Dia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dia"

English

Proper noun

Dia

  1. A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.

See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Dia terms

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Clipping of Diapositiv

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiː.a/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Dia n (genitive Dias, plural Dias)

  1. slide (transparent image, to be projected to a screen)

Declension

Further reading

  • Dia in Duden online

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish día, from Proto-Celtic *dēwos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲiə/

Proper noun

Dia m (genitive Dé)

  1. God
    Tá Dia láidir is máthair mhaith aige.
    God is strong and He has a good mother. (proverb)

Declension

  • Alternative vocative singular: Dé

Derived terms

  • dia (“a god”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Dia Dhia nDia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “Dia” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

Further reading

  • "Dia" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “2 día” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 81.
  • Entries containing “Dia” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “Dia” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῖα (Dîa).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dīa f (genitive Dīae); first declension

  1. A small island off the coast of Crete
  2. A city of Chersonesus

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative Dīa
genitive Dīae
dative Dīae
accusative Dīam
ablative Dīā
vocative Dīa

Noun

Dīa

  1. inflection of Dīon:
    1. nominative plural
    2. accusative plural
    3. vocative plural

References

  • Dia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Dia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Dia in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish día, from Proto-Celtic *dēwos.

Noun

Dia m (genitive singular Dè, plural Diathan)

  1. God

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
DiaDhia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “2 día” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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