, Irish do. See ti (“you”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də/
  • IPA^(key): /də/, (before a vowel) /d/

Determiner

dy

1. your (singular, familiar)

   dy dŷ du di ― your black house

Usage notes

Dy triggers the soft mutation. Di often appears after the noun.

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West Frisian

Etymology 1

Compare Dutch die.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɘ/

Determiner

dy

1. that, those

Inflection

• Common singular: dy
• Neuter singular: dat
• Plural: dy

Further reading

• “dy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛi̯/
• IPA^(key): /di/

Pronoun

dy

1. object of do

Further reading

• “dy (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , possibly from the instrumental interrogative , with the initial h- replaced by the þ- from the forms of *sa. The modern Westrobothnian form with d- instead of t- (see ) probably evolved thus: við því → við ðví → modern ve ‿ dy/di "with that".