dia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dia"

Catalan

Alternative forms

• día (obsolete)

Etymology

From , from Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈdi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

dia m (plural dies)

1. day (period of 24 hours)
   • 2011, Tobies Grimaltos Mascarós, Idees i paraules: Una filosofia de la vida quotidiana, Universitat de València →ISBN, page 41

     Avui és un dia normal. És un dia en el qual no res (m')ha passat especialment remarcable.

     Today is a normal day. It's a day in which nothing especially remarkable happened (to me).

2. day (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)
   • 2011, Cinto Niqui Espinosa, Fonaments i usos de tecnologia audiovisual digital, Editorial UOC →ISBN, page 362

     En ona llarga durant el dia, a Catalunya, es poden escoltar les emissores Ràdio Montecarlo (RMC), als 216 kHz o Ràdio Alger, als 252 kHz.

     In long wave during the day, in Catalonia, you can hear the broadcasters Ràdio Montecarlo (RMC) at 216 kHz or Ràdio Alger, at 252 kHz.

   Antonym: nit

Derived terms

• bon dia
• diada
• migdia

 

Related terms

• diari
• diürn

 

See also

• (days of the week) dia de la setmana; dilluns, dimarts, dimecres, dijous, divendres, dissabte, diumenge ^{(Category: ca:Days of the week)}

Further reading

• “dia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “dia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of diapositief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.aː/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

dia m (plural dia's, diminutive diaatje n)

1. (photography) slide

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Esperanto

Etymology

From dio +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [ˈdia]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: di‧a

Adjective

dia (accusative singular dian, plural diaj, accusative plural diajn)

1. godly, of or pertaining to God or gods, divine

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Finnish

Etymology

Shortened from diapositiivi, probably after the international example.

Noun

dia

1. (photography) slide

Declension

Inflection of dia (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		dia	diat
genitive		dian	diojen
partitive		diaa	dioja
illative		diaan	dioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		dia	diat
accusative	nom.	dia	diat
	gen.	dian
genitive		dian	diojen diainrare
partitive		diaa	dioja
inessive		diassa	dioissa
elative		diasta	dioista
illative		diaan	dioihin
adessive		dialla	dioilla
ablative		dialta	dioilta
allative		dialle	dioille
essive		diana	dioina
translative		diaksi	dioiksi
abessive		diatta	dioitta
instructive		—	dioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of dia (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative diani diani accusative nom. diani diani gen. diani genitive diani diojeni diainirare partitive diaani diojani inessive diassani dioissani elative diastani dioistani illative diaani dioihini adessive diallani dioillani ablative dialtani dioiltani allative dialleni dioilleni essive dianani dioinani translative diakseni dioikseni abessive diattani dioittani instructive — — comitative — dioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative diasi diasi accusative nom. diasi diasi gen. diasi genitive diasi diojesi diaisirare partitive diaasi diojasi inessive diassasi dioissasi elative diastasi dioistasi illative diaasi dioihisi adessive diallasi dioillasi ablative dialtasi dioiltasi allative diallesi dioillesi essive dianasi dioinasi translative diaksesi dioiksesi abessive diattasi dioittasi instructive — — comitative — dioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative diamme diamme accusative nom. diamme diamme gen. diamme genitive diamme diojemme diaimmerare partitive diaamme diojamme inessive diassamme dioissamme elative diastamme dioistamme illative diaamme dioihimme adessive diallamme dioillamme ablative dialtamme dioiltamme allative diallemme dioillemme essive dianamme dioinamme translative diaksemme dioiksemme abessive diattamme dioittamme instructive — — comitative — dioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dianne dianne accusative nom. dianne dianne gen. dianne genitive dianne diojenne diainnerare partitive diaanne diojanne inessive diassanne dioissanne elative diastanne dioistanne illative diaanne dioihinne adessive diallanne dioillanne ablative dialtanne dioiltanne allative diallenne dioillenne essive diananne dioinanne translative diaksenne dioiksenne abessive diattanne dioittanne instructive — — comitative — dioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative diansa diansa accusative nom. diansa diansa gen. diansa genitive diansa diojensa diainsarare partitive diaansa diojaan diojansa inessive diassaan diassansa dioissaan dioissansa elative diastaan diastansa dioistaan dioistansa illative diaansa dioihinsa adessive diallaan diallansa dioillaan dioillansa ablative dialtaan dialtansa dioiltaan dioiltansa allative dialleen diallensa dioilleen dioillensa essive dianaan dianansa dioinaan dioinansa translative diakseen diaksensa dioikseen dioiksensa abessive diattaan diattansa dioittaan dioittansa instructive — — comitative — dioineen dioinensa

Synonyms

• (slide): diakuva, kuultokuva (dated)

Compounds

• diaheitin
• diakehys
• diakuva
• diapositiivi
• diaprojektori
• diasarja

See also

• nega
• negatiivi

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dja/

Interjection

dia

1. yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn left

Antonyms

• hue

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese dia. Cognates with Kabuverdianu dia.

Noun

dia

1. day (period of 24 hours)
2. day (period between sunrise and sunset)

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Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from diapozitív (“diapositive”), after the German Diapositiv.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdijɒ]
• Hyphenation: dia

Noun

dia (plural diák)

1. (photography) slide, diapositive (transparent plate used with a projector for projecting images)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	dia	diák
accusative	diát	diákat
dative	diának	diáknak
instrumental	diával	diákkal
causal-final	diáért	diákért
translative	diává	diákká
terminative	diáig	diákig
essive-formal	diaként	diákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	diában	diákban
superessive	dián	diákon
adessive	diánál	diáknál
illative	diába	diákba
sublative	diára	diákra
allative	diához	diákhoz
elative	diából	diákból
delative	diáról	diákról
ablative	diától	diáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	diáé	diáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	diáéi	diákéi

Possessive forms of dia
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	diám	diáim
2nd person sing.	diád	diáid
3rd person sing.	diája	diái
1st person plural	diánk	diáink
2nd person plural	diátok	diáitok
3rd person plural	diájuk	diáik

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dia, cognate with ia, -nya, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dia/

Pronoun

dia

1. he

   Dia sedang kelaparan.

