dei

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dei"

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Demisa.

Symbol

dei

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Demisa.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Demisa terms

English

Interjection

dei

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

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dei̯/ [d̪ei̯]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ei̯
• Hyphenation: dei

Noun

dei inan

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

Declension

Declension of dei (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	dei	deia	deiak	deiok
ergative	deik	deiak	deiek	deiok
dative	deiri	deiari	deiei	deioi
genitive	deiren	deiaren	deien	deion
comitative	deirekin	deiarekin	deiekin	deiokin
causative	deirengatik	deiarengatik	deiengatik	deiongatik
benefactive	deirentzat	deiarentzat	deientzat	deiontzat
instrumental	deiez	deiaz	deiez	deiotaz
innesive	deitan	deian	deietan	deiotan
locative	deitako	deiko	deietako	deiotako
allative	deitara	deira	deietara	deiotara
terminative	deitaraino	deiraino	deietaraino	deiotaraino
directive	deitarantz	deirantz	deietarantz	deiotarantz
destinative	deitarako	deirako	deietarako	deiotarako
ablative	deitatik	deitik	deietatik	deiotatik
partitive	deirik	—	—	—
prolative	deitzat	—	—	—

Verb

dei

1. Short form of deitu.

Further reading

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

Bavarian

Etymology

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

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

Determiner

dei

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

Declension

Declension of dei

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

Derived terms

• deiner
• deinige

See also

Bavarian possessive pronouns

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

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Noun

dei m (plural deis, feminine déôsse)

1. a god

See also

• Dei, the monotheist God of the Bible

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdej]

Noun

dei m (plural deis)

1. dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)

Edopi

Noun

dei

1. cassowary

Further reading

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

Galician

Verb

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Ido

Noun

dei

1. plural of deo

Italian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• de' (truncation)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdej/, ^°/ˈdej/
• Rhymes: -ej
• Hyphenation: déi

Contraction

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• dèi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛj/, (traditional) ^*/ˈdɛj/
• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Hyphenation: dèi

Noun

dei m pl (archaic dii)

1. plural of dio

Usage notes

• The form of the definite article used with this word is gli.

  Gli dei sono scontenti. ― The gods are displeased.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• debbi (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛj/, /ˈdej/
• Rhymes: -ɛj, -ej
• Hyphenation: dèi, déi

Verb

dei

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

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛj/
• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Hyphenation: dèi

Noun

dei m (invariable)

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

Anagrams

• -ide, die, diè

Japanese

Romanization

dei

1. Rōmaji transcription of でい

Khasi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dej/

Adjective

dei

1. fit, proper, right

   Kaei kaba ngi dei ban kynmaw barobor?

   What is it that we should always remember?

2. related

Derived terms

• dei-thana

Verb

dei

1. to belong to
2. to hit

References

• Singh, U Nissor (1906), Khasi-English dictionary‎^[1], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 66. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈde.iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ɛː.i]

Noun

deī

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

Verb

deī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of deeō

Lindu

Noun

dei

1. bunch; cluster

Low German

Alternative forms

• de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɪ̯/, /ˈdaɪ̯/

Article

dei

1. alternative form of de

Mandarin

Romanization

dei

1. nonstandard spelling of dēi
2. nonstandard spelling of děi

Usage notes

• 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

Etymology 1

Noun

dei

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of day

Etymology 2

Pronoun

dei

1. alternative form of þei (“they”)

Etymology 3

Noun

dei

1. alternative form of dee

Navajo

Adverb

dei

1. up, upward

Related terms

• deigo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þeir.

Pronunciation

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

Article

dei

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

Determiner

dei

1. those; plural of den

Pronoun

dei (genitive deira)

1. they

   Veit du kvar dei er?

   Do you know where they are?

2. those

   Dei der borte?

   Those over there?

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns

		first person	second person	reflexive	third person
					masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	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
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. Italic forms unofficial today.

References

• “dei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Noun

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

Alternative forms

• dī

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dag.

Noun

dei m

1. day

Inflection

Declension of dei (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	dei	degar, dega
accusative	dei	degar, dega
genitive	deis	dega
dative	dei	degum, degem

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: dai

  Mooring: däi

  Sylt: Dai

• Saterland Frisian: Dai
• West Frisian: dei

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

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

Determiner

dei

1. (possessive) your

Declension

Declension of dei

	singular				plural
	m	f	n
nominative	dei	dei	dei		dei
dative	deim	deinre	deim		deine
accusative	dei	dei	dei		dei

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdej/ [ˈdeɪ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐj/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐj/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdej/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdej/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈde/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: dei

Verb

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English die, from Old Norse deyja.

Alternative forms

• dee (more common)

Verb

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

1. (Southern Scots) to die

Etymology 2

Noun

dei

1. Buchan form of day

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• dii

Noun

dei m

1. plural of deu
2. plural of diu

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English day.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dei̯/

Noun

dei

1. day

Derived terms

• deinen

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English day.

Noun

dei class IX (plural dei class X)

1. (Kenya) day

   Synonym: siku

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• Jamhuri Dei (“Jamhuri Day”)
• leba dei (“Labor Day, May Day”)
• Madaraka Dei (“Madaraka Day”)
• Mashujaa Dei (“Mashujaa Day”)

Welsh

Alternative forms

• deui (literary)
• doi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dei̯/

Verb

dei

1. second-person singular future colloquial of dod

Mutation

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

dei

1. soft mutation of tei

Mutation

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

Etymology

From Old Frisian dei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛi̯/, /dai̯/

Noun

dei c (plural dagen)

1. day
2. date

Derived terms

• hjoeddeisk

Further reading

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

Yola

Noun

dei

1. alternative form of die

References

• 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