dhi

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *aidzijā corresponding to Ancient Greek αἴξ (aíx) and Armenian այծ (ayc) id.[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“goat”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðiː/

Noun

dhi f (indefinite plural dhi, definite singular dhia, definite plural dhitë)

  1. she-goat, nanny goat

Derived terms

  • dhiar, dhirë, dhiri, dhirtë, dhizë, xindhi

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “dhi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 83

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish di.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɪ/
  • (Aran also) IPA(key): /jiː/
  • (Cois Fharraige also) IPA(key): /ɣiː/, /iː/

Pronoun

dhi (emphatic dhise)

  1. third-person singular feminine of de: from/of her, from/of it f
  2. third-person singular feminine of do: to/for her, to/for it f

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish di.

Pronoun

dhi

  1. to her
  2. to it
  3. for her
  4. for it

Derived terms

See also

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