dias

See also: días and Dias

English

Etymology

Influenced by the (disputed) pronunciation /ˈdaɪ.əs/; cf. bias.

Noun

dias

1. Misspelling of dais.
   • 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.

Danish

Noun

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

Etymology 1

From Old Irish días.

Alternative forms

• déas, déis, léas
• deus (obsolete)

Noun

dias f (genitive singular déise, nominative plural diasa)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant), cob

   Synonym: croithleog

   dias arbhair ― corn cob

   dias eorna ― ear of barley

   dias seagail ― head of rye

2. (botany) spike (kind of inflorescence)
3. point of a weapon

   dias claímh ― point of a sword

4. scion (descendant)

   Synonyms: buinneán, beangán

Declension

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

• diasach
• diasóg
• diasra

Descendants

• →⇒ Yola: discorn

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dïas.

Noun

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

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

From Dia +‎ -as.

Noun

dias m (genitive singular diais)

1. deism

Declension

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

• diasaí
• diasaíocht

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “dias”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 239
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dias”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.aːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪iː.as]

Adjective

dīās

1. accusative feminine plural of dīus

References

• "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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲi.əs/
  • (Blasse) [ˈd̠ʲi.as]
  • (Griffith) [ˈd̠ʲi.əs]

Noun

dïas f

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

Inflection

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

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

Mutation

Mutation of dias

radical	lenition	nasalization
dias	dias pronounced with /ðʲ-/	ndias

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

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 388, page 244; reprinted 2017

Old Spanish

Noun

dias m pl

1. plural of dia

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish dyjas. Compare Czech ďas.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dias m animal (diminutive diasek)

1. (euphemistic, rare, folklore) devil, fiend

   Synonyms: bies, czart, diabeł, licho

Declension

Declension of dias

	singular	plural
nominative	dias	diasy
genitive	diasa	diasów
dative	diasowi	diasom
accusative	diasa	diasy
instrumental	diasem	diasami
locative	diasie	diasach
vocative	diasie	diasy

Related terms

adjectives

• diabelny
• diabelski
• diabli

nouns

• diabelec
• diabelstwo
• diabeł
• diablę
• diablica
• diablik

interjections

• co u diaska
• do diaska

Further reading

• dias in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “djabeł”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.as/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ɐʃ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: di‧as

Noun

dias

1. plural of dia

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish días.

Noun

dias f (genitive singular dèise, plural dèisean)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)

   dias coirce ― ear of corn

   dias Innseanach ― corn 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

Noun

dias m pl

1. plural of dia

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

dias

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

Noun

dias

1. indefinite genitive singular of dia