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
Declension of Dia
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Dia die Dias
genitive eines des Dias der Dias
dative einem dem Dia den Dias
accusative ein das Dia die Dias

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
Declension of Dia

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Dia
Vocative a Dhia
Genitive Dé
Dative Dia

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an Dia
Genitive an Dé
Dative leis an Dia

don Dia

  • 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

Etymology 2

Noun

Dīa

  1. nominative, accusative, and vocative plural of Dīon

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

Old Irish

Proper noun

Dia m

  1. Alternative spelling of Día

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Dia Dia
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/		 nDia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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