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

Declension of zi (inanimate) 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 - -

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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	izandarn
2nd person plural		iart, artandare, iart-andare	òich, ach	ogandarn
3rd person plural		ze, zòi, zandare	zich	innandarn

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

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

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/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