dei

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See also: Dei, déi, dèi, deî, dēi, děi, de'i, and dei-

Basque

Noun

dei ?

  1. call (clarification of this definition is needed)

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Noun

dei m (plural deis, feminine déôsse)

  1. a god

See also

  • Dei, the monotheist God of the Bible

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

dei f (plural deis)

  1. dey (clarification of this definition is needed)

Edopi

Noun

dei

  1. cassowary

Further reading

Galician

Verb

dei

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Ido

Noun

dei

  1. plural of deo

Italian

Etymology 1

Derived from di (“of”, possession preposition) + i (“the”, definite masculine plural article)

Alternative forms

  • de' (truncation)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdei/, [ˈd̪ei̯]
  • Hyphenation: déi

Contraction

dei

  1. contraction of di i; of the, from the

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛi/, [ˈd̪ɛi̯]
  • Hyphenation: dèi

Noun

dei m pl (archaic dii)

  1. plural of dio
Usage notes

The form of the definite article used with this word is gli.

Gli dei sono scontenti. ― The gods are displeased.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdei/, [ˈd̪ei̯]
  • Hyphenation: déi

Verb

dei

  1. (archaic) second-person singular present of dovere
    Synonym: devi

Japanese

Romanization

dei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of でい

Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) deī

  1. inflection of deus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

Verb

(deprecated template usage) deī

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of deeō

Lindu

Noun

dei

  1. bunch; cluster

Low German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛɪ̯/, /ˈdaɪ̯/

Article

dei

  1. Alternative form of de

Mandarin

Romanization

dei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dēi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of děi.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English dæġ.

Noun

dei

  1. Alternative form of day

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þeir.

Pronoun

dei

  1. Alternative form of þei

Etymology 3

From Old French de.

Noun

dei

  1. Alternative form of dee

Adverb

dei

  1. up, upward

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þeir.

Pronunciation

Article

dei

  1. the (plural form of den and det, usually used in front of adjectives modifying plural nouns)

Pronoun

dei (genitive deira)

  1. they
    Veit du kvar dei er?
    Do you know where they are?
  2. those
    Dei der borte?
    Those over there?

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
person first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative eg, je1 du han ho det, dat2
accusative meg deg seg han, honom2 ho, henne2 det, dat2
dative2 meg deg seg honom henne di2
genitive min din sin hans hennar, hennes1 dess3
case plural
nominative me, vi de, dokker dei
accusative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg dei, deim2
dative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg deim2
genitive vår, okkar dykkar, dokkar sin deira, deires1
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.

References

Old French

Noun

dei oblique singular, m (oblique plural deis, nominative singular deis, nominative plural dei)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of doit (finger)
    • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 164 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, line 1980:
      Un anel d'or trait de sun dei
      she removed a gold ring from her finger

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

Noun

dei m

  1. day

Inflection

Declension of dei (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative dei degar, dega
genitive deis dega
dative dei degum, degem
accusative dei degar, dega

Descendants

  • North Frisian: däi
    Föhr-Amrum: dai
  • Saterland Frisian: Dai
  • West Frisian: dei

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German dein, English thy.

Adjective

dei

  1. (possessive) your

Inflection

masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative
and
accusative 		dei dei dei dei
dative deim deinre deim deine

Portuguese

Verb

dei

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Scots

Alternative forms

  • dee (more common)

Verb

dei (third-person singular simple present deis, present participle deiin, simple past deid, past participle deed)

  1. (Southern Scots) to die

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Noun

dei m

  1. plural of deu
  2. plural of diu

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English day.

Pronunciation

Noun

dei

  1. day

Derived terms

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

dei

  1. (colloquial) second-person singular future of dod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dei ddei nei unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Noun

dei

  1. Soft mutation of tei.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tei dei nhei thei
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dei, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

Noun

dei c (plural dagen)

  1. day
  2. date

Derived terms

Further reading

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