dei

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• IPA^(key): /dei̯/, [d̪e̞i̯]

dei inan

1. call, appeal
2. call (telephone conversation)
3. announcement
4. (law) summons

dei

1. Short form of deitu (“to call”).

• “dei”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “dei”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

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).

• IPA^(key): /d̥ɑɛ̯/
• IPA^(key): /d̥æː/ (East Central, Vienna)

dei

1. (possessive) thy, your (informal; to friends, relatives, children, etc.)

Declension of dei
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	dei	dei	dei	deine
dative	deim	deiner	deim	deine
accusative	dein	dei	dei	deine

• deiner
• deinige

From Latin deus.

dei m (plural deis, feminine déôsse)

1. a god

• Dei, the monotheist God of the Bible

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdej]

dei m (plural deis)

1. dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)

dei

1. cassowary

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

dei

1. plural of deo

• de' (truncation)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdej/, ^°/ˈdej/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ej
• Hyphenation: déi

dei

1. Contraction of di i.; of the, from the
   1. some

      Abbiamo dei libri nell'apartamento. ― We have some books in the apartment.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• dèi

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛj/, (traditional) ^*/ˈdɛj/^[1][2]
• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Hyphenation: dèi

dei m pl (archaic dii)

1. plural of dio

• The form of the definite article used with this word is gli.

  Gli dei sono scontenti. ― The gods are displeased.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• debbi (archaic)

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

dei

1. (archaic, poetic or colloquial Tuscan) Alternative form of devi, second-person singular present indicative of dovere

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

dei m (invariable)

1. Alternative form of dey (“dey (ruler of the Regency of Algiers)”)

• -ide, die, diè

dei

1. Rōmaji transcription of でい

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈde.iː/, [ˈd̪eiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.i/, [ˈd̪ɛːi]

deī

1. inflection of deus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

deī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of deeō

dei

1. bunch; cluster

• de

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɪ̯/, /ˈdaɪ̯/

dei

1. Alternative form of de

dei

1. Nonstandard spelling of dēi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of děi.

• 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.

dei

1. Alternative form of day

dei

1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

dei

1. Alternative form of dee

dei

1. up, upward

• deigo

From Old Norse þeir.

• IPA^(key): /dɛɪː/, (unstressed) /dɛɪ/, /dɪ/

dei

1. the (plural form of den and det, usually used in front of adjectives modifying plural nouns)

dei

1. those; plural of den

dei (genitive deira)

1. they

   Veit du kvar dei er?

   Do you know where they are?

2. those

   Dei der borte?

   Those over there?

• “dei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

dei oblique singular, m (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

• dī

From Proto-West Germanic *dag.

dei m

1. day

Declension of dei (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	dei	degar, dega
genitive	deis	dega
dative	dei	degum, degem
accusative	dei	degar, dega

• North Frisian: däi

  Föhr-Amrum: dai

• Saterland Frisian: Dai
• West Frisian: dei

From Middle High German and Old High German din. Compare German dein, English thy.

dei

1. (possessive) your

Declension of dei
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	dei	dei	dei	dei
dative	deim	deinre	deim	deine
accusative	dei	dei	dei	dei

• Hyphenation: dei

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

• dee (more common)

From Middle English die, from Old Norse deyja.

dei (third-person singular simple present deis, present participle deiin, simple past deid, past participle deed)

1. (Southern Scots) to die

• dii

dei m

1. plural of deu
2. plural of diu

From English day.

• IPA^(key): /dei̯/

dei

1. day

• deinen

Borrowed from English day.

dei (n class, plural dei)

1. (Kenya) day

   Synonym: siku

This word is only used for some holidays and not generally to refer to regular days.

• Jamhuri Dei (“Jamhuri Day”)
• leba dei (“Labor Day, May Day”)
• Madaraka Dei (“Madaraka Day”)
• Mashujaa Dei (“Mashujaa Day”)

• deui (literary)
• doi

• IPA^(key): /dei̯/

dei

1. second-person singular future colloquial of dod

dei

1. Soft mutation of tei.

From Old Frisian dei.

IPA^(key): /dɛi̯/, /dai̯/

dei c (plural dagen)

1. day
2. date

• hjoeddeisk

• “dei”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

dei

1. Alternative form of die

• 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