zi

See also: zī, zí, zǐ, zì, and ZI

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zi/

Etymology

Contraction of *zëi, from Proto-Albanian *džedi, from earlier *džedíja, from *gʷedijos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoh₁dʰo- (compare Dutch kwaad (“angry, evil”), Serbo-Croatian gȁd (“loathing, nausea”)).

Adjective

i zi m (feminine e zezë, masculine plural të zinj, feminine plural të zeza)

1. black

Derived terms

• zezë
• zymtë
• zift
• zili

Antonyms

• bardhë

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Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *zini.

Noun

zi

1. acorn

Declension

(inanimate noun) declension of zi indefinite singular plural absolutive zi zia ziak ergative zik ziak ziek dative ziri ziari ziei genitive ziren ziaren zien comitative zirekin ziarekin ziekin causative zirentzat ziarentzat zientzat benefactive zirengatik ziarengatik ziengatik instrumental ziz ziaz ziez inessive zitan zian zietan locative zitako ziko zietako allative zitara zira zietara terminative zitaraino ziraino zietaraino directive zitarantz zirantz zietarantz destinative zitarako zirako zietarako ablative zitatik zitik zietatik partitive zirik - - prolative zitzat - -

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Ewe

Noun

zi

1. deer

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Hausa

Noun

zî m (possessed form zîn)

1. (card games) diamonds

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Japanese

Romanization

zi

1. Rōmaji transcription of じ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ジ

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Mandarin

Romanization

zi

1. Pinyin transcription of 子
2. Nonstandard spelling of zī.
3. Nonstandard spelling of zí.
4. Nonstandard spelling of zǐ.
5. Nonstandard spelling of zì.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Middle Dutch

Verb

zi

1. Alternative spelling of si; first-person and third-person singular present subjunctive of wēsen

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• d̦i (obsolete)
• d̦iua (obsolete)
• ziuă

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zi]

Etymology 1

From Latin dīēs (“day”), back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Spanish día, archaic Italian dì.

Noun

zi f (plural zile)

1. day

Declension

declension of zi

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) zi	ziua	(niște) zile	zilele
genitive/dative	(unei) zile	zilei	(unor) zile	zilelor
vocative	ziuo		zilelor

Antonyms

• noapte

Derived terms

• bună ziua
• ziar
• zilnic
• ziua

Etymology 2

Forms of zice.

Verb

zi

1. second-person singular imperative of zice.