dì

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs.

dì (plural dîs)

1. day
2. daytime

• zornade
• gnot

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi/^*[1]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: dì

From the older form die, from Latin diēs, back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”).

dì m (invariable)

1. (literary) day
2. (astronomy) daytime

• giorno (not literary)

dì

1. second-person singular imperative of dire

   Synonym: di'

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs.

dì m (plural dis)

1. day

From Latin dīcere, present active infinitive of dīcō.

• dir
• disc
• dit

dì

1. to say, tell

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs.

dì

1. day

Akin to Italian dire, older *dicere, from Latin.

dì

1. to say

• di — nonstandard

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dì (di⁴, Zhuyin ㄉㄧˋ)

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dì

1. spear, dart

• IPA^(key): /di/

dì

1. to say

From Latin dīcere, present active infinitive of dīcō.

dì

1. to say

From Latin diēs, back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”), derived from the root *dyew- (“to be bright; sky”). Compare Logudorese and Nuorese die, Italian dì, Spanish día.

• IPA^(key): /di/

dì f or (uncommon) m (plural dis)

1. day

   Antonym: notti

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “díe”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

• IPA^(key): /di/

From Latin diēs, back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”), derived from the root *dyew- (“to be bright; sky”).

dì f (invariable)

1. day (period of 24 hours)
   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Sirénziu”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 99:

     Cunnosciu una ziddài
     chi dugna dì di sòri si piena

     I know a city that is filled with sunshine every day

   • 2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nomme fozzu Asdrubale”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎^[1]:

     Eu d’anni ni fòzzu dizottu fra sètti dì.

     I'm going to be eighteen-years-old in seven days.

     (literally, “I of years make eighteen in seven days.”)

2. day (period from midnight to the following midnight)
3. day, daytime

   Synonyms: diadda, zurradda

   Coordinate terms: manzanu, notti, sera

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Sera di fribagiu”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 37:

     In zeru v’è la luna.
     I lu viari
     la luzi di la dì s’è fendi notti.

     The Moon is in the sky. In the street, the light of day is turning into night.

   • 2009 December 23, Ignazio Sanna, “Cu la mènti a bazinédda”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎^[2]:

     Vizinu a me, cumènti dugna séra
     addananzi a la véccia ziminèa,
     ti n’isthai cun d’un fa pinsamentósu,
     la faccia isthracca di la dì chi fini.

     Near me, like every night, in front of the old hearth, you are, pensively, with the tired face of the day coming to an end.

     (literally, “Near me, like every night, in front of the old hearth, you stay with a pensive manner, the tired face of the day coming to an end.”)

4. day (part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.)
5. day (specified time or period)
   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Diario”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 87:

     E venarà una dì,
     una dì cortha

     And a day will come, a short day

   • 2009 June 14, Ignazio Sanna, “Cun l’ócci ciari ammèntami”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎^[3]:

     Cun l’ócci ciari ammèntami e pizzinnu:
     eu cussì era la dì chi ti vidési
     tuttaunóra innamurèndimi di te.

     Remember me as a child with light eyes: that's the way I was on the day I saw you, suddenly falling in love with you.

• diadda

• diurnu

From a contraction of Latin dīcere, present active infinitive of dīcō, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to be pointing out”), athematic root present of the root *deyḱ- (“to point out, to show; to speak solemnly”).

dì (transitive)

1. to say, to tell
   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Cunfini”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 17:

     Fabiddendi cun megu
     la me’ cumpagna dizi cosi tristhi
     e seri […]

     Talking with me, my partner says sad, serious things

   • 2020 March 25, Ignazio Sanna, “Di nomme fozzu Asdrubale”, in Ignazio Sanna - Prosa e poesia in sassarese‎^[4]:

     A carthi pèssi diggu di ciamàmmi Lino ma d’innòmmu fòzzu Asdrubale.

     In a tight spot, I say I'm called Lino, but my name is Asdrubale.

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs.

dì

1. day

   Drio ła nòte vien el dì.

   After (the) night comes (the) day.

   Stò via tri dì.

   I am away for three days. / I shall be away for three days.

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 姨 (“maternal aunt”, SV: di).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zi˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɪj˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jɪj˨˩]
• Homophone: gì

dì • (夷, 姨)

1. maternal aunt, mother's sister
2. stepmother; stepmom

• mẹ kế
• dì ghẻ

• dì ghẻ

• chú
• dượng