даи

Mariupol Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from a Kipchak language (compare Crimean Tatar dayı (maternal uncle) and Urum дайы (maternal uncle)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɐˈji]
  • Hyphenation: даи

Noun

даи́ • (daín

  1. uncle (brother of a parent)

Declension

Declension of даи́
singular plural
nominative даи́ (daí) даи́я (daíja)
oblique даи́ (daí) даи́яс (daíjas)

*) Some dialects don't use the oblique plural form, instead using the nominative plural.

References

  • T. N. Chernysheva, editor (1859), “даи́”, in Греческий глосарий Ф. А. Хартахая [The Greek glossary of F. A. Xartaxay], published 1959
  • A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis with D. L. Demerdzhi, A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo, A. A. Shapurma, R. S. Kharabadot, and D. K. Patricha (2006) “даи́”, in Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol, →ISBN, page 63
  • G. A. Animica, M. P. Galikbarova (2013) “даи́”, in Румеку глоса[1], Donetsk, page 64

Nanai

Etymology

From Chinese.

Adjective

да̄и (dāi)

  1. big