dî

See also: Appendix:Variations of "di"

Emilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiː/

Verb

dî

1. inflection of dîr:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Noun

dî m (plural dî) (Carpi, Mirandola, Modena, Reggio Emilia)

1. finger

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin dīcere (“say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiː/

Verb

dî

1. (transitive) to say

Conjugation

This is a highly irregular verb with some regular -â paradigms. This verb is conjugated similarly to fâ, but this verb has irregular lengthenings only in indicative present and imperative stems was conjugated like as mentioned above.

Conjugation of dî (fourth conjugation without infix, irregular)

infinitive			dî
gerund			dînt
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		dit		dits
		feminine		dide		didis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o dîs	tu disis	al/e dîs	o disìn	o disês	a disin
	imperfect	o disevi	tu disevis	al/e diseve	o disevin	o disevis	a disevin
	simple past	o disei	tu diseris	al/e disè	o diserin	o diseris	a diserin
	future	o disarai	tu disarâs	al/e disarà	o disarìn	o disarês	a disaran
	conditional	o disarès	tu disaressis	al/e disarès	o disaressin	o disaressis	a disaressin
subjunctive		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o disi	tu disis	al/e disi	o disìn	o disês	a disin
	imperfect	o disès	tu disessis	al/e disès	o disessin	o disessis	a disessin
imperative		–	tu	–	nô	vô	–
		–	dìs	–	dìn	dìt	–

Derived terms

• stradî

Related terms

• dit

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin diū (“long, a while”). Compare Romansh ditg.

Adverb

dî

1. (Badiot) long (having a duration in time), for a long time

   Tan dî aste pa da gní ca? ― How long does it take you to get here?

   Baié dî de valch. ― To speak for for a long time about something .

2. (Badiot) in a long time

   I ne sun dî nia plu stat a New York. ― I haven't been to New York in a long time.

Alternative forms

• giut (Gherdëina)
• dio (Maró)
• al lonch (Fascian)
• alalongia (Fodom)
• a ra longa (Anpezan)

Ligurian

Etymology

From a contraction of Latin dīcere, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti (“to show, point out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diː/

Verb

dî

1. (ambitransitive) to say, tell
   • 14^th–15^th century, anonymous author, “Vita de san Zoane Batesto [Life of saint John the Baptist]”, in Omelie latine, con miniat[ure] rappresentanti i vizî e le virtù ed alcuni episodi della vita di Gesù Cristo, con le relative illustrazioni in volgare – Il Passio secondo S. Matteo e varie preci latine – Oremus tradotti in volgare – Leggenda di S. Giov. Battista (manuscript), Parte prima [First part], page 151:

     dixem li ſancti de meſſer ſan zoane che ello fo lo piu ſingular homo chi may naſcece in queſto mondo. ſaluo la peꝛſona de xp̄e.

     [Dixen li santi, de messer san Zoane, che ello fu lo più singular omo chi mai nascece in questo mondo, salvo la persona de Criste.]

     The saints say, about sir saint John, that he was the most peculiar man to ever have been born in this world, except for Christ himself.

2. (ambitransitive) to recite
3. (ambitransitive) to mean
4. (ambitransitive) to think
5. (ambitransitive) to admit
6. inflection of dî:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dî (fourth conjugation)

infinitive	dî
auxiliary verb		avéi		gerund		dixéndo
present participle		dixénte		past participle		dîto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	lê o/a	noî, niâtri	voî, viâtri	lô, liâtri
present	dìggo	ti dîxi	dîxe	dìmmo	dî	dîxan
imperfect	dixéiva, dixéivo	ti dixéivi	dixéiva	dixéivimo	dixéivi	dixéivan
future	diö	ti diæ	diâ	diêmo	diéi	diàn
conditional	mi	ti	lê o/a	noî, niâtri	voî, viâtri	lô, liâtri
present	diéiva, diæ	ti diêsci	diéiva, diæ	diêscimo	diêsci	diéivan
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che lê o/a	che noî, che niâtri	che voî, che viâtri	che lô, che liâtri
present	dìgghe	ti dìgghi	dìgghe	dìmmo, dìgghimo†	dî, dìgghi†	dìggan, dìgghen†
imperfect	dixésse	ti dixéssi	dixésse	dixéscimo	dixésci	dixéssan
imperative		ti	lê o/a	noî, niâtri	voî, viâtri	lô, liâtri
	—	dìnne	dìgghe	dìmmo	dî	dìggan, dìgghen†

Sicilian

Preposition

dî

1. contraction of di +‎ li, literally “of the”

See also

Sicilian definite articled prepositions

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
	u / lu	a / la	i / li
a	ô (older also: a lu)	â (older also: a la)	ê (older also: a li)
di	dû (older also: di lu)	dâ (older also: di la)	dî (older also: di li)
cu	cû (older also: cu lu)	câ (older also: cu la)	chî (older also: cu li)
pi	pû (older also: pi lu)	pâ (older also: pi la)	pî (older also: pi li)
nna	nnô (older also: nna lu)	nnâ (older also: nna la)	nnê (older also: nna li)
nni	nnû (older also: nni lu)	nnâ (older also: nni la)	nnî (older also: nni li)

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Noun

dî

1. camel

References

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad