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

• zymtë

Antonyms

• bardhë

---

Basque

Noun

zi

1. acorn

Declension

"zi" (inanimate noun) declension 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 - -

---

Ewe

Noun

zi

1. deer

---

Hausa

Noun

zî m

1. (card games) diamonds

---

Lojban

Cmavo

zi (selma'o ZI)

1. (time tense distance) instantaneous-to-short distance in time

   le nanmu puzi batci le gerku

   A short time ago, the man bit the dog.

Related terms

• za
• zu

See also

• vi

---

Mandarin

Romanization

zi (Zhuyin ㄗ˙)

1. 孍
2. 子

Romanization

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.

---

Romanian

Alternative forms

• ziuă

Pronunciation

• IPA: [zi]

Etymology 1

From Latin dīēs (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“heaven, sky; to shine”).

Noun

zi f (plural zile)

1. day

Declension

declension of zi

	singular		plural
gender f	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	o zi	ziua	niște zile	zilele
genitive/dative	unei zile	zilei	unor zile	zilelor

Antonyms

• noapte

Derived terms

• ziar

Etymology 2

Forms of zice

Verb

zi

1. second-person singular imperative form of zice.