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dias

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See also: días and Dias

English

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Etymology

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  • Influenced by the (disputed) pronunciation IPA(key): /ˈdaɪ.əs/;[en 1] cf. bias.

Noun

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dias

  1. Misspelling of dais.[en 1]
    • 1878, John Ruskin, “Carpaccio's Princess”, in Louisa C. Tuthill, editor, Pearls for Young Ladies, New York: John Wiley, page 138:
      The princess's shield is at the head of it, and the feet are raised entirely above the floor of the room, on a dias which projects at the lower end so as to form a seat, on which the child has laid her crown.
    • 1981 September 29, John Darnton, “POLISH DISSIDENTS DISBAND KEY GROUP”, in The New York Times[1], page A4:
      A wizened figure who moved slowly up the steps of the dias but who spoke in a booming voice, he seized on the occasion to read the dissident group's "last will and testament" and to tell the assembled delegates about a different vision of socialism.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 E. Ward Gilman, editor (1989), “dais”, in Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, →ISBN, page 314

Danish

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Noun

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dias n (singular definite diasset, plural indefinite dias)

  1. slide (transparent image, to be projected to a screen; a slide in a computer presentation)

Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish días.[1]

Alternative forms

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Noun

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dias f (genitive singular déise, nominative plural diasa)

  1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant), cob
    Synonym: croithleog
    dias arbhaircorn cob
    dias eornaear of barley
    dias seagailhead of rye
  2. (botany) spike (kind of inflorescence)
  3. point of a weapon
    dias claímhpoint of a sword
  4. scion (descendant)
    Synonyms: buinneán, beangán
Declension
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Declension of dias (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dias diasa
vocative a dhias a dhiasa
genitive déise dias
dative dias
déis (archaic, dialectal)
diasa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dias na diasa
genitive na déise na ndias
dative leis an dias
leis an déis (archaic, dialectal)
don dias
don déis (archaic, dialectal)
leis na diasa
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish dïas.[3]

Noun

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dias f (genitive singular déise, nominative plural diasa)

  1. Alternative form of dís (pair, couple)
  2. (tennis) deuce (tie, both players able to win by scoring two additional points)
Declension
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Declension of dias (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dias diasa
vocative a dhias a dhiasa
genitive déise dias
dative dias
déis (archaic, dialectal)
diasa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dias na diasa
genitive na déise na ndias
dative leis an dias
leis an déis (archaic, dialectal)
don dias
don déis (archaic, dialectal)
leis na diasa

Etymology 3

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From Dia +‎ -as.

Noun

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dias m (genitive singular diais)

  1. deism
Declension
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Declension of dias (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative dias
vocative a dhiais
genitive diais
dative dias
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an dias
genitive an diais
dative leis an dias
don dias
Derived terms
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of dias
radical lenition eclipsis
dias dhias ndias

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 días”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ dias”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 días”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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Latin

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Adjective

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diās

  1. accusative feminine plural of dius

References

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  • "dias", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • dias”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Old Irish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dïas f

  1. pair, couple (used of persons only, whereas déde is used of things)

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative diasL
vocative diasL
accusative diïsN, díïs
genitive de(i)sseH
dative diïsL, díïs
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

A dative plural de(i)ssib is also attested.

Descendants

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  • Irish: dís, dias
  • Manx: jees
  • Scottish Gaelic: dithis

Mutation

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Mutation of dias
radical lenition nasalization
dïas dïas
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndïas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Old Spanish

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Noun

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dias m pl

  1. plural of dia

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish dyjas. Compare Czech ďas.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdjas/
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: dias

Noun

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dias m animal (diminutive diasek)

  1. (euphemistic, rare, folklore) devil, fiend
    Synonyms: bies, czart, diabeł, licho

Declension

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Further reading

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: di‧as

Noun

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dias

  1. plural of dia

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish días.

Noun

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dias f (genitive singular dèise, plural dèisean)

  1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
    dias coirceear of corn
    dias Innseanachcorn on the cob
  2. piece of barley chaff
  3. handsome fellow, suitor
    an d'fhuair thu dias aig a' dannsa?did you pick up a handsome fellow at the dance?

Spanish

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Noun

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dias m pl

  1. plural of dia

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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dias

  1. inflection of dia:
    1. infinitive passive
    2. present passive

Noun

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dias

  1. indefinite genitive singular of dia