dei

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dei"

Basque

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /dei̯/, [d̪e̞i̯]

Noun

dei inan

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

Declension

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

dei

1. Short form of deitu (“to call”).

Further reading

• “dei”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “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
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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
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

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈde.iː/, [ˈd̪eiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.i/, [ˈd̪ɛːi]

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. 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

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.

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
genitive	deis	dega
dative	dei	degum, degem
accusative	dei	degar, dega

Descendants

• North Frisian: däi

  Föhr-Amrum: 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
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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/

• Hyphenation: dei

Verb

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Scots

Alternative forms

• dee (more common)

Etymology

From Middle English die, from Old Norse deyja.

Verb

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

1. (Southern Scots) to die

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 (n class, plural dei)

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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dei	ddei	nei	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Noun

dei

1. Soft mutation of tei.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tei	dei	nhei	thei
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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