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dei

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dei"

English

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Interjection

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dei

  1. (Singlish, Manglish) Alternative spelling of dey (“informal term of address used when trying to get someone's attention.”)

Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /dei̯/, [d̪e̞i̯]

Noun

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dei inan

  1. call, appeal
  2. call (telephone conversation)
  3. announcement
  4. (law) summons

Declension

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Declension of dei (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive dei deia deiak
ergative deik deiak deiek
dative deiri deiari deiei
genitive deiren deiaren deien
comitative deirekin deiarekin deiekin
causative deirengatik deiarengatik deiengatik
benefactive deirentzat deiarentzat deientzat
instrumental deiez deiaz deiez
inessive deitan deian deietan
locative deitako deiko deietako
allative deitara deira deietara
terminative deitaraino deiraino deietaraino
directive deitarantz deirantz deietarantz
destinative deitarako deirako deietarako
ablative deitatik deitik deietatik
partitive deirik — —
prolative deitzat — —

Verb

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dei

  1. Short form of deitu (“to call”).

Further reading

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  • “dei”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “dei”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bavarian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German dīn, from Old High German dīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos. Cognates include German dein, Yiddish דײַן (dayn), obsolete Dutch dijn, archaic English thine and thy, Old Norse þínn, Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þeins).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d̥ɑɛ̯/
  • IPA(key): /d̥æː/ (East Central, Vienna)

Determiner

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dei

  1. (possessive) thy, your (informal; to friends, relatives, children, etc.)

Declension

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Declension of dei
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative dei dei dei deine
dative deim deiner deim deine
accusative dein dei dei deine

Derived terms

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Bavarian possessive pronouns
attributive (nominative case) independent
singular plural
1st person singular mei meine meins
2nd person singular
(informal) 		dei deine deins
2nd person singular
(formal) 		Eahna Eahnare Eahnas
3rd person singular m, n sei seine seins
f ihr ihre ihrs
1st person plural unsa unsare unsas
2nd person plural eia eire eias
3rd person plural eahna eahnare eahnas

Bourguignon

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Etymology

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From Latin deus.

Noun

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dei m (plural deis, feminine déôsse)

  1. a god

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  • Dei, the monotheist God of the Bible

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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dei m (plural deis)

  1. dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)

Edopi

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Noun

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dei

  1. cassowary

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Galician

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Verb

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dei

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Ido

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Noun

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dei

  1. plural of deo

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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  • de' (truncation)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdej/, °/ˈdej/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ej
  • Hyphenation: déi

Contraction

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dei

  1. Contraction of di i.; of the, from the
    1. some
      Abbiamo dei libri nell'apartamento. ― We have some books in the apartment.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛj/, (traditional) */ˈdɛj/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -ɛj
  • Hyphenation: dèi

Noun

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dei m pl (archaic dii)

  1. plural of dio
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  • The form of the definite article used with this word is gli.
    Gli dei sono scontenti. ― The gods are displeased.

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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dei

  1. (archaic, poetic or colloquial Tuscan) Alternative form of devi, second-person singular present indicative of dovere

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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dei m (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of dey (“dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)”)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 dei in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ dei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  3. ^ dei in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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dei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of でい

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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deī

  1. inflection of deus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

Verb

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deī

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of deeō

Lindu

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Noun

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dei

  1. bunch; cluster

Low German

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛɪ̯/, /ˈdaɪ̯/

Article

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dei

  1. Alternative form of de

Mandarin

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Romanization

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dei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dēi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of děi.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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dei

  1. Alternative form of day

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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dei

  1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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dei

  1. Alternative form of dee
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Adverb

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dei

  1. up, upward
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þeir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɛɪː/, (unstressed) /dɛɪ/, /dɪ/

Article

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dei

  1. the (plural form of den and det, usually used in front of adjectives modifying plural nouns)

Determiner

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dei

  1. those; plural of den

Pronoun

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dei (genitive deira)

  1. they
    Veit du kvar dei er?
    Do you know where they are?
  2. those
    Dei der borte?
    Those over there?

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Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
person first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative eg, je1 du han ho det, dat2
accusative meg deg seg han, honom2 ho, henne2 det, dat2
dative2 meg deg seg honom henne di2
genitive min din sin hans hennar, hennes1 dess3
case plural
nominative me, vi de, dokker dei
accusative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg dei, deim2
dative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg deim2
genitive vår, okkar dykkar, dokkar sin deira, deires1
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.

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Old French

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Noun

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dei oblique singular, m (oblique plural deis, nominative singular deis, nominative plural dei)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of doit (finger)
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 164, line 1980:
      Un anel d'or trait de sun dei
      she removed a gold ring from her finger

Old Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *dag.

Noun

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dei m

  1. day

Inflection

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Declension of dei (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative dei degar, dega
accusative dei degar, dega
genitive deis dega
dative dei degum, degem

Descendants

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  • North Frisian: däi
    Föhr-Amrum: dai
  • Saterland Frisian: Dai
  • West Frisian: dei

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German din. Compare German dein, English thy.

Determiner

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dei

  1. (possessive) your

Declension

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Declension of dei
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative dei dei dei dei
dative deim deinre deim deine
accusative dei dei dei dei

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: dei

Verb

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dei

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Scots

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Alternative forms

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  • dee (more common)

Etymology

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From Middle English die, from Old Norse deyja.

Verb

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dei (third-person singular simple present deis, present participle deiin, simple past deid, past participle deed)

  1. (Southern Scots) to die

Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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dei m

  1. plural of deu
  2. plural of diu

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English day.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dei

  1. day

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English day.

Noun

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dei class IX (plural dei class X)

  1. (Kenya) day
    Synonym: siku

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This word is only used for some holidays and not generally to refer to regular days.

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Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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dei

  1. second-person singular future colloquial of dod

Mutation

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Mutated forms of dei
radical soft nasal aspirate
dei ddei nei unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Noun

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dei

  1. Soft mutation of tei.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of tei
radical soft nasal aspirate
tei dei nhei thei

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian dei.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /dɛi̯/, /dai̯/

Noun

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dei c (plural dagen)

  1. day
  2. date

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “dei”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

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Noun

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dei

  1. Alternative form of die

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 35
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