Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdia/ [ˈd̪i.ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: dí‧a
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “dia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “día”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “día”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “día”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *dīyos (compare Welsh dydd), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-. Cognate with Latin diēs.
Noun
día (gender unknown)
- day
- Synonym: lá
Inflection
More information Unknown gender irregular, Singular ...
Unknown gender irregular |
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Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
Nominative |
día, die |
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— |
Vocative |
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— |
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Accusative |
dé, dei |
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— |
Genitive |
día, die |
— |
— |
Dative |
dé, dei |
— |
— |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic *dēwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit देव (devá), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to shine”).
Noun
día m (genitive dé, nominative plural dé)
- god
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d10
Mógi sidi uili do Día; acht do·rigénsat in descipuil dechor etarru et déu diib: is hed on ɔsecha-som hic.- They are all servants to God; but the disciples had made a distinction between them and (made) gods of them; that is what he corrects here.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 65a1
Níbu machdath do·rónta día dind lïac.- It was not a wonder that a god would be made of the stone.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 162a3
In tan labratar ind ḟilid a persin inna ṅdea, do·gniat primam ⁊ secundam in illis.- When the poets speak in the person of the gods, they make a first and second [person] in them.
Declension
More information Masculine o-stem, Singular ...
Masculine o-stem |
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Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
Nominative |
día |
díaL |
déL |
Vocative |
dé |
díaL |
déuH |
Accusative |
díaN |
díaL |
déuH |
Genitive |
déL |
día |
díaN, dea |
Dative |
díaL |
déib |
déib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Mutation
More information Old Irish mutation, Radical ...
Old Irish mutation |
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
día |
día pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndía |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdia/ [ˈd̪i.a]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: dí‧a
Noun
día m (plural días)
- day (any period of 24 hours)
- day (a period from midnight to the following midnight)
1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:El resto della concluían sayo de velarte, calzas de velludo para las fiestas, con sus pantuflos de lo mesmo, y los días de entresemana se honraba con su vellorí de lo más fino.- The rest of it went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match for holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best homespun.
- day (rotational period of a planet)
- day (the part of a day period which one spends at work, school, etc.)
- Synonym: jornada
- day, daytime (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)
- Antonym: noche
Descendants
- Papiamentu: dia
- → Sardinian: dia (Campidanese)