dalisay

See also: Dalisay

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧li‧say

Adjective

dalisay

  1. pure
  2. chaste
  3. fine; of superior quality

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dalisay.

Hiligaynon

Adjective

dalísay

  1. strong

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *dalísay (“pure, high quality”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daˈlisaj/ [d̪ɐˈliː.saɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -isaj
  • Syllabification: da‧li‧say
  • Homophone: Dalisay

Adjective

dalisay (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒᜐᜌ᜔)

  1. pure; unadulterated; without mixture
    Synonyms: puro, lantay, busilak
  2. sincere; genuine; true
    Synonyms: tapat, wagas
  3. clear; clean; limpid
    Synonyms: malinis, malinaw
  4. immaculate; without sin
    Synonym: inmakulada
  5. distilled; purified
    Synonym: dinalisay

Derived terms

  • dalisayin
  • dumalisay
  • kadalisayan
  • madalisay
  • magdalisay
  • padalisayin

Further reading

  • “dalisay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dalísay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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