di-
English
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).
Prefix
di-
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Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through”).
Prefix
di-
- A form of dia- before a vowel
- diactinic
- dielectric
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Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).
Prefix
di-
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Danish
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di-
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Dutch
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
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di-
French
Prefix
di-
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German
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
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di-
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Further reading
- “di-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Indonesian
Prefix
di-
- (third person) Patient focus, used in an OVA sentence.
- dimakan ― to be eaten
Usage notes
Frequently but erroneously called "passive voice", always accompanied with oleh and exclusively used with third-person.
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i
Prefix
di-
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Malay
Pronunciation
Prefix
di- (Jawi spelling -د)
- (third person) Patient focus, used in an OVA sentence.
- Pintu itu dibuka olehnya.
- That door was opened by him.
Usage notes
Frequently but erroneously called "passive voice", always accompanied with oleh and exclusively used with third-person.
Derived terms
Navajo
Etymology 1
Represents multiple homophonous thematic and aspectual prefixes of position I and VI, whose exact meaning and etymology remain mostly speculative.
Prefix
di- (position I)
- fire, near or into it
- diidiłjeeh ― to make a fire
► Navajo verbs with disjunct prefix di-
di- (position VI)
Young and Morgan (1987) identify 14 or so thematic prefixes, among others:
- fire, light
- diidiłjeeh ― to make a fire
- arms and legs
- dilʼéés ― to step, to place one's foot
- extension, elongated shape
- noise, sound, oral, food, sensory
- dilwosh ― to shout
- disééh ― to belch
- yidiitsʼį́į́h ― to hear it
- color (see also dini-)
- dinilgai ― whitish
- relinquishment, relief
- yą́ą́ʼdíłgééd ― to uncover it by digging
- bidizóóh ― to subtract it
- sanctity
- diyin ― holy
- Unclassified, often entering in the formation of other prefix compounds
Four modal-aspectual uses are also distinguished:
- Forms a number of inceptive verbs, with a (Ø/si) paradigm.
- dighááh ― to start to go
- Forms a number of inchoative verbs, with prepounded dah and a transitional (yii/yii) paradigm.
- Forms the future mode of all active verbs along with the progressive yi-.
- doogááł ― he will go
- didoogááł ― he will start to go
- dah didoogááł ― he will start off
- Forms a number of neuter adjectivals.
- dijool ― spherical, chubby
► Navajo verbs with prefix di-
Etymology 2
Probably cognate with a prefix of similar shape occurring in other Athabascan languages a reflexive possessive pronoun.
Probably cognate with classifier -d- marking passive and reflexive verbs.
Prefix
di- (position IV)
- Personal prefix used in combination with the prefix of position I à-, marking the reflexive verbs. It always triggers a classifier shift (Ø → d, ł → l).
- yishchʼid ― I'm scratching it
- nishchʼid ― I'm scratching you
- ádíshchʼid ― I'm scratching myself
- ánáádíshchʼid ― I'm scratching myself again
Northern Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *jí-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix
di-
- Class 8 noun prefix.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).
Prefix
di-
- di- (two, twice or double)
Derived terms
Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *jí-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix
di-
- Class 8 noun prefix.
Spanish
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”).
Prefix
di-
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Etymology 2
Prefix
di-
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Tswana
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *jí-, plus augment. Originally the pronominal and verbal concord, it displaced the older Bantu noun prefix *bì-. The tone was lowered by analogy with other noun prefixes.
Prefix
di-
- Class 8 noun prefix.
Welsh
Pronunciation
Prefix
di-
Derived terms
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- en:Two
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Danish lemmas
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- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- French lemmas
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- German terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- de:Two
- Indonesian lemmas
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- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Rhymes:Italian/i
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- Malay 1-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Malay terms with usage examples
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo prefixes
- Navajo terms with usage examples
- Northern Sotho terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Northern Sotho terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Sotho lemmas
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- Sotho entries with incorrect language header
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Sotho terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Sotho terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Tswana terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Tswana terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
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