dy

See also: Dy, dý, dŷ, d.y., d'y, and dy.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dij, from Middle Dutch die, from Old Dutch *thio, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą.

Noun

dy (plural dye, diminutive dytjie)

1. thigh

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy/

Numeral

dy

1. (cardinal) two

Related terms

• dytë

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Danish

Verb

dy (imperative dy, infinitive at dy, present tense dyr, past tense dyede, perfect tense har dyet)

1. (reflexive) to restrain oneself, to help oneself
   • 2012, Richard Russo, Åndernes rige, Klim (ISBN 9788771292039)

     Han er egentlig for klog til det, men han kan ikke dy sig.

     He is actually too clever for it, but he cannot help himself.

   • 2010, Mette Winge, Et udestående: - en provisorietidsroman, Gyldendal A/S (ISBN 9788702102765)

     Han var lige ved at tilføje at der ikke havde været anført noget om sagen i de franske aviser, men han dyede sig, for politiinspektøren hørte ikke til dem man opmuntrede med vitser.

     He was just about to add that there had been no note of the case in the French papers, but he restrained himself, for the police inspector did not belong to those people that one cheered up with jokes.

   • 2009, Hanne Reintoft, Hjertebånd, ArtPeople (ISBN 9788771088410)

     De havde dyet sig og nøjedes med den tilmålte ration uden at stikke fingrene hverken i slunkne melsække eller halvtomme sulekar.

     They had restrained themselves and made do with the measured ration without sticking their fingers in lacking flour bags, nor in half-empty meat jars.

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Egyptian

Etymology

Probably an Upper Egyptian dialect doublet of ꜥꜣ (“here, there”).

Adverb

1. here, there [Late Egyptian]

See also

Old and Middle Egyptian demonstratives

	adjectives				pronouns3	adverbs
number	singular		plural1		unmarked
gender	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine	unmarked
proximal	pn	tn	jpn	jptn	nn	ꜥn2
distal	pf, pfꜣ	tf, tfꜣ	jpf	jptf	nf, nfꜣ	ꜥf2
proximal1 copula; vocative2	pj1, pw, pwy	tj1, tw, twy	jpw	jptw	nw	—
vocative1 anaphoric2	pꜣ	tꜣ	—	—	nꜣ	ꜥꜣ
1   In Old Egyptian. 2   In Middle Egyptian. 3   In Old Egyptian, these pronouns were unmarked for number and gender, but treated syntactically as masculine plurals when used with participles and relative forms, and as feminine singulars when referred to by resumptive pronouns. In Middle Egyptian, they take over the function of the plural demonstrative adjectives and are joined by n(j) to nouns they modify.

Late Egyptian demonstratives

	masculine	feminine	plural		adverb
article	pꜣ	tꜣ	nꜣ		dy
adjective and pronoun	pꜣj	tꜣj	nꜣj
possessive (used with suffix pronouns)	pꜣ, pꜣy	tꜣ, tꜣy	nꜣ, nꜣy

References

• Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-44384-9

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Lojban

Alternative forms

• dy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də/

Cmavo

dy (selma'o BY2 )

1. letteral for d

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Middle French

Verb

dy

1. first-person singular present indicative of dire

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Swedish

Noun

dy c

1. mud, mire, sludge

Declension

Declension of dy

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	dy	dyn
genitive	dys	dyns

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Traveller Norwegian

Numeral

dy

1. (cardinal) two

Related terms

• dypansj

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Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Article

dy (definite, feminine and plural form of dyr)

1. The; declined form of dyr

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də/

Determiner

dy

1. your (singular)

Usage notes

Dy triggers the soft mutation. Di is often heard after the noun.

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West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛɪ/, /dæɪ/
• IPA^(key): /di/ (Eastern)

Pronoun

dy

1. you (familiar object singular)

   Ik hâld fan dy. -- I love you

Etymology 2

Compare Dutch die

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

Determiner

dy

1. that (singular, common gender)
2. those (plural)

See also

• dat n

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Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• di

Etymology

From Old Norse því, possibly from the instrumental interrogative Proto-Germanic *hwī (“how, with what”), with the initial h- replaced by the þ- from the forms of *sa.

Pronoun

dy

1. dative singular of he