zi

See also: zī, zí, zǐ, zì, and ZI

Albanian

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”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zi/

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 *zinV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̻i/, [s̻i]

Noun

zi inan

1. acorn

Declension

Declension of zi (inanimate, ending in vowel)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zi	zia	ziak
ergative	zik	ziak	ziek
dative	ziri	ziari	ziei
genitive	ziren	ziaren	zien
comitative	zirekin	ziarekin	ziekin
causative	zirengatik	ziarengatik	ziengatik
benefactive	zirentzat	ziarentzat	zientzat
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	—	—

Further reading

• “zi” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “zi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

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Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• si (Luserna)
• ze

Etymology

From Middle High German si(e), from Old High German siu, from Proto-Germanic *sī, nominative singular feminine of *iz. Cognate with German sie, Dutch zij, Gothic 𐍃𐌹 (si).

Pronoun

zi

1. (Sette Comuni) she, her

Inflection

Cimbrian personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	dative
1st person singular		ich	mich	miar
2nd person singular	familiar	du	dich	diar
	polite	iart	ach	òich
3rd person singular	m	èar, ar	in, en	iime
	f	zi, ze		iar
	n	es, is	es, 's	iime
1st person plural		bar, bandare	zich	izàndarn
2nd person plural		iart, iartàndare, artàndare	òich, ach	ogàndarn
3rd person plural		ze, zòi, zandare	zich	innàndarn

References

• “zi” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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Ewe

Noun

zi

1. deer

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Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zîː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [zîː]

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
3. Rōmaji transcription of ずぃ
4. Rōmaji transcription of ズィ

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Mandarin

Romanization

zi (zi⁵ / zi⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄗ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 子.

zi

1. Nonstandard spelling of zī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of zǐ.
4. 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/third-person singular present subjunctive of wēsen

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Romanian

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzi/

• Audio

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Etymology 1

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

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

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Sassarese

Alternative forms

• z' (apocopic, before a vowel)

Etymology

From Late Latin hīce, alteration of Latin hīc (“here”), or alternatively from Vulgar Latin *ecce hīc, from Latin ecce + hīc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsi/

Pronoun

zi

1. (accusative) us

   Babbu zi portha a Sàssari ― Dad is taking us to Sassari

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Spring]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:

     […] l’antigga primabéra, più cruderi ¶ di tutti l’isthasgioni ¶ acchì zi torra a vidda e poi z’ammazza.

     Ancient Spring, [the] cruelest of all seasons, for it takes us back to life, and then kills us.

2. (dative) to us

   Li dozzi no zi piàzini ― We don't like sweets (literally, “The sweets not to us are pleasant”)

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Siparazioni [Separation]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 65:

     E lu chi zi paria ¶ incridìbiri, aiallu!

     And that which to us had seemed unbelievable, there it is!

Adverb

zi

1. Synonym of vi

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

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Sumerian

Romanization

zi

1. Romanization of 𒍣 (zi)