dei

dei

1. call (clarification of this definition is needed)

From Latin deus.

dei m (plural deis, feminine déôsse)

1. a god

• Dei, the monotheist God of the Bible

dei f (plural deis)

1. dey (clarification of this definition is needed)

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

Derived from di (“of”, possession preposition) + i (“the”, definite masculine plural article)

• de' (truncation)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdei/, [ˈd̪ei̯]
• Hyphenation: déi

dei

1. contraction of di i; of the, from the

See the etymology of the main entry.

• dèi

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛi/, [ˈd̪ɛi̯]
• 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 main entry.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdei/, [ˈd̪ei̯]
• Hyphenation: déi

dei

1. (archaic) second-person singular present of dovere

   Synonym: devi

dei

1. Rōmaji transcription of でい

deī

1. inflection of deus:
   1. nominative and 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.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

dei

1. Alternative form of day

dei

1. Alternative form of þei

• “thei (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 May 2018.

dei

1. up, upward

• deigo

From Old Norse þeir.

• IPA^(key): /dæɪ/ (example of pronunciation)

dei

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

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 m (oblique plural deis, nominative singular deis, nominative plural dei)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of doit (finger)
   • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 164 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, line 1980:

     Un anel d'or trait de sun dei

     she removed a gold ring from her finger

• dī

From Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

dei m

1. day

• North Frisian: däi

  Föhr-Amrum: dai

• Saterland Frisian: Dai
• West Frisian: dei

Compare German dein, English thy.

dei

1. (possessive) your

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

• dee (more common)

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

1. (South Scots) to die

From English day.

• IPA^(key): /dei̯/

dei

1. day

• deinen

• deui (literary)
• doi

• IPA^(key): /dei̯/

dei

1. (colloquial) second-person singular future of dod

dei

1. Soft mutation of tei.

From Old Frisian dei, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

dei c (plural dagen)

1. day
2. date

• hjoeddeisk

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