   He is starving now.

2. she

   Dia suka musik pop.

   She loves pop music.

Synonyms

• ia
• beliau

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲiə/

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Irish día (“god”), from Proto-Celtic *dēwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit देव (deva), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)).

Noun

dia m (genitive singular dé, nominative plural déithe)

1. a god

Declension

Declension of dia

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dia déithe Vocative a dhia a dhéithe Genitive dé déithe Dative dia déithe déithibh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dia na déithe Genitive an dé na ndéithe Dative leis an dia don dia leis na déithe leis na déithibh (archaic, dialectal)

• Alternative vocative singular: dé
• Archaic nominative plural: dée
• Alternative genitive plural: dia
• Alternative dative plural: déibh

Derived terms

• aindia m (“false god”)

Related terms

• Dia (“God”) (as a proper noun)

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Irish día (“day”), from Proto-Celtic *dīyos (compare Welsh dydd), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.

Noun

dia

1. (literary) day

Derived terms

• Dé (“on (a day of the week)”)
• dialann (“diary”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dia	dhia	ndia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 día (‘God’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 día (‘day’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dia”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 237
• Entries containing “dia” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “dia” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

dia f

1. feminine singular of dio

Etymology 2

Verb

dia

1. inflection of dare:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• adì, dai, Ida

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese dia.

Noun

dia

1. day

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) dia

1. inflection of dius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) diā

1. ablative feminine singular of dius

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Malagasy

Etymology

From Malay liar.

Adjective

dia

1. wild

   Synonym: haolo

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Malay

Etymology

Cognate with ia, -nya, from Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /diə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /dia/
• Rhymes: -iə, -jə, -ə

Pronoun

dia

1. he, she, it

See also

Malay personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	standard	saya / ساي aku/ku- / اکو / كو- (informal/towards God) -ku / -كو (informal possessive) hamba / همبا (dated)	kami / کامي (exclusive) kita orang / كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive) kita / کيت (inclusive)
	royal	beta / بيتا
2nd person	standard	kamu / کامو anda / اندا (formal)
		engkau/kau- / اڠکاو/ كاو- (informal/towards God) awak / اوق (friendly/older towards younger) -mu / -مو (possessive)	awak semua / اوق سموا kamu semua / كامو سموا kalian / کالين (informal) kau orang / كاو اورڠ (informal)
	royal	tuanku / توانكو
3rd person	standard	dia / دي ia / اي beliau / بلياو (honorific) -nya / -ڽ (possessive)	mereka / مريک dia orang / دي اورڠ (informal)
	royal	baginda / بݢيندا

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Mandarin

Romanization

dia

1. Nonstandard spelling of diǎ.

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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• diet

Verb

dia

1. simple past and past participle of die

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲi.a/

Contraction

dia

1. Contraction of di + a: of/from his/her/its/their; of/from which

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• di m

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin dīēs (“day”).

Noun

dia m or f

1. day (period of 24 hours)

Descendants

• Catalan: dia

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “dīes”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume
  , page 71

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese dia and Spanish día and Kabuverdianu dia.

Noun

dia

1. day

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Plautdietsch

Adjective

dia

1. expensive, dear

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Pom

Noun

dia

1. water

References

• The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.a/
• (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ɐ/
• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.a/

Noun

dia m (plural s)

1. day
   2. period between sunrise and sunset
      • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 5th canto:

        Trazia o Sol o dia celebrado / Em que tres Reis das partes do Oriente,

        The Sun brought the celebrated day / In which three Kings from the East,

   4. period from midnight to the following midnight
   6. period of 24 hours
      • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 5th canto:

        Mas logo ao outro dia ſeus parceiros / Todos nús, & da cor da eſcura treua,

        But just the other day his partners / All naked, & coloured as the dark darkness,

   8. (astronomy) rotational period of a planet
   10. (in phrases) date celebrating a particular thing, usually an event, profession or person
   11. (in phrases) a unspecified period of time either in the past or in the future

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

Antonyms

• (period of daylight): noite (“night”)

Derived terms

• adiar
• dia-a-dia

Related terms

• diário
• diurno
• cotidiano

Adverb

1. occurring on the specified day of the month

   O evento ocorreu dia primeiro de fevereiro.

   The event occurred February first.

Usage notes

Used the ordinal primeiro (“first”) for day 1 and a cardinal for 2–31

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:dia.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Irish día (“god”), from Proto-Celtic *dēwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit देव (deva), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲia/

Noun

dia m (genitive singular dè, plural diathan)

1. god, deity

Derived terms

• ban-dia

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
dia	dhia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dia”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 día”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Spanish

Noun

dia m (plural dias)

1. Misspelling of día.
2. Obsolete spelling of día

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English deer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdia/

Noun

dia

1. deer

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Tolai

Alternative forms

• diat (when not preceding a verb)

Pronoun

dia

1. they (many), them (many) (third-person plural pronoun)

Declension

Tolai personal pronouns

	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person exclusive	iau	amir mir	amital mital	avet ave1
1st person inclusive	-	dor	datal	dat da1
2nd person	u	amur mur	amutal mutal	avat ava1
3rd person	ia i	dir di	dital	diat dia1
1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

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Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.a/

Verb

go dia

1. to delay