dhi

Translingual

Symbol

dhi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Dhimal.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dhimal terms

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðiː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *aidzijā, cognate to Ancient Greek αἴξ (aíx) and Old Armenian այծ (ayc, “goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“goat”). The word may also be an ancient adjective like Ancient Greek αἴγειος (aígeios), similar to shtërpi (“reptile”).

Noun

dhi f (plural dhi, definite dhia, definite plural dhitë)

1. goat, she-goat, nanny goat

   Synonym: cikë

   Coordinate term: cjap (“he-goat”)

Declension

Declension of dhi

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dhi	dhia	dhi	dhitë
accusative		dhinë
dative	dhie	dhisë	dhive	dhive
ablative			dhish

Derived terms

• dhiar
• dhirë
• dhiri
• dhirtë
• dhizë
• gunëdhirë
• xindhi

Further reading

• Bardhi, Frang (1635), Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “capra — ξia”

Etymology 2

Verb

dhi (aorist dheva, participle dhinë)

1. Gheg form of dhjes

   Mos i dhi në të.

   Don't shit on it. ~ Don't mess it up/bullshit.

Irish

Alternative forms

• di

Etymology

From Old Irish di.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɪ/
• (Aran also) IPA^(key): /jiː/
• (Cois Fharraige also) IPA^(key): /ɣiː/, /iː/

Pronoun

dhi (emphatic dhise)

1. third-person singular feminine of de: from/of her, from/of it f
2. third-person singular feminine of do: to/for her, to/for it f

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• di

Etymology

From Old Irish dí. Cognates include Irish di.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʝi(h)/

Pronoun

dhi

1. third-person singular feminine of do: to her, for her

Inflection

Personal inflection of do

	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		dhomh	dhòmhsa
	second		dhut	dhutsa
	third	m	dha	dhàsan
		f	dhi	dhìse
plural	first		dhuinn	dhuinne
	second		dhuibh	dhuibhse
	third		dhaibh	dhaibhsan