dij
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛi̯/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: dij
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch die, from Old Dutch *thio, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą. Compare West Frisian tsjea, English thigh, Icelandic þjó.
The expected modern form would be *die. The diphthongised form may have originated in the plural, where Middle Dutch dien could easily become dîen. Note the variant knijen for knieën in Early Modern Dutch. In the case of dij, the diphthong was likely reinforced by desire to avoid homophony with die (pronoun).
Noun
dij f (plural dijen, diminutive dijtje n)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dy
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch dî, from Old Dutch thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.
Pronoun
dij
- (archaic or obsolete, personal pronoun) Second-person singular, objective: thee
Related terms
Dutch Low Saxon
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sa. See Dutch die.
Pronoun
dij
Pite Sami
Etymology
Cognates include Northern Sami dii and Skolt Sami tij.
Pronoun
dij
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | simple | dån | dåj | dij |
| emphatic | dånnå | dåjå | dija | |
| genitive | duv | dunuo | dijá | |
| accusative | duv | dånov | dijáv | |
| illative | dunje | dunnuj | dijjaj | |
| inessive | duvne | dunuon | diján | |
| elative | duvste | dunuost | dijást | |
| comitative | dujna | dunujn | dijájn | |
See also
| singular | dual | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| simple | emphatic | simple | emphatic | simple | emphatic | |
| 1st person | mån | månnå | måj | måjå | mij | mija |
| 2nd person | dån | dånnå | dåj | dåjå | dij | dija |
| 3rd person | sån | sånnå | såj | såjå | sij | sija |
References
- Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press