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día

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "dia"

Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin dies.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdia/
  • Syllabification: dí‧a
  • Rhymes: -ia

Noun

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día

  1. day

Asturian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdia/ [ˈd̪i.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: dí‧a

Noun

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día m (plural díes)

  1. day

See also

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Catalan

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Noun

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día m (plural díes)

  1. obsolete spelling of dia [–19th c.]
    • 1904, Ramón Bartomeus, Lo Gran día: sarsuela de costums catalanas en dos actes‎[1], Biblioteca L'Escón, page 37:
      Avuy será un día de moltas trifulgas, més de quatre cops me veuré obligat á intervenir ab los assumptos del poble, […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dia, from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs, reformed from the accusative diem, from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous (“day, sky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈdia/ [ˈd̪i.ɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ia
    • Hyphenation: dí‧a

    Noun

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    día m (plural días)

    1. day (24 hours)
    2. period of light, when the sun is above the horizon
      Antonym: noite

    Derived terms

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    References

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    Ladino

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    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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    día m

    1. day

    Old Irish

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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      From Proto-Celtic *dyīus (compare Welsh dydd), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-. Cognate with Latin diēs.

      Noun

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      día (gender unknown)

      1. day
        Synonym: lá
      Inflection
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      Unknown gender irregular
      singular dual plural
      nominative día, die — —
      vocative — —
      accusative dé, dei — —
      genitive día, die — —
      dative dé, dei — —
      Initial mutations of a following adjective:
      • H = triggers aspiration
      • L = triggers lenition
      • N = triggers nasalization
      Descendants
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      • Irish: dia

      Further reading

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      Etymology 2

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        From Proto-Celtic *deiwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit दे॒व (devá), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to shine”).

        Noun

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        día m (genitive dé, nominative plural dé)

        1. god

        For quotations using this term, see Citations:día.

        Declension
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        Masculine o-stem
        singular dual plural
        nominative día díaL déL
        vocative dé díaL déuH
        accusative díaN díaL déuH
        genitive déL día díaN, dea
        dative díaL déib déib
        Initial mutations of a following adjective:
        • H = triggers aspiration
        • L = triggers lenition
        • N = triggers nasalization
        Derived terms
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        Descendants
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        Further reading

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        Mutation

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        Mutation of día
        radical lenition nasalization
        día día
        pronounced with /ðʲ-/        		 ndía

        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

        Spanish

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        Inherited from Old Spanish dia, from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Old Occitan dia and Old Galician-Portuguese dia. Not cognate with English day.

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /ˈdia/ [ˈd̪i.a]
        • Audio (Spain):(file)
        • Rhymes: -ia
        • Syllabification: dí‧a

        Noun

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        día m (plural días)

        1. day (any period of 24 hours)
        2. day (a period from midnight to the following midnight)
          • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, chapter I, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha [ The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha], Primera parte, Madrid: Imprenta de Juan de la Cuesta:
            El resto della concluían sayo de velarte, calzas de velludo para las fiestas, con sus pantuflos de lo mesmo, y los días de entresemana se honraba con su vellorí de lo más fino.
            The rest of it went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match for the holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best homespun.
          • 2025 March 17, “Así es el CECOT, la megaprisión de El Salvador que construyó Nayib Bukele para encerrar a pandilleros”, in CNN en Español‎[2]:
            El proyecto del CECOT fue presentado días después. El estado de excepción sería por 30 días, pero continúa hasta el día de hoy.
            The CECOT project was presented days later. The state of exception was supposed to last for 30 days, but it continues to this day.
        3. day (rotational period of a planet)
        4. day (the part of a day period which one spends at work, school, etc.)
          Synonym: jornada
        5. day, daytime (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)
          Antonym: noche

        Derived terms

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        Descendants

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        • Papiamentu: dia
        • → Sardinian: dia (Campidanese)

        Further reading

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