dei

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dei"

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 (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.

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

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

Noun

dei m (plural deis)

  1. dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)

Edopi

Noun

dei

  1. cassowary

Further reading

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/[1]
  • 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛj/, (traditional) */ˈdɛj/[1][2]
  • 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛj/, /ˈdej/[1][3]
  • 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/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛj
  • Hyphenation: dèi

Noun

dei m (invariable)

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

References

  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, 2025

Anagrams

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

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

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

Adverb

dei

  1. up, upward

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

Old French

Noun

dei oblique singularm (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

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: 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
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]
 

  • 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

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

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

Welsh

Alternative forms

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

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