dir

Alternative forms

• dir.

Noun

dir (plural dirs)

1. Abbreviation of direction.
2. (computing) Abbreviation of directory.
3. Abbreviation of director.

Adjective

dir (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of direct.

Adverb

dir

1. Abbreviation of directly.

Anagrams

• D.R.I., DRI, IDR, rid

Etymology

From Latin īre, present active infinitive of eō; the forms beginning with V from corresponding forms of vādō; the forms beginning with F from the corresponding forms of sum.

Verb

dir

1. to go

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diʁ/

Noun

dir m

1. steel

Etymology

From Old Occitan dir, from Latin dīcere, present active infinitive of dīcō, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈdi/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈdiɾ/

Verb

dir (first-person singular present dic, past participle dit)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to say, to pronounce
2. (transitive) to say, to tell

   Va dir una mentida.

   She told a lie.

   El dèiem que cuinés el sopar.

   We told him to cook dinner.

3. (transitive) to call, to refer to as
4. (reflexive) to be named, to be called

References

• “dir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• Institut d’Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). →ISBN.

Alternative forms

• Dir

Etymology

From Middle High German dir, from Old High German dir, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /diːɐ̯/

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• Rhymes: -iːɐ̯

• (colloquially in unstressed position) IPA^(key): /dɐ/

Pronoun

dir

1. (personal) dative of du; you, to you.
2. (reflexive) dative; yourself, to yourself.

Further reading

• dir in Duden online

Verb

dir

1. Apocopic form of dire

Alternative forms

• der (unstressed)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːʀ/, [diːə̯]

Etymology 1

From Old High German dir.

Etymology 2

From Old High German ir. The d- is through unetymological segmentation of the ending -t of a preceding verb (*stitt ir → *stiddir → stitt dir). This development was assisted by a parallelism with the 1st person, in which the dative singular mir is also the nominative plural (this latter development occurred for a similar reason, but was earlier and is widespread throughout High German).

Declension

Alternative forms

• dire

Etymology

From a contraction of Latin dīcō, dīcere.

Verb

dir

1. to say

Etymology 1

From Latin dūrus.

Etymology 2

From a contraction of Latin dīcō, dīcere, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, point out”).

Etymology 3

Verb

dir

1. send

Pronoun

dir

1. Third-person dual pronoun: they two, them two

Etymology

From a contraction of Latin dīcere (compare Italian dire), present active infinitive of dīcō.

Verb

dir

1. (transitive) to say, tell
2. (transitive) to affirm

Noun

dir

1. soft mutation of tir (“land”)

Mutation